To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

Six of his films have won the Academy Award for Best Documentary and he was awarded the Guardian of Zion Award in 2004. One of the awards was for French film Black and White in Color (1976) as producer. Filmography.

His most recent film as producer is The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). He also produced films by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central do Brasil Abril Despedaçado).