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Brian Knappenberger

Brian Knappenberger

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Biography

Brian Knappenberger is a producer and director, known for We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012), The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) and Bloomberg Game Changers (2010).

Known For

Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.2

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
7.9

With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
7.2

Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

2021
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
7.6

Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

2024
Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet
6.6

Conspiracy. Fraud. Violence. Murder. What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

2022
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
7.4

A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

2020
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
7.3

This thought-provoking documentary series examines the harrowing consequences of the Vietnam War, from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the fall of Saigon.

Turning Point: The Vietnam War

2025
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
7.0

While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men (2000)

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
7.9

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

2014
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
7.1

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018
Strategic Command
5.0

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large amounts of a newly created germ warfare chemical called Bromax-360, loosing two of their men in the process before escaping into the night.

Strategic Command

1997
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
7.1

Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

2012
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Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. This sweeping historical documentary series traces how the ideals of America's founders gave rise to a nation.

The American Experiment

2026
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
6.0

The courtroom and publicity battles between the superstar wrestler and the notorious website explode in a sensational trial all about the limits of the First Amendment and the new no holds barred nature of celebrity life in an internet dominated society.

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

2017
Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America
7.6

Survivors, whistleblowers, and experts recount the Boy Scouts of America's decadeslong cover-up of sexual abuse cases and its heartbreaking impact.

Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America

2023
Elvis Took a Bullet
5.5

Jeff Wilkes is a doctor who has a phobia of dead people, orders five limes with his vodka tonic, and is a "Scuzz" B-movie freak. New to L.A., he answers an ad for a roommate and meets Aron Presley, a young man who believes he is Elvis reincarnated. Confronted with the fact that his own reincarnation is impossible, since he was alive when Elvis died, Aron calmly answers, "In L.A., you create your own reality." After a bizarre interview to be a roommate, Jeff moves in with Aron, and falling prey to Aron's plan, gets blackmailed into an elaborate scheme filled with drugs, sex and blue suede shoes. With more twists and turns than the presidential election.

Elvis Took a Bullet

2001
For the Bible Tells Me So
6.9

An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

For the Bible Tells Me So

2007
Church and the Fourth Estate
9.0

A reporter uncovers a file that reveals a shocking series of child abuse allegations in Idaho's Boy Scouts, which rattle the community and implicate the Mormon church. The story reveals long-running crimes that threaten to bankrupt the Boy Scouts.

Church and the Fourth Estate

2020
The Face of Anonymous
6.8

"The Face of Anonymous" by Gary Lang, which profiles Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, who has hidden from the FBI in Toronto and Mexico.

The Face of Anonymous

2021