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Name: Philip Davis GuggenheimDOB: 3 November 1963Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesOccupation: Film director, writer, producer Mr. Guggenheim, is it important for you to be moved by the stories you tell in your documentaries? What I really love is when I can connect. You talk to journalists or some filmmakers who say you want to be dispassionate, you don't want to have that attachment, you want to be objective. And that's not me. I remember with An Inconvenient Truth, when they first told me about Al Gore’s campaign, I was like, “This is not a good idea for a movie.” But then I saw him give his slideshow at a hotel and by the end, I was thinking, “I don't know how to do this. But this is so moving and so important that I just have to; I'm drawn to it.” And so when I have that intense feeling, there's something good that comes from that. Do you think those big emotions lead to a better documentary, compared to something like a true crime series with a shocking twist? I m

Short Profile Name: Philip Davis Guggenheim DOB: 3 November 1963 Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States Occupation: Film director, writer, producer Mr. Guggenheim, is it important for you to be moved by the stories you tell in your documentaries? What I really love is when I can connect. You talk to journalists or some filmmakers who say you want to be dispassionate, you don’t want to have that attachment, you want to be objective. And that’s not me. I remember with An Inconvenient Truth , when they first told me about Al Gore’s campaign, I was like, “This is not a good

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