The Idiosyncratic Documentarian with Larry Weinstein

In this episode with Larry Weinstein, we learn about Larry’s latest film, Beethoven’s Nine: Ode To Humanity and how it got made despite the pressures and limitations of the pandemic. Larry also talks about his incredibly prolific career producing more than 30 award-winning films and documentaries.

 

Larry Weinstein

Larry Weinstein is a Canadian film director of theatrical and television documentaries, performance films, and dramas. He is one of Canada’s most prolific and accomplished documentary filmmakers and has been honored with retrospectives around the world, with broadcasts in more than 40 countries. The majority of his 30 award-winning films focus on music and the creative process, while his other subjects range from the horrors of war to the pleasures of football. His films consistently push the boundaries of conventional documentary storytelling by employing tools from fiction films, dramatic reconstructions, historical cinematic styles, and impressionistic visuals. In 2007, Larry received the Cannes MipDoc International Trailblazer Award with the citation: “Weinstein is a deserving awardee for his creativity, originality, risk-taking, and for pushing the genre of documentary filmmaking forward.”