David Holbrooke
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David Holbrooke is the Festival Director of Mountainfilm in Telluride, which is a festival for artists and adventurers, eggheads and explorers, that takes place
every Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-31, 2010).

He spent more than a decade in network news including nearly five years at The Today Show. After a short and unsuccessful stint at a dotcom, he became a filmmaker. He made several short films about religion (www.originalthinkers.com) and also directed the PBS special The Soul of Healing with Deepak Chopra. His film, Hard As Nails was David Holbrooke's feature-length documentary directorial debut.

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Skiing and Sacrifice

Posted May 25, 2010 | 15:04:24 (EST)

Last January, I traveled to Salt Lake City for both the Sundance Film Festival and the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show (OR) (which brings together companies that make gear and clothes for skiers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts). The events overlapped, so it was a chance to connect with two distinct...

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The Making Of My HBO Documentary Hard As Nails

Posted December 17, 2007 | 13:10:30 (EST)

Tonight at 8pm Eastern, one of the stranger relationships of my life will enter a new phase.

Tonight - and through January - HBO will air Hard As Nails, a documentary I directed about an incredibly charismatic and compelling Catholic lay-minister named Justin Fatica. In the film, Justin...

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The Importance Of Film Festivals To Documentaries

Posted April 12, 2007 | 12:16:23 (EST)

This column is a bit of a hustle to get you to come to the Tribeca Film Festival to see the World Premiere of our documentary, Hard As Nails. You see hustling is in the job description for filmmakers.

In my past life as a TV news producer, I...

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