Ron Lamothe (born 1968) is a
director of documentary films and the founder of Terra Incognita Films.
In 2000, Lamothe began pre-production on ''The Political Dr. Seuss'', a documentary on the life and "political" works of
Theodor Geisel. In 2004, the documentary aired nationwide on
PBS
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as the season premiere of
Independent Lens. It was subsequently nominated for a
George Foster Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in ...
in documentary television.
Starting in 2005, Lamothe spent two years shooting and editing his next documentary, ''
The Call of the Wild'', on the self-proclaimed "aesthetic voyager"
Christopher McCandless, a filmmaking odyssey that took him through thirty U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, and parts of Mexico.
Filmography
* ''
The Call of the Wild'' (2007)
* ''The Political Dr. Seuss'' (2004)
External links
Terra Incognita Films official site*
*
Living people
1968 births
American documentary film directors
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