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David E. Fanning (born 25 May 1946) is a South African American journalist and filmmaker. He was the executive producer of the investigative documentary series Frontline since its first season in 1983 to his retirement in 2015.
David Fanning, FRONTLINE’s founder, served as executive producer of the series from its first season in 1983 until 2015. He then served as executive producer at large until early 2022.
Dec 15, 2015 · While David Fanning started out as a filmmaker, his great skill has been to make films happen. From 1983 through this May, as the executive producer of the PBS series Frontline, he engineered...
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May 17, 2013 · In his speech accepting a Quinnipiac University award in June 2011, David Fanning urged public TV to brand itself with strong journalism, as public radio does, and he warned that pledge-drive excesses are tarnishing the field’s reputation.
Jul 9, 2013 · The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced that David Fanning, founder and executive producer of FRONTLINE, will receive its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award...
Mar 15, 2002 · March 15, 2002. ‘Don’t try to squeeze the dress of narrative over the wrong form.’. Jacqui Banaszynski. Narrative Journalism Nieman Narrative Journalism Conference. David Fanning talks about finding the story in TV documentary. Learn the rules and the conventions of your craft so you can break them. That’s how you wing walk.
Fanning began his filmmaking career as a young journalist in South Africa. He came to the US in 1973 and began producing and directing local and national documentaries for KOCE, a public television station in California.
