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Ron Frank, an award-winning filmmaker, has received a Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination, working as a director, writer, editor, and producer. His most recent film, "Remembering Gene Wilder," explores the life and legacy of the renowned actor, writer, and director.
He served as producer and editor for Smithsonian Channel’s "MLK: The Assassination Tapes," earning the George Foster Peabody Award. VARIETY praised it as a "first-rate effort, compelling historical documentary."
Among his earlier works is a two-hour History Channel special, "The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann," narrated by Gregory Peck. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER described it as an "absorbing documentary."
Ron directed and wrote "The Eternal Road" for PBS, telling the story of a lost Kurt Weill opera that anticipated the fate of German Jewry. The LOS ANGELES TIMES called it "an eloquent work," while the NEW YORK TIMES noted it "deftly alternates from the present to the past."
He produced and edited "The Lost JFK Tapes" for National Geographic Channel, a two-hour special on the JFK assassination that earned him an Emmy nomination. The NEW YORK TIMES labeled it "mesmerizing," the DALLAS MORNING NEWS called it "revelatory," and the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS deemed it a "fascinating documentary."
Ron directed, produced, and edited the theatrical documentary "When Comedy Went to School," about the origins of stand-up comedy in the Catskill Mountains. The HUFFINGTON POST described it as "a loving look at a bygone era," VARIETY said it "consistently entertains," and the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS called it a "thoroughly funny chronicle of the Catskills resorts."
Ron has taught documentary filmmaking at UCLA and earned a BFA from New York University’s film school.
