Phil Donahue
December 21, 1935 · 90 years old
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first talk show format that included audience participation. The show…
Known For
5 titles
Finding Vivian Maier
A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.
Sunshine Superman
A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.
South to Black Power
Charles M. Blow calls for a "reverse Great Migration" of African Americans from the North back to the South to upend today's political power structures while reclaiming the land and culture they left behind.
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
The start of career, rise to fame, and death of the legendary TV painter Bob Ross.
Billboard Boys
The real-life events surrounding three men who entered a local radio contest by living on a billboard. The grand prize? A mobile home.