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  • Murray Nossel
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  • Murray Nossel is a South African director and producer. He was trained and practiced as a clinical psychologist before immigrating to the United States in 1990. He began filmmaking in 1994, with a two-year project documenting the stories of persons with AIDS in New York. Nossel is on the teaching faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work. In 1997, Nossel teamed up with Roger Weisberg to make a documentary about the Center for Family Life. This collaboration resulted in two films: A Brooklyn Family Tale and Why Can't We Be a Family Again? Nossel is also producer/director of Paternal Instinct, a vérité documentary to be aired on BBC and HBO which chronicles a gay couple's efforts to have a child with a surrogate mother. Apart from his role as a documentary filmmaker, Nossel is
Birthloc
  • Johannesburg, South Africa
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Role
  • Director, Producer
Name
  • Murray Nossel
Caption
  • Nossel at Sundance Film Festival
Nominations
  • 1
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  • Murray Nossel is a South African director and producer. He was trained and practiced as a clinical psychologist before immigrating to the United States in 1990. He began filmmaking in 1994, with a two-year project documenting the stories of persons with AIDS in New York. Nossel is on the teaching faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work. In 1997, Nossel teamed up with Roger Weisberg to make a documentary about the Center for Family Life. This collaboration resulted in two films: A Brooklyn Family Tale and Why Can't We Be a Family Again? Nossel is also producer/director of Paternal Instinct, a vérité documentary to be aired on BBC and HBO which chronicles a gay couple's efforts to have a child with a surrogate mother. Apart from his role as a documentary filmmaker, Nossel is a founding member of 2 Men Talking, a storytelling performance which deals with issues of harassment, homophobia, anti-Semitism and AIDS.
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