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Michael Gervais

Performance psychologist; host of the Finding Mastery podcast

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I love documentaries. I really do. I think documentaries – I’m much more interested in non-fiction than fiction; just the way that I think about things. I can’t remember a documentary that I said, “That’s a bad documentary.” ... But as far as titles of documentaries? You know what was good was Amy. ... It was really good. The beauty and tragedy of an artistic genius.

Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 30 May 2018 source ↗

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David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails; chief technology officer of 37signals
Let’s see. I like The Big Short. I’d read the book already. That was a good one. ... I find more than documentaries – I get a little impatient with documentaries because I find the point they’re trying to make could be made in ten minutes and we’re stretching it to an hour and 45 with pictures and unless those pictures are amazing, there’s a lot of other things I’d rather do.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 5 June 2018 source ↗
Dan Harris Broadcast journalist; author of 10% Happier
I love—I’m a sucker for a rock doc. So I will watch pretty much any rockumentary that comes out. So I’ve—obviously, the king of them is The Last Waltz, which is a Martin Scorsese movie about the final concert put on by The Band. There actually is a new documentary called Once Were Brothers, I believe, and it’s also about The Band, Robbie Robertson.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 19 November 2020 source ↗
Brian Koppelman Screenwriter and showrunner; co-writer of Rounders, co-creator of Billions
There are three. The documentary about Apocalypse Now that Francis Ford Coppola’s wife made is amazing. You should find it and watch it because Apocalypse Now, which is clearly more and more of a masterpiece every year and incredible because it’s still an unfinished work
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 14 May 2020 source ↗
Wes Lindamood designer and immersive-storytelling producer at NPR
What's your favorite documentary? I'm glad you asked. It's Errol Morris's film Fast, Cheap & Out of Control I saw this film at a festival in college, and in a single viewing it completely changed my perception of what a documentary could be. Since then, I've had an unrelenting obsession with documentary film.
Recorded Faces of NPR questionnaire, KEDM / NPR, 27 February 2017 source ↗

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Question What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last six months? Money & investment
Yeah, two things pop up. One is this $11.99 book that my wife bought my son and he won’t put it down. I have an eight-year-old son. ... Any little book that I give my son feels like the greatest gift in the world because he becomes mesmerized by the imagination and the stories inside of it.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 30 May 2018 source ↗

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