Biographical Note
Peter Friedman and Roger Manley are known among folklorists and ethnographic filmmakers for their craft. Their various projects (including MANA : Beyond Belief ) have been awarded professional film prizes, grants, and international screenings.
Peter Friedman
Producer/director Peter Friedman has won many of the top awards for documentary film in the USA and Europe, and he has served on the competion juries of major European film festivals. Friedman's films include Wizard of the Strings (1985), Silverlake Life: The View From Here (1993), and Death by Design (1997).
Roger Manley
Producer/director Roger Manley's books, exhibitions, and documentation of the folklife of indigenous peoples have earned him international recognition in the fields of outsider art, anthropology, and photography. His books include Signs and Wonders: Outsider Art Inside North Carolina (1989), The Tree of Life: the Inaugural Exhibition of the American Visionary Art Museum (1996), and Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Folk Art Environments (1997).