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Doug Liman Biography

Birth Name:
Douglas Eric Liman
Birth Place:
New York, New York, United States
Profession
Producer, director

Fast Facts

  • Began making short films in junior high
  • Studied still photography at the International Center for Photography
  • Founded Brown's campus television station and served as its first station manager
  • Directed campaign ads for Barack Obama in 2008
  • Directed a public service announcement for Feeding America, a hunger-relief organization
  • Made Reckoning With Torture, a documentary in which authors and military officials perform staged readings of declassified documents that detail post-9/11 U
  • S torture policy

Awards

  • 2000Independent Spirit Awards-Best Director: nominated

Relationships