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Dan Reed is a British film director [1] [2] whose film, In the Shadow of 9/11, about the Liberty City Seven, aired on Frontline on PBS. [3] Reed is widely known for the controversial, critically acclaimed documentary Leaving Neverland .
Dan Reed. Reed is a director, screenplay writer and an international recording artist. Signed to 'Polygram Records' in 1988, his band 'Dan Reed Network' released 3 albums for the label, leading them to tour throughout the US and Europe with Bon Jovi, the Rolling Stones, UB40 to name a few.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- February 17, 1963
- Dan Reed
- He's Been Making Documentaries For Decades
- He Did Not Know Much About Michael Jackson
- The Reaction at Sundance
- Jackson's Hard CORE Fans Are Attacking Him
- But Most People Fall in A Grey Area
- He Credits The #Metoo Movement
Dan Reed has been making documentary films for more than 20 years. He has covered subjects ranging from the 9/11 attacks to sex work to Christianity and religion to natural disasters and beyond. When he set out to tell Wade Robson and James Safechuck's stories, he was careful to take the time to research and verify what they were telling him. He to...
Reed did not know about Michael Jackson or much about the allegations against the singer before he began working on Leaving Neverland. He hired a researcher to dive into the claims made by the men who have accused the pop singer of sexual abuse. He also says the fim isn't about Michael Jackson. It is about Robson and Safechuck coming to terms with ...
Reed took Leaving Neverland to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He said the audience's reaction humbed and surprised him At the end of the film, he received a standing ovation. He was not expecting that given the pedestal people put Michael Jackson on for so long. The Sundance audience's reaction was positive. “We didn’t know how peop...
Reed calls the fans of Michael Jackson that resent anything bad being said about their idol"MJ cultists."The attacks from Jackson's hardcore fans did not stop Reed from making the documentary. "You have the people I call the 'MJ cultists', people who are just fanatical devotees and their first response is to be very vicious and nasty and will fling...
Outside of the cult of Michael Jackson, Reed found that most people fell into a grey area,"where they’re like, ‘Yeah he was maybe a bit weird, a bit dodgy, maybe he was a pedophile, but we don’t really know’. And that’s the space that Jackson has inhabited since 2005, since he was acquitted. Most people have never been confronted with the evidence ...
Reed believes that the #MeToo movement opened more people up to being able to actually hear the message in Leaving Neverland. The #MeToo movement helped convince Wade Robson’s mother to appear in the film. "I think we’re blessed with a kind of gathering momentum behind the idea that we should listen to the people who say they’ve been sexually abuse...
Apr 5, 2024 · Director Dan Reed: the truth about Alex Jones and Michael Jackson. The director who exposed Michael Jackson on his next target – Sandy Hook ‘truthers’. Dan Reed details the sinister...
Feb 25, 2019 · Reed – who has been making documentaries for more than 20 years, on subjects such as terrorism, Christianity, 9/11, sex work and natural disasters – was disgusted by the letter.
- Alexandra Pollard
Aug 10, 2021 · Director and producer Dan Reed (Leaving Neverland) spoke with FRONTLINE about how he pieced together what happened in 2005 and 2006, and whether the case, which was ultimately tried three...
Nov 10, 2021 · Carol Nahra welcomes documentary filmmaker Dan Reed. Listen to their conversation and delve into Dan's filmography. With a career spanning a quarter century, Dan has established a reputation as one of the most dedicated and talented filmmakers working in Britain today.
