James Longley was born in Oregon in 1972. He studied film at the University of Rochester and Wesleyan University in the United States, and the All-Russian Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. His student documentary, Portrait of Boy with Dog, about a boy in a Moscow orphanage, was awarded the Student Academy Award in 1994 […]

New York Times
Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
“Hard Life in Gaza, Through 13-Year-Old Eyes”
Like most news reports and television images coming out of the Middle East these days, “Gaza Strip,” an unsparing new documentary by James Longley, offers little reason for optimism. The film, which opens today at the Anthology Film Archives in the East Village, was […]