Ezra Edelman, director of "O.J.: Made in America," photographed at the ArcLight Hollywood September 27, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Two-time Oscar nominee Lucy Walker, photographed at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

"Chasing Coral" director Jeff Orlowski photographed at the Sundance awards ceremony in Park City, Utah January 28, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Ava DuVernay, director of "13th," photographed at the ArcLight Hollywood on October 24, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Werner Herzog photographed at the Landmark Theatres in West Los Angeles after a screening of "Into the Inferno" on November 10, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Jennifer Brea, director of "Unrest," with her husband Omar Wasow photographed at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson ["Freedom Riders," "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution"] photographed at the Sundance Film Festival January 24, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Kitty Green, director of "Casting JonBenet," photographed with Dixon White, one of the actors she cast in her documentary about the JonBenet Ramsey Case. Sundance Film Festival, January 22, 2017. Credit: Matt Carey

Jeff Feuerzeig, director of "Author: The JT LeRoy Story," photographed in Los Angeles August 31, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Kirsten Johnson, director of "Cameraperson," photographed in Los Angeles September 22, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Joshua Seftel, director of the short film "The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano," photographed at an IDA screening in Los Angeles September 12, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Marc Levin, director of "Class Divide," photographed at an IDA screening in Los Angeles September 14, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Raoul Peck (left), director of "I Am Not Your Negro," in conversation with the LA Times' Kenneth Turan at the IDA's Getting Real conference. September 28, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Brian McGinn (left) and Rod Blackhurst, directors of "Amanda Knox," photographed in Los Angeles September 21, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Amy Berg, director of "Janis: Little Girl Blue" and "Prophet's Prey," photographed in Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Carey

E. Chai Vasarhelyi (left) and Jimmy Chin, co-directors of "Meru," photographed in Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Carey

Oscar Hagelsieb (left), one of the principal subjects of "Kingdom of Shadows," and director Bernardo Ruiz, photographed in Beverly Hills, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Crystal Moselle, director of "The Wolfpack," photographed in New York. Credit: Matt Carey

Frédéric Tcheng, director of "Dior and I," photographed in Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Carey

Laurie Anderson, director of "Heart of a Dog," photographed in West Hollywood, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Marc Silver, director of "3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets," photographed in Beverly Hills, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Directors Fenton Bailey [left] and Randy Barbato [right] and producer Katharina Otto-Bernstein, the filmmaking team behind "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures," photographed at the Berlin Film Festival. February 19, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Stevan Riley, director of "Listen to Me Marlon," photographed in Park City, Utah. January 2015. Credit: Matt Carey

Abigail Disney, director of "The Armor of Light," photographed in Beverly Hills, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Hubert Sauper (right), director of "We Come As Friends," and co-cinematographer Barney Broomfield, photographed at a screening in Malibu, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Editor Doug Blush photographed in his editing suite in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Carey

Matthew Heineman, director of "Cartel Land," and Kathryn Bigelow, executive producer of the film, photographed at a screening in Century City, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Davis Guggenheim and moderator Ben Mankiewicz photographed at an IDA Conversation Series event in Hollywood. Credit: Matt Carey

Christopher K. Walker (left) and Michael Beach Nichols, co-directors of "Welcome to Leith," photographed in Los Angeles at an IDA screening. Q&A moderator Matt Holzman of KCRW is at right. Credit: Matt Carey

Musician Pras Michél, producer and star of the documentary "Sweet Micky for President," photographed in Hollywood. Credit: Matt Carey

Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (right), director of "20 Feet from Stardom" and co-director of "Best of Enemies," photographed in Los Angeles. Matt Carey is at left

Filmmaker Steve James, director of "Hoop Dreams" and "Life Itself," at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Matt Carey

Filmmaker Stephen Kijak, director of "Stones in Exile," "Cinemania," "Scott Walker: 30 Century Man," and "We Are X," photographed in West Hollywood, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Laura Israel [left], director of "Don't Blink - Robert Frank" photographed at the Berlin Film Festival. February 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Chad Gracia (right) with artist Fedor Alexandrovich, the subject of his documentary "The Russian Woodpecker," photographed in Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Carey

Alexandria Bombach (right) and Mo Scarpelli, co-directors of "Frame by Frame," photographed in Los Angeles. Credit: Matt Carey

Producer Bryn Mooser (left), executive producer Olivia Wilde and director David Darg of the Oscar-nominated short documentary "Body Team 12," photographed in West Hollywood, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

The Directors Guild's James Moll (left) with 2016 DGA nominees (left to right): Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, Matthew Heineman and Asif Kapadia, photographed in West Hollywood, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Joshua Oppenheimer ("The Look of Silence," "The Act of Killing"), photographed in Beverly Hills, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney photographed at the Berlin Film Festival. Credit: Matt Carey

Oscar-winning director Louis Psihoyos ("The Cove") photographed in Park City, Utah. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Asif Kapadia ("Senna," "Amy") photographed at Motion Picture Academy headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. Credit: Matt Carey

Frida [left] and Lasse Barkfors, co-directors of "Pervert Park," photographed at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. Credit: Matt Carey

Spike Lee, flanked by actors John Cusack and Nick Cannon, photographed at a press conference for "Chi-Raq" in Berlin. February, 17, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Producer Katharina Otto-Bernstein and Edward Mapplethorpe photographed at the international premiere of "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures." February 19, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Fisher Stevens, co-director of "Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds," photographed at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes. May 15, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Producer Lawrence Bender ["An Inconvenient Truth"] photographed at the Cannes Film Festival. May 17, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Gianfranco Rosi, head of the 2016 documentary jury at Cannes, photographed at a screening in the Palais des Festivals. May 18, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Oscar-winning director Laura Poitras ["citizenfour"] photographed at the world premiere of "Risk" at the Cannes Film Festival. May 19, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Amit Madheshiya and Shirley Abraham, co-directors of "The Cinema Travelers," photographed on the roof of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes Film Festival. May 21, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

James Solomon, director of "The Witness," photographed at L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. May 26, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Deborah Riley Draper, director of "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice," and Blair Underwood, narrator and executive producer of the film, photographed at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, Calif. June 8, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Ondi Timoner and her dog Bellatrix photographed in Los Angeles June 20, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Morgan Neville, director of "The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble," photographed in Hollywood, Calif. June 5, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares, co-directors of the documentary "Political Animals," photographed at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, Calif. June 5, 2016. Photo by Matt Carey

Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams [right] with TCM host Ben Mankiewicz photographed at an IDA Conversation Series talk in Hollywood, Calif. July 11, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Pamela Tom, director of "Tyrus," photographed at the premiere of the film at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. April 24, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Werner Herzog, photographed at the Sundance Film Festival during a press conference for his film "Lo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected World." January 27, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey

Director Taika Waititi photographed at the Sundance awards ceremony, which he hosted. January 31, 2016. Credit: Matt Carey