Barry Poltermann

Birthday: January 12, 1964 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USA

Barry is a producer, director, story supervisor and editor, primarily working in documentary. He has edited several acclaimed feature films, including "American Movie" (Sundance Grand Prize ...Show More

Barry is a producer, director, story supervisor and editor, primarily working in documentary. He has edited several acclaimed feature films, including "American Movie" (Sundance Grand Prize Winner, 1999), "The Pool" (Sundance Jury Prize Winner, 2007), "Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made" (SXSW, 2015), "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond" (Venice Biennale, 2017, Emmy nominee) and "I Am Not Alone" (Toronto, 2019 Audience Award for documentary at TIFF, DocNYC & AFI Fest); and was the Story Supervisor on "Whirlybird" (Sundance, 2020).He is also the founder and creative director of the documentary editorial collaborative September Club, which has edited or collaborated on projects such as the Netflix multi-part documentary series "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" (Netflix, 2019), "Boys State" (Sundance Grand Prize Winner, 2020) and "Murder Among the Mormons" (Netflix, 2021). Hide