Ofra Bikel
Ofra Bikel was one of America’s leading documentary filmmakers. She passed away at home in Tel Aviv on Aug. 11, 2024. She produced over 25 documentaries for FRONTLINE, and collectively those films received broadcast journalism’s most prestigious honors, including the duPont-Columbia Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award, the NACDL Champion Of Justice Award, Grand Prize and Best of Category accolades at the Banff International Television Festival, and six national Emmys. In 2007, Bikel received the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, honoring her 30 years of outstanding journalism and filmmaking.
Bikel began her career with FRONTLINE before the...
Stories from Ofra Bikel
The Confessions
Close to Home
The Hugo Chávez Show
When Kids Get Life
The O.J. Verdict
The O.J. Verdict
The Plea
The Plea
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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