David Modigliani

David Modigliani is a documentary filmmaker with a unique knack for capturing the intimate human experience of politics in America. Variety writes that his work is "reminiscent of Albert Maysles' Primary or D.A. Pennebaker's The War Room" while The Hollywood Reporter calls his films "an inspiration for many viewers who have found it hard to believe there is any decency left in politics." Modigliaini's feature documentary Running with Beto takes us behind the scenes with then-U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke, his inner circle and the passionate first-time activists who support him in his against-all-odds race to unseat Ted Cruz. The film premiered at SXSW in 2019, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary before a critically-acclaimed release on HBO. His 2020 feature documentary, Ready Or Not, which Texas Monthly calls "tenderhearted and entertaining" follows 17 year-old Black activist Marcel McClinton as he comes of age through his campaign to unseat a powerful incumbe