GEOFFREY O'CONNOR: FILMOGRAPHY Nonfiction Work for BBC 2: Producer and director on this two-time BAFTA award winning satirical series with presenter Louis Theroux.  Works include one hour programs and fature length specials:          "The Most Hated Family in America" (2007)  a sixty-minute documentary special on a hate cult in Topeka, Kansas.          "Louis & The Brothel" (2003)  a feature length documentary exploring the meaning of love at a brothel in Reno, Nevada.           "Hypnosis" (2001)  a satirical investigation into a Las Vegas based movement to inspire self-improvement through hypnosis.           "Off-Broadway" (1999)  chronicles the struggles of actors trying to "break in" to the business in new York City.           "Swingers" (1998)  profile on the resurgence of "swinging" popularly known as "wife swapping" in Southern California.           "A Christams Special in America" (1998)  a reality TV pilot which chronicled four individuals from different American subcultures who spent Christmas together in New York with presenter Louis Theroux.           "Porn" (1997)  profiled male porn performers in Los Angeles.  Broadcast twice on BBC 2/1998 & 1999 and considered a "cult classic" in teh U.K.   TV Magazine/News Work: Michael Moore's "TV Nation" (1994 & 1995)  Produced and directed various segments for thsi landmark, Emmy-award winning series which fused satirical comedy with documentary techniques.   "CBS News with Dan Rather" (1989-1995)  Stringer producer from Brazil for CBS and a number of other news organizations.  Produced fifty news reports from the Amazon over an eight year period.   Documentaries:   "Amazon Journal" (1996)  a filmmaker's account of a decade spent covering turbulent political events in the Brazilian Amazon.  PBS broadcast in 1998.  Translated in ten languages and broadcast in over fifteen countries.  Nominated for the prestigious "Documentary Achievement Award" in 1997 by The International Documentary Association.  Funded by The Ford Foundation.   "At The Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai" (1993)  a chronicle of a village leader's first trip to Brazil's capitol to stop the government from reducing the size of his people's land.  Nominated for an Academny Award in 1993.  "Blue Ribbon Award" winner at The American Film and Video Festival (1993).  Translated in five languages.  Broadcast in ten countries. "Contact: The Yanomami Indians of Brazil" (1990)  documents the gold rush onto the lands of the Yanomami Indians which killed off 1,500 Indians.  Broadcast in 12 countries. "Postscript to a War: The Indo-Chinese in America" (1989)  follows the plight of Loatian and Vietnamese refugees during their resettlement process in the United States.  Broadcast nationally on PBS. Books: "Amazon Journal: Dispatches from a Vanishing Frontier" (Dutton/1997), author of this nonfiction memoir which received critical acclaim in 1997 including a NY Times "Notable Book of the Year" selection and recognition by the LA Times as one of its "101 Books of Distinction."   Education: London School of Economics/Columbia Universtiy, BA Anthropolgy. American Film Institute: Center for Advanced Film Studies, Directing Fellow.