Documentary Editor, Awards
Rob Reiner on the Making of “This is Spinal Tap” (2016)
One of Rob Reiner’s biggest film credits is the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. But he became a real documentary maker—not a fake one—with Albert Brooks: Defending My Life. This morning (while working on the Spinal Tap sequel in New Orleans), he learned he’s an Emmy nominee for the HBO film about his lifelong buddy Brooks.
"It's a total surprise," he said of the Emmy recognition for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and for his direction of the film. "Especially because I've never done a real documentary. The only one I've done was a fake documentary — Spinal Tap. It's so funny to be recognized in this way."
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