William Gazecki

As a documentary filmmaker, William is best known for his film WACO: The Rules of Engagement that was nominated for an Academy Award and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has also been awarded the International Documentary Association's Distinguished Documentary Achievement Award and won awards at both the Atlanta Film Festival and the Charleston International Film Festival.  

Gazecki's other recent theatrical release (August, 2002), Crop Circles: Quest for Truth, is a fascinating examination of the mysterious, worldwide crop circle phenomenon. This controversial, widely acclaimed film won Best Documentary at the Thomas Edison Film Festival and was seen on the SciFi Channel. His current DVD release (April, 2004), Invisible Ballots, presents a critical examination of the controversial issues surrounding electronic voting technology. The film has shown throughout the country as part of the grassroots Take Back Democracy Film Festival. He is also partnered with LeVar Burton (Star Trek, Reading Rainbow) on a series for PBS entitled The Science of Peace, and has recently completed Future by Design, a feature-length profile of enigmatic futurist Jacque Fresco, a peer of Buckminster Fuller and Albert Einstein. He recently completed Behind the Masks: The Story of the Screen Actors Guild for the SAG Foundation.  

Gazecki came to documentary filmmaking in 1991 after a multiple Emmy Award-winning career in sound mixing for television, film, and record production (The Rose, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, etc.). Other recognitions of excellence in sound mixing include honors from both the Cinema Audio Society and the Society of Motion Picture Sound Editors, and several Gold and Platinum albums.

Early projects such as Technical Remote Viewing and The Natural Solutions set Gazecki apart as an outspoken and un-intimidated purveyor of the expose long before such endeavors were en vogue. Natural Solutions, which aired on PBS in 1993, impacted then-pending legislation attempting to limit public access to vitamins and health food supplements.  His film Reckless Indifference won a Golden Satellite Award from the International Press Academy.

Each of Gazecki's projects display a cohesive and honorable theme - reflecting his desire to improve the lot of humanity and the quality of life.  His films are a place where people can go to obtain not just information, but human understanding.