Brian Knappenberger

Brian Knappenberger is a writer, director, and producer who has created award winning investigative documentaries and feature films for FRONTLINE/World, National Geographic, Bloomberg Television, and PBS. His recent award winning independent feature, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, explored the online "hacktivist" group Anonymous and chronicled a year of unprecedented online protest activity. Brian's previous films have explored the political tension and corruption behind rebuilding southern Afghanistan in Life After War and brutal abuses of power and a violent crackdown on speech in Ukraine in A Murder in Kyiv. His newest film, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (and will be screened at HOPE X).

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