The Diplomat (2015 film)

The Diplomat
Film poster
Directed byDavid Holbrooke
Produced byStacey Reiss
Cinematography
  • Adam Vardy
  • Bao Nguyen
  • Jim Hurst
  • Richard Dallett
Edited bySeth Bomse
Music byGraham Reynolds
Production
companies
Distributed byHome Box Office
Release date
  • April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23) (Tribeca)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Director David Holbrooke (L) with his father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke.

The Diplomat is a biographical documentary film released in 2015 about former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose five-decade career began as a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam during the war.[1] At the time of his death in December 2010, he was the Obama administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.[2] The documentary's perspective is from Holbrooke's son, David, who directed the film.

  1. ^ Rosenberg, Matthew (April 22, 2015). "Richard C. Holbrooke's Diary of Disagreement With Obama Administration". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  2. ^ Packer, George (September 28, 2015). "The Last Mission". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 29, 2015.