Charles Ferguson (filmmaker)

For other people with the same name, see Charles Ferguson (disambiguation).

Charles Ferguson
Ferguson in New York, on April 19, 2012
Born
Charles Henry Ferguson

(1955-03-24) March 24, 1955 (age 69)
San Francisco, United States
Alma materMIT (PhD)
University of California, Berkeley (BA)
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, entrepreneur, writer, angel investor
Websitecferguson.com

Charles Henry Ferguson (born March 24, 1955)[1] is an American angel investor and strategic advisor to early stage technology startups and venture capital firms, especially in artificial intelligence.[2] He is also the founder and president of Representational Pictures, Inc. and director and producer of four feature documentaries, including No End in Sight (2007), which won the Sundance Special Jury Prize[3] and Inside Job (2010),[4] which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.[5] Prior to making films, Ferguson was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution,[6] a Visiting Scholar at MIT and UC Berkeley, and a visiting lecturer in the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. Earlier in his career Ferguson was the founder (with Randy Forgaard) and CEO of Vermeer Technologies, developer of FrontPage, which was sold to Microsoft in 1996. Ferguson holds a BA in mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in political science from MIT. Ferguson is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations[7] and sits on the board of directors of the French American Foundation.[8]

  1. ^ California Births, 1905–1995, Charles Henry Ferguson Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Ferguson, Charles. "Charles Ferguson". Official Website of Charles Ferguson. Charles Ferguson. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "No End In Sight (2007)". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  4. ^ Scott, A. O. (October 7, 2010). "Inside Job (2010)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "Oscars: 'Inside Job' wins for documentary feature". February 27, 2011. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Brookings Institution". Brookings Institution.
  7. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations". Council on Foreign Relations Roster. CFR.org. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "French American Foundation". French American Foundation. May 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2024.