The Unknown Known

The Unknown Known
Theatrical release poster
Directed byErrol Morris
Written byErrol Morris
Produced byRobert Fernandez
Amanda Branson Gill
Errol Morris
StarringDonald Rumsfeld
Errol Morris
CinematographyRobert Chappell
Edited bySteven Hathaway
Music byDanny Elfman
Production
companies
History Films
Moxie Pictures
Participant Media
Distributed byRadius-TWC
Release dates
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$301,604[1]

The Unknown Known (also known as The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld) is a 2013 American documentary film about the political career of former U.S. Secretary of Defense and congressman Donald Rumsfeld, directed by Academy Award winning documentarian and filmmaker Errol Morris. It is a summary of 33 hours of interviews that Morris conducted with Rumsfeld over eleven separate sessions during visits to Newton, Massachusetts. The film was released on April 4, 2014, by Radius-TWC, and is dedicated to the memory of Roger Ebert.

  1. ^ "The Unknown Known". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 28, 2014.