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Richard Wolf (director)
Richard Wolf (born Ricardo Lobo; 1956) is a Brazilian-American documentary film director. He directed the documentary films Light Within the Cracks and A Requiem for Syrian Refugees. CareerWolf worked under the name Ricardo Lobo in Brazil. He produced special reports for Documento Especial[1] and directed documentaries for TV Cultura, including De Volta para Casa which won the Ayrton Senna Journalism Award[2] and TV Cultura's O Grito da Periferia (1999).[3] Lobo changed his name to Richard Wolf and moved to the United States, where he directed documentaries such as the 2001 film Behind the Veil, a film investigating women's underground resistance against fundamentalism in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.[4] Wolf's 2003 film Women of the Sand: Nomad Islamic Women, focused on women in the Mauritanian desert, is part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.[5][6][7] Wolf also directed A Requiem for Syrian Refugees, a film investigating the Syrian refugee camp known as Kawergosk, which was released theatrically in 2014.[8][9][10] In 2020, Wolf released the documentary Light Within the Cracks, which profiled people in the largest urban slum in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.[11] The film was an official selection at the New York International Reel Film Festival and the Manhattan Film Festival.[11][12] In 2023, Wolf released Ukraine 5.6, a documentary focused on the trauma of Ukraine war survivors.[13] Wolf has also made films for the United Nations, including a documentary on the UN Security Council, as well as reports on AIDS and environmental community activities.[14][15][16] Filmography
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