For over two decades, Evel Knievel, America's best-known daredevil, captivated the American imagination. To say he was a maverick sports icon of the 1970s does not begin to do him justice. Knievel performed over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps and one failed attempt to fly over the Snake River gorge in a steam powered rocket. Wikipedia lists he broke at least 433 bones, earning him a spot in the Guinness World Book of Records in that category. To put it plainly, Knievel was a crazed entertainer who made a lucrative living out of looking death in the eye. It is difficult to say what contributed more to his fame - multitudes of jumps across buses or showmanship a 'la Elvis and Houdini. Director Daniel Junge builds an emotional and controversy-filled biography using the memories of people from Knievel's closest circles, illustrated with fascinating archive footage edited by Davis Coombe in veritable rock 'n roll rhythm.
He is an American documentary film director and producer. His debut film Chiefs received the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2002 Tribeca film Festival. The same year "Filmmaker Magazine" placed Junge on its list of 25 new faces of independent film. He received the Oscar and two Emmys for Saving Face, codirected with journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. He is a member of the American Film Academy. Junge lives in Denver.
2002 Chiefs
2008 They Killed Sister Dorothy
2012 Saving Face
2014 A LEGO Brickumentary
2015 Zły jak Evel / Being Evel