Eugene Jarecki is a two-time Emmy, Peabody, and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for works including Why We Fight, The House I Live In, Reagan, and The King. Most recently, he received the first-ever Golden Globe for Documentary as well as the L’Œil d’or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. “Combining the skills of journalist and poet,” wrote Variety, “Eugene Jarecki sets the gold standard for political documentaries.” He is also an author and public intellectual on social, cultural, and public policy issues.