Colorado film maker and Emmy nominated Documentarian Wayne Ewing takes an intimate look at Dr. Hunter S. Thompson in life and death with his trilogy of films, Breakfast With Hunter, When I Die, and now Free Lisl: Fear and Loathing in DenverRead Reviews of Wayne Ewing's Acclaimed Verite Documentary's on the King of Gonzo Himself, Hunter S. ThompsonTrack festival appearances of Free Lisl featuring Hunter S. Thompson, Warren Zevon and others in Wayne Ewing's final film of his Gonzo trilogy documenting the life and death of outlaw journalist HSTThe Gonzo Board is the best place on the internet to discuss all issues related to the life and work of Dr. Hunter S. ThompsonWayne Ewing has directed many documentaries other than those chronicling gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, two of those documentaries are Benched and the Last Campaign

Wayne Ewing has produced and directed over thirty documentaries for American television networks. His first twenty-two films were broadcast as a part of the series Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. The Emmy nominated Blood's of 'Nam followed on PBS as a part of the Frontline series. Also for Frontline, Ewing produced and directed A Journey To Russia during the last days of the Brezhnev era.

Ewing made several one-hour documentaries for NBC News, directing Women in Prison with Maria Shriver as correspondent and then producing and directing Gangs, Cops, & Drugs and The New Hollywood with Tom Brokaw as correspondent.

In 1992, the feature film director Barry Levinson asked Ewing to design the visual style of the dramatic series Homicide:Life On The Streets. Ewing's handheld cinematography and innovative editing scheme brought a style of reality to drama that television critics have credited with changing the look of American dramatic television in the 1990's.

Wayne Ewing graduated from Yale College and The University of Texas Graduate School of Communications. He lives somewhere near Aspen, Colorado in an unfortified compound.

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The Last Campaign

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Benched