---
name: "Charlie Siskel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlie-siskel"
fi1m_id: "charlie-siskel"
imdb_id: "nm0803020"
tmdb_id: 965031
wikidata_id: "Q19967928"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-01T23:05:40.718956+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charlie Siskel

## Identity

Charlie Siskel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charlie-siskel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charlie-siskel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0803020
- **TMDB ID:** 965031
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19967928
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19967928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965031

Producer and director. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19967928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803020/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965031

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Finding Vivian Maier*](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md) (68)

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## Biography

Charlie Siskel is an American documentary filmmaker, director, writer and producer. He co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced the 2014 film *Finding Vivian Maier* with John Maloof. He previously produced the Academy Award-winning documentary *Bowling for Columbine* (2002) and worked on other projects with Michael Moore.

Siskel also directed, wrote and produced the 2016 documentary *American Anarchist*. His television credits include producing and writing for series such as *Tosh.0* and *Review*. A former lawyer, he is the nephew of film critic Gene Siskel.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, findingvivianmaier.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Fi1m 68, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg* (2025), Director, Executive Producer
- *American Anarchist* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Finding Vivian Maier* (2014), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-vivian-maier.md)
- *Religulous* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Dawn Porter: Free Lover* (2008), series, Executive Producer
- *Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Awful Truth* (1999), series, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Documentary Feature Film (nominated), for *Finding Vivian Maier*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/charlie-siskel