

With a distinctive style all his own, author and journalist Tom Wolfe reshapes how American stories are told.
Direction
Dewey lets Wolfe's voice drive—smart, since nobody else could.
Editing
Jazz archival cuts match Wolfe's frantic prose rhythms.
Director
Richard Dewey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wolfe typed standing up using a custom desk—he claimed sitting killed creative energy.
Director Richard Dewey previously made docs on Hunter S. Thompson and Joan Didion, completing his holy trinity of literary troublemakers.