“In Netflix’s sports-doping expose, we watch actor-turned-filmmaker Bryan Fogel stumble onto a global scandal. Actor-turned-documentarian Bryan Fogel literally delivered the print of ‘Icarus’ to Sundance 2017 at 8:00 am; the film premiered at 10 am. By the end of the screening, ‘Icarus’ was in the midst of a bidding war that was eventually won by Netflix for $5 million. Fogel is an unexpected documentarian, to say nothing of an investigative journalist. He started out in Hollywood as a standup comic and actor, but found early success as the creator of a hit Coast Playhouse and Broadway play, “Jewtopia,” which he grew into a touring company, a book, and a movie. He eventually came up with the “Icarus” documentary as his next career move.”
