In 2009 , his second film , '' Racing Dreams '' , won Best Documentary at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival , where it was also runner up for the Audience Award . It received a 100 % fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes . The film was called " The best film of the year " by '' The Los Angeles Times '' and " one of the rare documentaries you leave wishing it was a little longer " by '' The New York Times '' . In 2011 , '' If a Tree Falls : A Story of the Earth Liberation Front '' won the award for Best Documentary Editing at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival , was theatrically released by Oscilloscope Laboratories and earned Curry his second Academy Award nomination . Kenneth Turan of '' The Los Angeles Times '' called it " one of the best documentaries of the year " and '' The New York Times '' described it as " an extraordinary documentary ... a fearless exploration of complexity in a world drawn to oversimplified depictions of events and problems , heroes and villains . " In 2014 , Curry 's film '' Point and Shoot '' won Best Documentary at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically by The Orchard . The film was given an " A " grade by John Anderson of '' Indiewire '' , who said it was " a virtual swashbuckler " . It was called " brilliantly constructed and provocative " by Peter Keough of '' The Boston Globe '' , " riveting ... an extraordinary and quietly disturbing film " by David Rooney of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' , and Jay Weissberg of '' Variety '' said the " editing is a standout . " In 2017 , Curry released the short film '' A Night at the Garden '' , a documentary about a 1939 German American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden , which attracted 20,000 Nazi supporters . Curry said of the film , " It tells a story about our country that we ’d prefer to forget . " In 2019 , Curry will premiere his short film The Neighbors ' Window at Tribeca Film Festival . Curry lives in Brooklyn , New York
2011 Sundance Film Festival
2011 Sundance Film Festival
Marshall Curry