Peter Davis
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Sep 21, 2026
Adam Tex DavisHOST
I was hoping.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
So for best documentary feature, the winner is a movie called Hearts and Minds by Peter Davis and Bert Schneider.
Bruce VilanchHOST
Yeah.
Adam Tex DavisHOST
And it's a, you know, anti-Vietnam War film.
Bill BriouxHOST
Davis himself is part of an extended family that boasts many talented members.
Bill BriouxHOST
He's the son of director Peter Davis, who made, among other things, the Peabody Award-winning The Selling of the Pentagon, and the late Joanna Mankiewicz Davis.
Bill BriouxHOST
His paternal grandparents were novelists and screenwriters.
Bill BriouxHOST
He's married to novelist Jane Mendelsohn, and his cousin is Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
Nick Davis.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
Nick Davis is Jewish or partially Jewish, I forget which, but he is the son of Peter Davis, who is a very respected documentary filmmaker.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
He made much more serious topic.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
He made a documentary called Hearts and Minds, which was, I think, one of the most important documentaries in the 1970s about the American involvement in the Vietnam War, and it had a lot of Atrocious stuff in there.