# Erin Lee Carr
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erin lee carr (born April 15, 1988) is an American documentary filmmaker renowned for exploring criminal justice, femininity and virality. She is best known for Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop, Mommy Dead and Dearest and the HBO documentaries I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth vs. Michelle Carter and At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard Part 1
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was born on July 27, 1991, in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, to Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard and Rod Blanchard, but she quickly became the victim of extreme medical deception when her mother began fabricating endless severe illnesses. She subjected her daughter to unnecessary medic…
65: The Case of the Cannibal Cop
In 2015, NYC Police Officer Gilberto Valle was convicted of conspiring to kidnap and eat young women. YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT: KIDNAP AND EAT. Valle argued it was all a fantasy; the prosecution's narrative convinced jurors otherwise. Valle was facing a possible life sentence when filmmaker Erin Lee…
Erin Lee Carr Returns (documentarian of Britney Vs Spears)
Erin Lee Carr (Britney Vs Spears, I Love You Now Die, Mommy Dead and Dearest) is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and producer. Erin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss producing her new documentary Britney Vs Spears, her thoughts on conservatorship reform, and why Britney had such widespread mass…
EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Erin Lee Carr
Erin Lee Carr is an American documentary film director, writer, and producer. She sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss her journey to sobriety, her interest in complicated humans and growing up with parents who are addicts. Dax asks about Erin's relationship with her father and Erin talks …
Former Swan contestants just exposed the reality show's sadistic production as 'most dangerous ever'
On September 25, 2026, Page Six published an exclusive featuring former contestants of Fox's 2004 extreme-makeover reality series "The Swan," detailing allegedly dangerous behind-the-scenes conditions during the show's production. The article coincides with the upcoming Hulu documentary "The Swan: …
Who Holds the Mirror | The Swans: Behind the Mirror S1 E1 Teaser
Picture it: 2004. Sixteen women, ninety days, and every mirror covered. Fox called it The Swan. The contestants called it Pretty Prison. One of them, Season 2's Kari Bravata, says she nearly died during surgery.
Hulu's new documentary, The Swan: Behind the Mirror, from director Erin Lee Carr, lets …
The Swan: Behind the Mirror + Dancing with the Stars Week 3 Recap!
WEDNESDAY! USE THE TIMESTAMPS IF YOU WANT TO SKIP DIRECTLY TO OUR GUESTS! If you were watching TV in 2004, you remember The Swan — the Fox reality show that put women through months of extreme plastic surgery, isolated them from everyone they knew, and then made them compete in a pageant at the end…
The Swan Director Erin Lee Carr on Reality TV's Cruelest Makeover
In 2004, thousands of women applied for a Fox reality show that promised to turn "ugly ducklings" into beauties. It was called The Swan. Contestants spent three months cut off from friends and family while undergoing cosmetic surgery and intense fitness regimens, and most had no idea a beauty pagea…
[PREVIEW] 'The Swan: Behind The Mirror' Gives Contestants Back Their Voices
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Perhaps the most controversial scene in "The Swan: Behind the Mirror," documentarian Erin Lee Carr's new 100-minute exposé on the 2004 extreme makeover reality show "The Swan," is the last one. (For those who aren't familiar, the show promised to transform each of its contestants from "ugly ducklin…
The Swan: Inside Reality TV's Most Brutal Makeover Show (with Director Erin Lee Carr)
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