His documentary Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date (1985) was nominated for an Academy Award. In addition to Keats, his films include Cobra Snake for a Necktie (Showtime, 1980), a portrait of rock and roll legend Bo Diddley; Loaded Gun: Life, and Death, and Dickinson (PBS, 2003 and INPUT, 2004), a quirky look at the poet Emily Dickinson that was chosen by Library Journal for its list of “Best Poetry Films”; and First Face: The Buck Starts Here (PBS, 2011), a “biography” of the dollar-bill portrait of George Washington. He also wrote and directed the feature comedy Complex World (1992, Hemdale, National Theatrical Release). Mr. Wolpaw’s films have won awards at more than a dozen film festivals worldwide. He has taught film production and scriptwriting at Emerson College and the University of Rhode Island, and currently teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design.