Leonsis newest 'filmanthropist' at Sundance

January 22, 2007 When dot-com moguls step down from their lofty perches as captains of cyberspace, many of them look to filmmaking as a new creative outlet. For piquing his interest in filmmaking, Leonsis credits fellow dot-com entrepreneur Andrew Jarecki, who directed "Capturing the Friedmans" after making his fortune with Moviefone. Leonsis hired Oscar-winning docu directors Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman ("The Twin Towers") to bring to life his vision of a movie that would reveal what really happened when the Japanese invaded China's former capitol city Nanking in 1937.

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