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First Person (2000)

Biography · Documentary

First Person was an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris. The show engaged a varied group of individuals from civil advocates to criminals. Interviews were conducted with "The Interrotron", a device similar to a teleprompter: Errol and his subject each sit facing a camera. The image of each person's face is then projected onto a two-way mirror positioned in front of the lens of the other's camera. Instead of looking at a blank lens, then, both Morris and his subject are looking directly at a human face. Morris believes that the machine encourages monologue in the interview process, while also encouraging the interviewees to "express themselves to camera".

IMDb rating
8.6 (392 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2000)

7.47 avg 11 episodes 6.6 → 8.0 24 min avg

Ep 1: 6.6 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 22 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 63 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 24 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 22 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 18 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 20 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 24 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 19 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mr. Debt6.622
2Eyeball to Eyeball7.522
3Stairway to Heaven8.163
4The Killer Inside Me7.624
5I Dismember Mama7.721
6The Stalker7.122
7The Parrot7.524
8Smiling in a Jar7.518
9In the Kingdom of the Unabomber7.320
10The Little Grey Man7.324
11You're Soaking in It8.019

Season 2 (2001)

7.67 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.4 38 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 28 votesEp 5: 8.9 · 32 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 30 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Mr. Personality7.222
2The Only Truth7.421
3Harvesting Me7.119
4One in a Million Trillion8.028
5Leaving the Earth8.932
6The Smartest Man in the World7.430