News: Larry Charles

The director of this week’s mockumentary Borat, out today, is probably still best known as a writer for his work on the hugely successful sitcom Seinfeld and its even better semi-spin-off Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was on the latter, like Borat filmed in documentary style, that he honed his directorial teeth before taking on Sacha Baron Cohen’s most recent cinematic project, but only now has Hollywood started to come calling, with Charles next project being to co-write and direct This is America – like Borat, an exploration of the slightly odd under the surface of American culture.