Julia Reichert, Oscar-winning documentarian, dies at 76

2020 filepic of (From left) Jeff Reicher, Julia Reichert, and Steven Bognar, winners of the award for best documentary feature for "American Factory", pose in the press room at the Oscars in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2020. Julia Reichert, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker whose films explored themes of race, class and gender, often in the Midwest, died Thursday in Ohio from cancer. She was 76. - Photo: AP

Julia Reichert, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker behind American Factory whose films explored themes of race, class and gender, often in the Midwest, has died. She was 76.

She died Thursday night in Ohio from cancer, her family said Friday through a representative. She was diagnosed with stage four urothelial cancer in April 2018.