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Farris Rookstool, III

Farris Rookstool, IIIFarris Rookstool, III
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FILM & tV

Historical Filmmaker, Technical Advisor & News Analyst

TV & Film

FILM

Historical consultant and technical advisor has helped to produce award winning documentaries that have earned Emmy® Awards, George Foster Peabody Award and an Academy Award® nomination. Notable projects include:  

  • JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald, History Channel – On-camera interviewee (2017)
  • The Day Kennedy Died, Smithsonian Documentary Finestripe Productions Historical Consultant & Archival Film/Audio Advisor (2013)
  • NBC News with Tom Brokaw: JFK 50th Historical Consultant & Historical Archival Film & Photographic Advisor (2013)
  • JFK: The Lost Tapes, Arrowmedia Discovery Channel – Historical Consultant, Director of Aerial Photography & On Camera Interviewee (2012)
  • Waco: A New Revelation – Technical Advisor & On Camera Interviewee 
  • 48 Hours with Dan Rather: Eyewitness Identification, CBS News - Technical Advisor and On-camera Interviewee (1998)
  • Waco: The Rules of Engagement, Historical Documentary – Technical Advisor and On-camera interviewee (1997) 
  • Waco: The Inside Story, FRONTLINE PBS – Technical Advisor and On-camera Interviewee (1995) 
  • Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? - FRONTLINE, WGBH – Historical Consultant (1993)
  • Who Killed JFK? Facts, Not Fiction - CBS Reports with Dan Rather – Technical Advisor and On-camera Interviewee (1993)
  • Who Shot President Kennedy? Richter Productions PBS NOVA – Historical Consultant  (1988) 
  • On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald – London Weekend Television – Witness Consultant (1986)

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TV

  • Rewind: Transfer of presidential power at Dallas Love Field was cloaked in secrecy, WFAA-TV ABC News, By Chris Sadeghi, January 20, 2021
  • Inauguration of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, WFAA ABC News 8 Daybreak, By Kara Sewell
  • Talking Security Ahead of Biden's Inauguration, CW33, By Ron Corning, January 19, 2021
  • Inauguration Security, WFAA-TV ABC News, By Cleo Greene, January 19, 2021
  • While Trump Blames Antifa for Protest Violence, Experts Question Connection, NBC KINGS5, By Sebastian Robertson, June 1, 2020
  • What's the Deal with ANTIFA? A Former FBI Analyst Explains NBCLX, By Clark Fouraker, June 1, 2020
  • Oswald Killed Kennedy, But That’s Not What Official Marker Say NewsWest 9, By David Schechter, February 18, 2019
  • Dallas Detective Handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when Shot by Jack Ruby Dies at 99 WFAA By Jason Whitely, August 29, 2019
  • VERIFY: David Schechter takes Chris Lawrence to Dealey Plaza WFAA-TV ABC8, By David Schechter, February 17, 2019 
  • Remembering Alan Bean: A Fort Worth Kid Who Made His City Proud WFAA-TV ABC By Jason Whitely, June 1, 2018
  • Dallas Love Field Plans to Recognize LBJ WFAA-TV ABC News, By Jason Whitely, November 3, 2017
  • After 54 years, Dallas Love Field Plans to Recognize LBJ WFAA-TV ABC By Jason Whitely, November 3, 2017
  • What Could Be in the New Kennedy Assassination Records? NBC Nightly News, By By Alex Johnson, Oct. 25, 2017
  • New Documents Released on JFK Assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald NBC5 DFW By Kevin Cokely, July 24, 2017
  • New Documents Released on JFK Assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald NBC DFW, By Kevin Cokely, July 24, 2017
  • JFK Document Drop: Ex-FBI Analyst Breaks Down JFK Documents
  • Facebook Live, By Hannah Davis, WFAA-TV, 2017 
  • JFK Assassination Files to be Released: Expert Farris Rookstool, III NBC5, By Ben Russell, 2017
  • Bloody Eyeglasses Among Bonnie and Clyde Artifacts to be Auctioned WFAA-TV ABC, By Jason Whitely, April 10, 2017
  • Dispute Over LBJ Oath Historical Marker at Love Field NBC5 DFW, By Meredith Yeomans, November 11, 2016
  • WFAA report: Dallas Love Field Hides its Presidential History The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, By Jason Whitely WFAA-TV, October 21, 2016
  • Original Air Force One Stops in Texas WFAA-TV ABC By Jason Whitely, March 21, 2016
  • Plaque to Mark the Spot where LBJ Took Oath Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Staff and Wire Report, September 4, 2015
  • Parkland Hospital Opens New Cutting Edge Facility CW33-TV, By Tony Lewis, August 20, 2015
  • 129-Year-Old Building Demolished in Downtown Dallas NBC5 DFW, By Jocelyn Lockwood, September 22, 2014
  • Wanted: The "Other" JFK Assassination Film USA Today, By Jason Whitely WFAA, June 12, 2014
  • JFK 50th WFAA / ABC News – News analyst and exclusive technical advisor and historian on camera interviewee broadcasting live from Dealey Plaza (2013) 
  • Tippit Historical Marker Ceremony Dallas Schools Television, Dallas ISD, November 30, 2012

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Awards

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