Jess Search, a producer on dozens of important documentaries and a catalyst on many more as one of the directors of Doc Society, a nonprofit organization she helped found in 2005 that supports documentary filmmakers, died on July 31 in London. She was 54. Doc Society said in a statement that the death, in a hospital, was caused by brain cancer. Search had announced last month that she was stepping away from the organization because of her illness. Search had been a central figure in the documentary scene in Britain and beyond for years.

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Persons: Jess Search, Search, Matthew Barbato’s “ Alexis Arquette, ” Organizations: Doc Society Locations: London, Britain, Russian