Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Holmes Documentary Stirs Telluride

Nathan Fielder, the comedian known for his deadpan interrogations of American absurdity, sat down with Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of Theranos, to make a documentary. Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim directed the project, titled "You Can See Everything," which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in early September 2026. The pairing was unconventional enough to draw immediate attention: Fielder's comedy relies on a particular kind of patient, almost anthropological curiosity about how people justify themselves, and Holmes is a figure whose public statements have long invited scrutiny—she founded a blood-testing company that promised revolutionary technology, raised hundreds of millions in venture capital, and was convicted of fraud in 2022.

The documentary's arrival at Telluride, one of the year's most prestigious film festivals, signaled that the project had secured backing and distribution serious enough to warrant a major premiere. A24, the production company behind the film, positioned it as a significant entry in the growing catalog of work examining corporate malfeasance and the people who perpetrate it. The festival setting meant the film would be seen first by critics, filmmakers, and industry figures—the people most likely to shape how it gets discussed and understood.

Fielder's involvement was the element that made this particular interview project distinctive. His comedy practice, developed over years of television and film, centers on a kind of relentless, gentle pressure applied to subjects until they reveal something true or absurd or both. He does not perform outrage. He does not grandstand. He asks questions and waits. This approach, applied to Holmes—a woman who has maintained her innocence and whose conviction remains subject to ongoing legal proceedings—created a documentary premise that was neither a puff piece nor a conventional true-crime takedown.

The timing of the premiere mattered. Holmes was convicted in January 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy. She was sentenced to over eleven years in prison in November 2022, though her case has remained in legal limbo as appeals proceed. A documentary featuring her speaking at length, directed by a filmmaker and featuring a comedian whose work is built on extracting uncomfortable truths from willing subjects, represented a rare opportunity to hear Holmes articulate her own account of what happened at Theranos and how she understands her role in it.

Oppenheim, who has directed previous documentaries examining systems and institutions, brought a different sensibility to the project than Fielder. Where Fielder's strength lies in the interview itself—the performance of questioning—Oppenheim's work typically involves constructing a larger frame around individual stories. Together, they created something that was neither a standard documentary profile nor a comedy special, but something that drew on both registers.

The documentary's premiere at Telluride placed it in conversation with other films examining fraud, corporate culture, and the gap between public image and private reality. It also raised questions about how media figures and filmmakers approach interviewing people who have been convicted of serious crimes, and what responsibility comes with providing a platform for their account. Fielder's presence suggested the film would not be a straightforward platform—his comedy practice is built on complication and contradiction—but the actual substance of what Holmes said, and how Oppenheim framed it, would determine whether the documentary functioned as genuine inquiry or something else entirely.