Danfung Dennis
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Danfung Dennis | |
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| Dennis at the Moscow International Film Festival | |
| Occupation(s) | Documentary film maker, photographer |
Danfung Dennis is a still photographer and documentary film maker. He graduated from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. His images have been published in Newsweek , Time , The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Guardian , Rolling Stone , Le Figaro , Financial Times , Mother Jones , Der Spiegel , and The Wall Street Journal .[1]
He won the Bayeux-Calvados Award For War Correspondents in 2010 and was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker magazine.[2] He was also chosen as one of the 30 New and Emerging Photographers by Photo District News magazine.
He photographed and directed his first feature-length documentary on the war in Afghanistan, Hell and Back Again .[2] The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won both the World Cinema Jury Award and the World Cinema Cinematography Award. The film was nominated for a 2012 Academy Award for best feature documentary.[3]
Danfung Dennis is currently the CEO and founder of Condition One, a video software company.
References
[edit ]- ^ "One Marine's Journey To 'Hell And Back Again'". NPR. February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ a b "Danfung Dennis". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ "The 84th Academy Awards (2012) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . AMPAS. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
