Dan Fallshaw
Dan Fallshaw | |
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 Fallshaw at Guggenheim Museum 2010 | |
| Born | Daniel Fallshaw 7 March 1973 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, producer, editor, cinematographer |
Dan Fallshaw (born 7 March 1973 in Sydney) is an Australian filmmaker, producer, editor and cinematographer best known for the documentary Stolen (2009),[1] that uncovers slavery in the Sahrawi refugee camps in south-western Algeria and in Western Sahara. The film, which was co-directed by Violeta Ayala, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2009 and screened internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was broadcast on PBS in 2013.[2]
In 2006 Fallshaw began his collaboration with Ayala on Between the oil and the deep blue sea, a documentary set in Mauritania, about corruption in the oil industry, that follows the investigations of mathematician Yahyia Ould Hamidoune against Woodside Petroleum.[3]
Fallshaw is an alumnus of the Independent Documentary Lab[4] and a Tribeca Film Institute Fellow.[5] He won Best Editor at the 2010 Documentary Edge Festival for Stolen.[6]
Other accolades include Best Feature Doc at the 2010 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles,[7] Grand Prix at the 2010 Art of the Document Film Festival in Warsaw,[8] Golden Oosikar Best Doc at the 2010 Anchorage International Film Festival,[9] Best Doc at the 2010 African Film Festival in Nigeria,[10] Audience Award at the 2010 Amnesty International Film Festival in Montreal,[11] and Best Film at the 2010 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca in Ecuador.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Richard Kuipers (11 June 2009). "Stolen". Variety. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ Don Groves (26 November 2014). "Vindication for Stolen filmmakers". IF. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ SMH Staff (3 June 2006). "Slick operator". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Elnaz Toussi (16 March 2012). "Film Independent's second Documentary Lab begins in LA". Screen Daily. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ Indiewire staff (28 April 2011). "TFI Names Winners & Grants for Tribeca All Access & More". IndieWire. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Elephant Publicity (4 March 2010). "Documentary Edge Festival 2010 – Awards". scoop. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ^ "Filmmaker Awards – Pan African Film and Arts Festival". Paff.org. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "FESTIVAL WINNERS 2010". artofdocument.pl. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ "2010 Golden Oosikar Awards". anchoragefilmfestival.org. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ "WINNERS 2010". africafilmfest.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "2010, Audience Award Winners!". van.amnestyfilmfest.ca. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ "Stolen, mejor película del Festival de Cine". eltiempo.com.ec. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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