Eva Orner
Eva Orner (* 1969 ) is an Australian film producer . In 2008 she won an Oscar for the documentary Taxi to Hell .
Life
Orner grew up in Melbourne and studied at Monash University , from which she graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts . In Australia she drew attention to herself as a producer of several documentaries and the television series Blue Heelers . Her film Untold Desires won prizes at the Logie Awards , the Australian Film Institute Awards and the Australian Human Rights Awards , and the 1999 film Strange Fits of Passion was nominated at the Cannes International Film Festival . In 2004 she moved to New York .
For the documentary Taxi zur Hölle (orig: Taxi to the Dark Side ) from 2007, she won an Oscar together with director Alex Gibney in the category Best Documentary . a. against the favorite Sicko by director Michael Moore . The film, which reports on the murder of an Afghan taxi driver by US soldiers, also won a News & Documentary Emmy Award .
Her second film Chasing Asylum (2016) is about the Australian internment camps Nauru Detention Center and Manus Detention Center on the island of Manus .
Web links
- Eva Orner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Former Monash student wins Academy Award message on the Monash University website
- ↑ It's an Oscar for Eva article on theage.com from February 26, 2008 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orner, Eva |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |