Joshua Oppenheimer

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Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (born September 23, 1974 in Austin , Texas ) is an American film director .

Life

Oppenheimer studied film at Harvard University and the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London . In several of his documentaries he deals with the aftermath of the massacre in Indonesia in the mid-1960s. In The Act of Killing, for example, former members of the killing squads re-enact their deeds. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was subsequently shown in Toronto and at the Berlinale . Oppenheimer was able to win Werner Herzog and Errol Morris as co-producers . For safety reasons, the majority of the crew members are not named in the credits.

The subsequent film The Look of Silence sheds light on the consequences of the military coup from the perspective of the victims. In 2014 he was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival . At the 2016 Academy Awards , he and Signe Byrge Sørensen were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category for their work on the film . The two had previously been nominated for this award in 2014 for their work on The Act of Killing .

In 2016 he was appointed to the competition jury of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival .

In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Joshua Oppenheimer is also a scientist and involved in the “Genocide and Genre” project of the British Arts & Humanities Research Council .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: These Places We've Learned to Call Home (short film)
  • 1998: The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase
  • 2003: The Globalization Tapes (documentary, with Christine Cynn)
  • 2012: The Act of Killing (documentary, with Christine Cynn)
  • 2014: The Look of Silence (documentary)

Awards (selection)

Chicago International Film Festival

  • 1998: Golden Hugo for Best Experimental Short Film for The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase

Berlin International Film Festival

  • 2013: Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary for The Act of Killing
  • 2013: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for the best film in the Panorama section for The Act of Killing
  • 2015: Peace Film Prize for The Look of Silence

European film award

  • 2013: Best Documentary for The Act of Killing

Venice International Film Festival

  • 2014: Grand Jury Prize for The Look of Silence
  • 2014: FIPRESCI Prize for the best film in the competition for The Look of Silence

Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival

  • 2015: Audience Award of the 9th International Human Rights Film Festival for The Look of Silence

The Ridenhour Prizes

  • 2016: The Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize for The Look of Silence

In 2014 Oppenheimer received a MacArthur Fellowship .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henry Barnes: Joshua Oppenheimer: 'You celebrate mass killing so you don't have to look yourself in the mirror' The Guardian , June 20, 2013, accessed November 12, 2013
  2. ↑ Joshua Oppenheimer on the website of the film The Act of Killing
personal data
SURNAME Oppenheimer, Joshua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oppenheimer, Joshua Lincoln
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd September 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Austin , Texas , Texas , United States