Daniel Junge

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Daniel Junge
Born
Wyoming, United States
OccupationFilm director

Daniel Junge (born October 7, 1969) is an American documentary filmmaker. On February 26, 2012, he won the

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for the film Saving Face, which he co-directed along with Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.[1][2] He lives in Los Angeles, CA
.

Life and career

Raised in

PBS's Independent lens.[3] Junge was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of their "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2002.[4]

Subsequent feature documentaries by Junge include Iron Ladies of Liberia] which premiered at the

Emmy
for Best Long-Form Investigative Journalism.

In 2010, Junge received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary, Short Subject for his film

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
and won the Emmy Award for Best Documentary Film of 2012.

In 2012, Junge became a member of

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[6]

In 2014, Junge and Oscar-Nominated Director Kief Davidson co-directed A Lego Brickumentary with Jason Bateman as the narrator. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and distributed theatrically by Radius before airing globally on Netflix.

In 2015, Junge directed Being Evel, a documentary on the real story behind the myth of American icon

The History Channel
, and was nominated for an Emmy for Best Sports Documentary in 2016.

Junge also produced Liyana, a 2017 documentary following orphaned Swazi children as they create a narrative which is then brought to life using animation—and Hondros, on war photographer Chris Hondros.

In 2020, Junge served as Executive Producer and episode director on AMC's "Secret History of Comics." He also served as co-director and producer on the Netflix series Challenger: The Final Flight.

In 2021, Junge directed Season 2, Episode 2 of "Dogs", a documentary series celebrating the deep emotional bonds between people and their beloved four-legged best friends. Junge's episode centered around a former astronaut that hits the road with his Rhodesian ridgebacks on an emotional trip to honor his friends, the deceased crew of space shuttle Columbia.

References

  1. ^ "Saving Face". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. ^ Academy Awards 2012 | Road to the Oscars - IMDb
  3. ^ David Mayberry, "'Chiefs' required viewing", Casper Star-Tribune, March 29, 2003.
  4. ^ "Colorado Filmmaker Daniel Junge Gets Second Oscar Nomination for 'Saving Face'". Yahoo! Movies. January 26, 2012. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  5. ^ "Colorado's Daniel Junge Among Oscar Nominees". Denver Post.
  6. ^ "176 invited to join Academy".
  7. ^ "Hollywood News".
  8. ^ "Real Screen".

External links

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