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David Osit
Mayor

David Osit (born May 6, 1987) is an American

editor and composer. His documentaries include Mayor and Thank You for Playing
.

Life and career

Osit was raised in the suburbs of New York City in

Ground Zero Mosque controversy. The film was broadcast on PBS in 2013.[3]

He is the director, along with co-director Malika Zouhali-Worrall, of the 2015 documentary Thank You for Playing.[4][5][6] Osit and Zouhali-Worrall also directed "Games You Can't Win," a short film inspired by the feature for The New York Times Op-Docs.[7] Both the feature and short were inspired by the art house video game That Dragon, Cancer. In 2017, Thank You For Playing won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary.[8]

His third feature documentary,

Peabody Award.[12][13]

Osit has edited and composed for numerous documentary films, including Live From New York!,

Tribeca Film Festival.[15]

He was named to the 2020 Doc NYC "40 Under 40" list.[16]

Influences

Osit has cited Roy Andersson, Elia Suleiman, Miloš Forman and Amir Naderi as influences on his work.[17] He has referred to James Longley's Iraq in Fragments as a formative documentary for his generation of documentary filmmakers.

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Editor Cinematographer Composer Other Notes
2012 Building Babel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2015 Live from New York! No No Yes No No
2015
Thank You For Playing
 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2017 No Man's Land No Yes Yes No Yes
2020 The Vow No No Yes No No
2020
Mayor
 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2022 Hostages No No Yes No No
2024 The Antisocial Network No No Yes No No

References

  1. ^ "Police union announces scholarship winners". The Bronxville Review Press and Reporter. Gannett Company. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ "David Osit – Wallenberg Legacy, University of Michigan". wallenberg.umich.edu. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  3. ^ "Building Babel | ITVS". itvs.org. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  4. ^ "The Filmmakers". Thank You For Playing. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ^ POV. "Thank You For Playing | POV | PBS". POV | American Documentary Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  6. ^ "Independent Lens Wins Four 2017 News and Documentary Emmys!". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  8. ^ @newsemmys (October 6, 2017). "The Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary goes to @POVDOCS "Thank You For Playing." #NewsEmmys" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "True/False Film Fest 2020: The Value of the Theatrical Experience (Coronavirus Remix) | Filmmaker Magazine". 25 March 2020.
  10. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  11. ^ Kohn, Eric (2020-03-06). "'Mayor' Review: The Best New Film About Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is a Dark Comedy About Ramallah's Mayor". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  12. ^ "Peabody Awards 2022 Winners: 'Mayor'". Peabody. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  13. ^ "POV Wins A News & Documentary Emmy Award for David Osit's Mayor | American Documentary". www.amdoc.org. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  14. ^ Armisen, Fred; Baldwin, Alec; Beatts, Anne; Bergen, Candice (2015-06-12), Live from New York!, retrieved 2017-04-15
  15. ^ "Tribeca". Tribeca. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  16. ^ "40 UNDER 40 - CLASS OF 2020". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  17. ^ ""Palestine May Be the Last Bastion of American Ignorance": David Osit on Mayor". filmmakermagazine.com/. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
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