Sean Fine

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Sean Fine
Filmmaker, cinematographer
Spouse
(m. 2003)

Sean Fine is an American

U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
achieving equal pay.

Life and career

Fine grew up around filmmaking. His parents co-directed award-winning documentary programs for

NYU Tisch School of the Arts that he realized he wanted to make films for a living. After graduating from college, he went to work for National Geographic, where he met his wife, Andrea Nix.[2][3]

Within a year after starting to work for National Geographic, he was directing his first documentary, which won two national

Emmy Awards. During his time at National Geographic, Fine traveled to over 30 countries and gained experience shooting in very difficult and remote locations. In 2004, Fine and his wife left National Geographic to start their own production company, Fine Films. They decided to make a documentary about the twenty-year-old civil war in northern Uganda after having been contacted by a non-profit, Shine Global.[2] Their son was a year old at the time of filming, causing them to stay in separate parts of Uganda during filming due to the dangers involved.[3]

He was nominated for an

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Inocente wins Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Archived 2013-04-11 at archive.today
  2. ^ a b c Interview with the Fines International Documentary Association, official website. Retrieved December 26, 2010
  3. ^ a b Benjamin Crossley-Marra, Interview Ion Cinema, official website. November 8, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2010
  4. ^ The New York Times
  5. ^ "HBO: Documentaries – Life According to Sam – Home". hbo.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

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