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Daniel Lombroso

Daniel Lombroso is an American documentary filmmaker and journalist.[1][2] He is known for embedding inside of extremist groups to capture their influence on modern politics.[3][4][5] His films White Noise, American Scar, and Nina & Irena have received critical acclaim.[6][7][8]

Life and career

Lombroso was born in New Rochelle, New York, the grandson of two Holocaust survivors.[8][9] After graduating from McGill University, where he studied political science, he began working for The Atlantic and The New Yorker.[10][2] While on staff at those magazines, Lombroso's films explored Russian espionage, Israel's settlement movement, plastic surgery addiction, and the Holocaust, and were recognized with major journalism awards.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

In 2020, Lombroso directed his first documentary feature, White Noise, for which he spent four years embedded inside the so-called alt-right movement.[3] During the production of the film, he exposed Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes for sexual harassment and captured alt-right members embracing Nazi ideology.[19][20] The film was named one of the top documentaries of 2020 by Vox and The Boston Globe.[21][22]

In 2021, Lombroso's documentary short on the US-Mexico border, American Scar, won a Special Jury Mention at DOC NYC and was nominated for the National Magazine Awards.[23][24] In 2023, he directed Nina & Irena about his grandmother's survival in the Holocaust. It was Executive Produced by Errol Morris.[8] He was named to the 2023 Forbes 30 under 30 list in the Media category.[25]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ ""This Whole Movement is about Performance": Daniel Lombroso on his Alt-Right Doc White Noise". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  2. ^ a b "Daniel Lombroso: Profile of a D.C. Filmmaker". independent-magazine.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  3. ^ a b "Four Years Embedded With the Alt-Right". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  4. ^ "A Jewish filmmaker's four-year immersion in the alt-right underworld". jewishinsider.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  5. ^ "Reviews from Big Sky Documentary Film Festival: Part 2". shortstickfilms.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  6. ^ "White Noise". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  7. ^ "American Scar". shortoftheweek.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  8. ^ a b c "In "Nina & Irena," a Holocaust Survivor Breaks Her Silence After Eighty Years". newyorker.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  9. ^ Lombroso, Daniel (2020-06-11). "Four Years Embedded With the Alt-Right". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  10. ^ "Tracking the rise of white nationalism". mcgillnews.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  11. ^ The Atlantic (2019-06-26). Confessions of a Russian Spy. Retrieved 2024-09-16 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ The Atlantic (2018-05-10). Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank. Retrieved 2024-09-16 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ Yorker, The New (2023-04-13). "Going Public with Plastic Surgery in "You'll Be Happier"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  14. ^ Lombroso, Daniel (2023-11-15). "In "Nina & Irena," a Holocaust Survivor Breaks Her Silence After Eighty Years". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  15. ^ "AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2024 NOMINEES". www.asme.media. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  16. ^ "AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2023 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS". www.asme.media. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  17. ^ "Greywater". Online Journalism Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  18. ^ "White Noise". Wallace House Center for Journalists. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  19. ^ "WHY THE ALT-RIGHT'S MOST FAMOUS WOMAN DISAPPEARED". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  20. ^ "'Hail Trump!': White Nationalists Salute the President-Elect". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  21. ^ "The 18 best documentaries of 2020". vox.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  22. ^ "A very good year for documentaries, if an annus horribilis otherwise". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  23. ^ a b "2021 AWARD WINNERS". docnyc.net. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  24. ^ a b "AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2023 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS". asme.media. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  25. ^ "Media". forbes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  26. ^ "Raindance Film Festival 2021 Awards!". raindance.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  27. ^ "2021 FILM AWARD WINNERS". jacksonvillefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  28. ^ "Announcing the 2021 Livingston Award Finalists". wallacehouse.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  29. ^ "AFI FEST 2022 Announces Full Festival Lineup". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  30. ^ "2022 AWARD WINNERS". docnyc.net. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  31. ^ "Big Sky Documentary Film Festival schedule". montanarightnow.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  32. ^ "IDA Documentary Awards". documentary.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  33. ^ "Liturgy Of Anti-Tank Obstacles". flickerfest.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  34. ^ "Ben Kingsley Starrer 'Jules' Wins Audience Award at 26th Sonoma International Film Festival — Exclusive". indiewire.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  35. ^ "2024 WINNERS". brooklynfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  36. ^ "2023 AWARDS AND FESTIVAL RECAP". mountainfilm.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  37. ^ "American Society of Magazine Editors Announce National Magazine Awards 2024 Nominees". asme.media. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  38. ^ "Montclair Film Announces Complete 2023 Montclair Film Festival Program". montclairlocal.news. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

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