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Orlando von Einsiedel

Orlando von Einsiedel is the Oscar-winning director of short documentary, The White Helmets. His first feature documentary, the Bafta and Academy-Award nominated documentary, Virunga won over 50 international film awards including an Emmy, a Peabody, a Grierson and a duPont-Columbia Award for outstanding journalism. He is a former professional ... See full bio »

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Virunga
Virunga Director
(2014)
The White Helmets
The White Helmets Director
(2016)
Lost and Found
Lost and Found Director
(2019)
Aisha's Song
Aisha's Song Director
(2012)
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 2020 An Unfinished Symphony (Short)
 2020/II Still Human (Short)
 2020 The Lost Forest (Short)
 2019/V Lost and Found (Documentary short)
 2019 Into the Fire (Documentary short)
 2018/III Evelyn (Documentary)
 2016 The White Helmets (Documentary short)
 2016 Moon Shot (TV Series documentary)
 2015 King of the Mountain (Short)
 2014 We Are Fire (TV Short documentary)
 2009-2014 People and Power (TV Series documentary) (5 episodes)
- Pirate Fishing (2014)
- The Nigerian Connection I (2011)
- Slaves to Football (2010)
- The Green Lake (2009)
- Hot Chocolate (2009)
 2014 Virunga (Documentary)
 2013 We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding (Documentary)
 2012 Earthrise (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Tales from Virunga (2012)
 2012 Aisha's Song (Documentary short)
 2011 Little Voice, Big Mountain (Documentary short)
 2011 My Name Is Feker (Documentary short)
 2011 Radio Amina (Documentary short)
 2011 Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul (Documentary short)
 2011 The Forced Marriage Unit (TV Movie documentary)
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[on 'Virunga']. The thrust of the project was to try to tell the story of the rebirth of the eastern Congo because there'd been a period of stability for a few years, and I came across the story of the park's brave rangers. And I thought their story was a sort of metaphor for the wider rebirth of the region. Within a few weeks this new civil war started, and I found out about the oil discovery. ... See more »
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