Daniel Lombroso
Daniel Lombroso | |
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![]() Lombroso premiering his film at Sundance 2023 | |
Born | New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Director, producer, journalist |
Years active | 2020–present |
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
[edit]Lombroso was born in New Rochelle, New York, the grandson of two Holocaust survivors.[8] After graduating from McGill University, where he studied political science, he began working for The Atlantic and The New Yorker.[9][2] In 2020, he 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.[10][11] The film was named one of the top documentaries of 2020 by Vox and The Boston Globe.[12][13] 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.[14][15] 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.[16]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2020 | White Noise | Director, cinematographer and producer | Documentary |
2021 | American Scar | Director and producer | Documentary short |
2022 | Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles | Producer | Documentary short |
2023 | Nina & Irena | Director | Documentary short |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2021 | Won | Raindance Film Festival | Best Documentary Film | White Noise | [17] |
Won | Jacksonville Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | [18] | ||
Nominated | Livingston Award | National Reporting | [19] | ||
2022 | Nominated | American Film Institute | Documentary Short Film | American Scar | [20] |
Won | Doc NYC | Special Mention | [14] | ||
Nominated | National Magazine Awards | Best Video | [15] | ||
Won | Doc NYC | Special Mention | Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles | [21] | |
2023 | Nominated | Big Sky Documentary Film Festival | Best Mini Doc | [22] | |
Nominated | International Documentary Association | Best Short Documentary | [23] | ||
Nominated | Flickerfest | Best Documentary Short | [24] | ||
Won | Sonoma International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Nina & Irena | [25] | |
Won | Brooklyn Film Festival | Spirit Award | [26] | ||
Won | Mountainfilm | Best Short Film | [27] | ||
Nominated | National Magazine Awards | Best Video | [28] | ||
Nominated | Montclair Film | Documentary Shorts Competition | [29] |
References
[edit]- ^ ""This Whole Movement is about Performance": Daniel Lombroso on his Alt-Right Doc White Noise". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b "Daniel Lombroso: Profile of a D.C. Filmmaker". independent-magazine.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b "Four Years Embedded With the Alt-Right". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "A Jewish filmmaker's four-year immersion in the alt-right underworld". jewishinsider.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Reviews from Big Sky Documentary Film Festival: Part 2". shortstickfilms.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "White Noise". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "American Scar". shortoftheweek.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b c "In "Nina & Irena," a Holocaust Survivor Breaks Her Silence After Eighty Years". newyorker.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Tracking the rise of white nationalism". mcgillnews.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "WHY THE ALT-RIGHT'S MOST FAMOUS WOMAN DISAPPEARED". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "'Hail Trump!': White Nationalists Salute the President-Elect". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "The 18 best documentaries of 2020". vox.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "A very good year for documentaries, if an annus horribilis otherwise". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b "2021 AWARD WINNERS". docnyc.net. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ a b "AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE EDITORS ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2023 NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS". asme.media. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Media". forbes.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Raindance Film Festival 2021 Awards!". raindance.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "2021 FILM AWARD WINNERS". jacksonvillefilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Announcing the 2021 Livingston Award Finalists". wallacehouse.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "AFI FEST 2022 Announces Full Festival Lineup". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "2022 AWARD WINNERS". docnyc.net. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Big Sky Documentary Film Festival schedule". montanarightnow.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "IDA Documentary Awards". documentary.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Liturgy Of Anti-Tank Obstacles". flickerfest.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Ben Kingsley Starrer 'Jules' Wins Audience Award at 26th Sonoma International Film Festival — Exclusive". indiewire.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "2024 WINNERS". brooklynfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "2023 AWARDS AND FESTIVAL RECAP". mountainfilm.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "American Society of Magazine Editors Announce National Magazine Awards 2024 Nominees". asme.media. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Montclair Film Announces Complete 2023 Montclair Film Festival Program". montclairlocal.news. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
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