DER Filmmaker

Christian Suhr Nielsen, Ton Otto, & Steffen Dalsgaard

Christian Suhr is a Danish filmmaker and PhD student in Anthropology at Moesgaard Museum and the University of Aarhus. His current studies concern the place of the invisible in anthropological filmmaking with particular focus on experiences of divine healing among Muslims in Denmark. Christian has directed the film Want a Camel, Yes? (2004) about the encounter between tourists and cameldrivers at the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.

Ton Otto, born in the Netherlands, is Professor of Anthropology and Ethnography at the University of Aarhus. He has conducted fieldwork in Papua New Guinea since 1986 with a focus on issues of social and cultural change. Since his first fieldwork he has used video as part of his research and teaching but also as a means of exchange with the people he collaborates with in his studies. This is his first film intended for a wider public.

Steffen Dalsgaard, born in Denmark, is PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Aarhus. His studies revolve around leadership, the state, exchange, ownership and tradition with a regional focus on Melanesia and Papua New Guinea. Steffen has previously worked as consultant for ethnographic exhibitions at Moesgaard Museum. Ngat is Dead is his first film.