DER Filmmakers

Biographical information, filmography, links, and resources about DER filmmakers.

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DER Filmmaker - Sheetal Agarwal

Sheetal S. Agarwal

United States
DER Filmmaker - Robin Anderson

Robin Anderson

Australia
DER Filmmaker - Alice Apley

Alice Apley

United States
DER Filmmaker - Jeff Arak

Jeff Arak

United States
DER Co-Founder and Filmmaker – Timothy Asch

Timothy Asch

United States
DER Filmmaker - Patricia Alvarez Astacio

Patricia Alvarez Astacio

United States
DER Filmmaker – Dakxin Bajrange

Dakxin Bajrange

India
DER Filmmaker – Asen Balikci

Asen Balikci

Bulgaria
DER Filmmaker – Randy Bell

Randy Bell

United States
DER Filmmaker – Oren Bendavid-Val

Oren Bendavid-Val

United States
DER Filmmaker - Anya Bernstein

Anya Bernstein

United States
DER Filmmaker Lucas Bessire

Lucas Bessire

United States
DER Filmmaker - Mainak Bhaumik

Mainak Bhaumik

United States
DER Filmmaker - Peter Biella

Peter Biella

United States
DER Filmmaker - John Bishop

John Melville Bishop

United States
DER Filmmaker - Adam Booher

Adam Booher

United States
DER Filmmaker Caterina Borelli

Caterina Borelli

United States
DER Filmmaker - Alice Bouvrie

Alice Dungan Bouvrie

United States
DER Filmmaker Kwame Braun

Kwame Braun

United States
DER Filmmaker - Mark Brecke

Mark Brecke

United States
DER Filmmaker - Kathy Brew

Kathy Brew

United States
DER Filmmaker - Angelica Brisk

Angélica Allende Brisk

United States
DER Filmmaker - Richard Broadman

Richard Broadman

United States
DER Filmmaker - Dillon Bustin

Dillon Bustin

United States
DER Filmmaker - Aaron Cadieux

Aaron Cadieux

United States
DER Filmmaker - Katie Cadigan

Katie Cadigan

United States
DER Filmmaker - Michael Camerini

Michael Camerini

United States
DER Filmmaker - April Chabries

April Chabries

United States
Napoleon Chagnon

Napoleon Chagnon

United States
DER Filmmaker - Anne Chapman

Anne Chapman

United States
DER Filmmaker – Bob Connolly

Bob Connolly

United States
DER Filmmaker Roderick Coover

Roderick Coover

United States
DER Filmmaker - Caterina Alves Costa

Catarina Alves Costa

Portugal
DER Filmmaker - Daniel Cross

Daniel Cross

Canada
DER Filmmaker - Steffen Dallsgaard

Steffen Dalsgaard

Denmark
DER Filmmaker - Liam Dalzell

Liam Dalzell

United States
DER Filmmaker - Aryo Danusiri

Aryo Danusiri

United States
DER Filmmaker - Nina Davenport

Nina Davenport

United States
DER Filmmaker - Eric Roach Denis

Eric “Roach” Denis

Canada
DER Filmmaker - Rehad Desai

Rehad Desai

South Africa
DER Filmmaker - Herb Di Giola

Herb Di Gioia

United States
DER Filmmaker – John Dickinson

John Edward Dickinson

Argentina
DER Filmmaker - Kelly Dolak

Kelly Dolak

United States
DER Filmmaker - Cedric Dupire

Cedric Dupire

France
DER Filmmaker – Fadwa El Guindi

Fadwa El Guindi

United States
DER Filmmaker – Sarah Elder

Sarah Elder

United States
DER Filmmaker – Per Erik Erikson

Per Erik Eriksson

United States
DER Filmmaker - Tanaz Eshagian

Tanaz Eshaghian

United States
DER Filmmaker Jordi Esteva

Jordi Esteva

United States
Susan Fanshel

Susan Fanshel

United States
DER Filmmaker – David A. Feingold

David A. Feingold

United States
DER Filmmaker - Steven Feld

Steven Feld

United States
DER Filmmaker - Tad Fettig

Tad Fettig

United States
DER Filmmaker - Kieran Fitzgerald

Kieran Fitzgerald

United States
P. Kerim Friedman

P. Kerim Friedman

Taiwan
DER Filmmaker - Lina Fruzzetti

Lina Fruzzetti

United States
DER Filmmaker - Robert Gardner

Robert Gardner

United States
DER Filmmaker - Jane Gillooly

Jane Gillooly

United States
DER Filmmaker – Dan Girmus

Dan Girmus

United States
DER Filmmaker - Yan Giroux

Yan Giroux

France
DER Filmmaker – George Gmelch

George Gmelch

United States
DER Filmmaker - Alex Goldblum

Alex Goldblum

United States
DER FIlmmaker - Gillian Goslinga

Gillian Goslinga

United States
DER Filmmaker - Oliver Greene

Oliver Greene

United States
Alyssa Grossman is a social and visual anthropologist, currently based at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her work spans the fields of memory studies, critical heritage, museum studies, visual culture, and art/anthropology collaborations. Her ongoing research in Romania has been looking at everyday sites and practices of remembrance work in post-communist Bucharest, with the incorporation of filmmaking and other visual, sensory, and experimental methodologies into her fieldwork. Her other films about memory in the post-communist Romanian context include Lumina amintirii / In the Light of Memory (2010, awarded Best Feature Length Film at Temple University's 2nd Annual Futures of Visual Anthropology film festival), and Memory Objects, Memory Dialogues (2011, co-directed with Selena Kimball). She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology with Visual Media from the University of Manchester (2010), and an MA in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester's Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (2005).

Alyssa Grossman

United Kingdom
DER Filmmaker – Raju Gurung

Raju Gurung

Nepal
DER Filmmaker - Ruth Gumnit

Ruth Gumnit

United States
DER Filmmaker - Alfred Guzzetti

Alfred Guzzetti

United States
Tala Hadid

Tala Hadid

United States
DER Filmmaker - Jeanne Hallacy

Jeanne Hallacy

United States
Nina Hasin

Nina Hasin

United States
DER Filmmaker - Andrea Heckman

Andrea Heckman

Peru
DER Filmmaker - Karl Heider

Karl Heider

United States
DER Filmmaker - Courtney Hermann

Courtney Hermann

United States
DER Filmmaker - Ines Hofmann-Kanna

Ines Hofmann Kanna

United States
DER Filmmaker - Chris Horner

Christopher Horner

United States
DER Filmmaker - Janet & Susan Hoskins

Janet Hoskins

United States
DER Filmmaker - Janet & Susan Hoskins

Susan Hoskins

United States
DER Filmmaker - Rolf Husmann

Rolf Husmann

Germany

Hannu Hyvönen

United States
DER FIlmmaker - Allison Jablonko

Allison Jablonko

United States
DER FIlmmaker - Marek Jablonko

Marek Jablonko

Poland
DER Filmmaker – Sabine Jell Bahlsen

Sabine Jell-Bahlsen

United States
DER Filmmaker - Jayasinhiji Jhala

Jayasinhji Jhala

United States
DER Filmmaker - Anne Mette Jorgensen

Anne Mette Jørgensen

Denmark
DER Filmmakers - Amitabh Joshi

Amitabh Raj Joshi

Nepal
DER Filmmaker - Leonard Kamerling

Leonard Kamerling

United States
DER Filmmaker - Richard Kane

Richard Kane

United States
DER Filmmaker - Abhijay Karlekar

Abhijay Karlekar

India
DER Filmmakers - Jean Michel Kibushi

Jean-Michel Kibushi Ndjate Wooto

Congo, Republic of
DER Filmmaker - Alan Klima

Alan Klima

Thailand
DER Filmmaker - Robert Koenig

Robert Koenig

United States
DER Filmmaker - Brandon Kohrt

Brandon Kohrt

United States
Karen Kramer

Karen Kramer

United States
Charles Laird

Charles Laird

Canada
DER Filmmaker – Dennis Lanson

Dennis Lanson

United States
DER Filmmaker – Andy Lawrence

Andy Lawrence

United Kingdom
DER Filmmaker – Ricky Leacock

Richard Leacock

United States
DER Filmmaker – Rachel Lears

Rachel Lears

United States
DER Filmmaker - Robert Lemelson

Robert Lemelson

United States
DER Filmmaker - Deepak Leslie

Deepak Leslie

United States
DER Filmmaker - Jie Li

Jie Li

United States
DER Filmmaker - Johan Lindquist

Johan Lindquist

Sweden
DER Filmmaker - Ernesto Livon-Grosman

Ernesto Livon-Grosman

Argentina
DER Filmmakers - Sam Low

Sam Low

United States
DER Filmmaker – Berit Madsen

Berit Madsen

Denmark
DER Filmmaker - Kenny Mann

Kenny Mann

United States
DER Founder and Filmmaker - John Marshall

John K. Marshall

United States
DER Filmmaker - Lorna Marshall

Lorna Marshall

United States
DER Filmmaker – Victor Masayesva

Victor Masayesva, Jr.

United States
DER FIlmmakers - Ann Mcintosh

Ann McIntosh

United States
DER Filmmaker - Catriona Mckenzie

Catriona McKenzie

Australia
Les McLaren

Les McLaren

Australia, Papua New Guinea
DER Filmmaker - FIlmon Mebrahtu

Filmon Mebrahtu

United States
DER Filmmakers - Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas

United States
Walking Pilgrims (Arukihenro) (2006)

Tommi Mendel

United States
DER Filmmaker – Lindsey Merrison

Lindsey Merrison

United Kingdom
Norman Miller

Norman Miller

United States
DER Filmmakers - Jerome Mintz

Jerome Mintz

United States
Prithwiraj Misra

Prithwiraj Misra

India
DER Filmmaker - Yasmin Moll

Yasmin Moll

United States
DER Filmmaker – Catarina Mourão

Catarina Mourão

Portugal
DER Filmmaker - Catherine Mullins

Catherine Mullins

Canada
Laura Murray

Laura Murray

United States
DER Filmmaker - Charles Nauman

Charles Nauman

United States
DER Filmmaker - Michel Negroponte

Michel Negroponte

United States
DER Filmmaker - gianfranco norelli

Gianfranco Norelli

Italy
DER Filmmaker - Barley Norton

Barley Norton

United Kingdom
Earl Nyholm

Earl Nyholm

United States
DER Filmmaker - Aiwan Obinyan

Aiwan Obinyan

Nigeria, United Kingdom
DER Filmmaker - Randy Olsen

Randy Olson

United States
DER Filmmaker - Yasuhiro Omori

Yasuhiro Omori

Japan

Wazhmah Osman

United States
DER Filmmaker - Akos Ostor

Ákos Östör

United States
DER Filmmaker - Ton Otto

Ton Otto

Netherlands
DER Filmmaker - Chris Owen

Chris Owen

Papua New Guinea
DER Filmmaker - Jose Padilha

José Padilha

Brazil
Elizabeth Patapoff

Elizabeth Patapoff

United States
DER Filmmaker - Ana Maria Pavez

Ana María Pavez

Chile
DER Filmmaker – Adela Peeva

Adela Peeva

Russia
Pierre-Yves Perez

Pierre-Yves Perez

United States
DER Filmmaker - Robert Perkins

Robert Perkins

United States
DER Filmmaker - Colette Piault

Colette Piault

France
DER Filmmaker - Jorge Preloran

Jorge Prelorán

Argentina
DER Filmmaker - Jason Price

Jason Price

United States
DER Filmmaker – Giovanni Princigalli

Giovanni Princigalli

Canada
DER Filmmaker - Tom Putnam

Tom Putnam

United States
Wen-jie Qin

Wen-jie Qin

China
Ray

Sandeep Ray

India
DER Filmmaker - Rebecca Rivas

Rebecca Rivas

United States
Jeremy Rocklin

Jeremy Rocklin

United States
DER Filmmaker – Richard Rogers

Richard P. Rogers

United States
DER Filmmaker – R. Thomas Rosin

R. Thomas Rosin

United States
DER Filmmaker – Steven Ross

Steven Ross

United States
DER Filmmaker - Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch

France
DER Filmmaker – Jay Ruby

Jay Ruby

United States
DER Filmmaker - James Rutenbeck

James Rutenbeck

United States
DER Filmmaker – Nina Sabnani

Nina Sabnani

India
DER Filmmaker – Talena Sanders

Talena Sanders

United States
Sarkar

Aditi Nath Sarkar

United States
DER Filmmaker – Adele Schmidt

Adele Schmidt

United States
Lauren Semmel

Lauren Semmel

United States
DER Filmmaker – Rina Sherman

Rina Sherman

France
DER Filmmaker – Sarah Sifers

Sarah Sifers

United States
DER Filmmaker – Jeff Silva

Jeff Daniel Silva

United States
Danielle Smith

Danielle Smith

United States
DER Filmmaker – Hubert Smith

Hubert Leigh Smith

United States
DER Filmmaker – William Tyler Smith

William Tyler Smith

United States
DER Filmmaker – Gautam Sonti

Gautam Sonti

India
Joe Sousa

Joe Sousa

United States
Annie Stiven

Annie Stiven

Australia, Papua New Guinea
DER Filmmaker - George Stoney

George C. Stoney

United States
DER Filmmaker – Adrian Strong

Adrian Strong

United Kingdom
DER Filmmaker – Yan Chun Su

Yan Chun Su

United States
DER Filmmaker – Christian Suhr

Christian Suhr Nielsen

Denmark
DER Filmmaker – Hu Tai-li

Hu Tai-Li

Taiwan
Takahashi

Masami Takahashi

United States
DER Filmmaker – Talkudar

Shashwati Talukdar

United States
DER Filmmaker – David Tames

David Tames

United States
DER Filmmaker – Ondi Timoner

Ondi Timoner

United States
DER Filmmaker – Ivana Todorovic

Ivana Todorovic

Serbia
DER Filmmaker – Suree Towfighnia

Suree Towfighnia

United States
Vakhrushev

Aleksei Vakhrushev

Russia
DER Filmmaker – Jacqueline Veuve

Jacqueline Veuve

Switzerland
DER Filmmaker – Jobie Weetaluktuk

Jobie Weetaluktuk

Canada
Japan has always served as a major galvanizing force in the life of anthropologist and writer Christal Whelan. Even in the toughest and most bewildering times - the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, and the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown of 2011 - these calamities also offered new directions. The former begged for a better understanding of how religions continually reinvent themselves to keep apace with the times and how they can also go horribly awry. Christal's work on new religions emerged from her direct experience as a commuter in Tokyo at the time of the incident. The latter continues to shape her interest in the tiny house movement and a dedication to sustainability. Christal's early work as a linguist of Italian and Portuguese led to her production of the film Otaiya that deals with religious persecution of Christians in Japan and the cultural hybridity that resulted from hundreds of years of camouflaging their faith. She wrote a regular column on Japanese culture for the Yomiuri Newspaper's English-language daily, co-produced programs for China's CNC World Television, has contributed to Fodor's guidebook on Japan, worked as a Japanese interpreter at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and is the author of The Beginning of Heaven and Earth: The Sacred Book of Japan's Hidden Christians, and Cool and Classic Japan to be released next year. She has taught various subjects -- religion, language, and anthropology at RISD, Brown University, Boston University, Hawaii Pacific University, and Kyoto University

Christal Whelan

United States
DER Filmmaker – Artemis Willis

Artemis Willis

United States
DER Filmmaker – Jennifer Wolowic

Jennifer Wolowic

United States
DER Filmmaker – Tara Wray

Tara Wray

United States
DER Filmmaker – Olivia Wyatt

Olivia Wyatt

United States
DER Filmmaker – Anne Zeller

Anne Zeller

Canada
DER Filmmaker - Hugo Zemp

Hugo Zemp

Switzerland
DER Filmmaker - Mary Zournazi

Mary Zournazi

Australia