FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Cinema for Peace ‘Most Valuable Film of the Year’ Nominee
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Cinema for Peace ‘Most Valuable Film of the Year’ Nominee
My feature documentary Freedom for the Wolf has been nominated for Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2019 by the Cinema for Peace foundation. Just to be competing in the…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Wins Best Political Film Prize at Portobello FF
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Wins Best Political Film Prize at Portobello FF
Honored that my feature-documentary Freedom for the Wolf won the Best Political Film prize at the Portobello Film Festival last night. A year after we premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest, we’re…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: 1 Month, 8 Film Festivals
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: 1 Month, 8 Film Festivals
This was the month that Freedom for the Wolf hit theatres in the United States. We had screenings at film festivals in Boulder, Atlanta, Sarasota, Detriot, and Cleveland. We had…
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FT WEEKEND: Jeffrey Long Photoshoot
FT WEEKEND: Jeffrey Long Photoshoot
My photoshoot with charity fundraiser Jeffrey Long M.B.E. is out now in the FT Weekend. I had a lot of fun shooting this on medium format film with a Hasselblad. The…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Screenings in Geneva, Oslo, & Valencia
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Screenings in Geneva, Oslo, & Valencia
I had a busy February and March screening my feature documentary, Freedom for the Wolf, at human rights film festivals across Europe. We were honored to be the opening night…
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CNN: You Are Your Password
CNN: You Are Your Password
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with CNN Digital Studios on “You Are Your Password.” It is a branded content documentary short on innovations in biometrics for…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF wins Audience Award at Slamdance
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF wins Audience Award at Slamdance
My documentary feature, Freedom for the Wolf, won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival! This is such a great honour both to the film and…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: IDFA Screenings
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: IDFA Screenings
Just returned from an intense week at IDFA: five screenings of Freedom for the Wolf and pitching a new project at the IDFA Forum. All five screenings sold out three days…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: UNAFF screening at Stanford with Francis Fukuyama
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: UNAFF screening at Stanford with Francis Fukuyama
We had a screening of Freedom for the Wolf at the United Nations Associate Film Festival (UNAFF) hosted at Stanford University. The screening was in the very same building that we…
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FT WEEKEND: Sue Kreitzman Photoshoot
FT WEEKEND: Sue Kreitzman Photoshoot
My photoshoot with legendary outsider artist Sue Kreitzman is out in the FT Weekend. Such a treat to work with somebody who has no fear of colour! Thanks to Missing Link…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Warsaw Film Festival
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Warsaw Film Festival
Had a wonderful time at the Warsaw Film Festival this weekend. Three screenings of Freedom for the Wolf, each with an extensive (hour long!) Question and Answer session. Lively debate…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Sheffield Roundup
FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Sheffield Roundup
“Documentary can also be entertaining, as in Rupert Russell’s Freedom for the Wolf … Russell’s philosophical look at how democracy operates across the globe seems specifically devised to provoke debate…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Premiering at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Proud to announce that my documentary feature Freedom for the Wolf will be premiering at Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 12, 2017. Also, our Executive Producer, Nick Fraser, formerly of BBC…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Featured on DangerousMinds.net
I did an interview with Paul Gallagher of DangerousMinds, who also reviewed the film. The issues of freedom and democracy are at the heart of a new feature-length documentary by…
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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF: Featured in the New York Times
Freedom for the Wolf was featured in the New York Times today: Ayear has passed since the police fired tear gas on pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, setting off a huge sit-in protest movement that…
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UBER LIVES: Featured in Mashable
Coverage of the Uber Lives: LA web series on Mashable today: Two decades ago, Alireza moved to Los Angeles and began building up a menswear business. Pants, shirts, shoes — all manufactured…
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UBER LIVES: Featured on USA Today
UBER LIVES: Featured on USA Today
Uber Lives: LA was a pick of the week in the print edition of USA Today.