Daniel Roher

Daniel Roher
Roher at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival
Born1993 Edit this on Wikidata
Toronto Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationFilm director, producer, filmmaker Edit this on Wikidata

Daniel Roher (/rɔːr/)[1] is a Canadian documentary film director from Toronto, Ontario.[2] He is most noted for his 2019 film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, which was the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and his 2022 film Navalny, about the Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist, and political prisoner, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Meet the Artist: Daniel Roher on "Navalny"". Sundance Institute. January 26, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Peter Howell, "'Five fragile young men': How Daniel Roher went from young fan of the Band to putting their story on film". Toronto Star, September 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "TIFF 2019 to open with documentary about Canadian rock legend Robbie Robertson". Toronto Star, July 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "CNN FILMS And HBO MAX Announce Revealing Alexey Navalny Documentary Thriller NAVALNY By Director Daniel Roher". Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ^ "CNN Films, HBO Max Partner for Navalny Documentary". The Moscow Times. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-16.