Fires of Kuwait

Fires of Kuwait
Film poster
Directed byDavid Douglas
Produced bySally Dundas
André Picard
Diane Roberts
Narrated byRip Torn
CinematographyDavid Douglas
Edited byBarbara Kerr
Music byMichael Brook
Distributed byIMAX Corporation
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
36 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Fires of Kuwait is a 1992 American documentary film on the Kuwaiti oil fires directed by David Douglas. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1] The film was the winner of the 2005 Hall of Fame Award from Giant Screen Cinema Association.[2] The documentary focuses on the international effort to extinguish Kuwait's burning oilfields in the aftermath of the Gulf War.

  1. ^ "NY Times: Fires of Kuwait". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2010. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
  2. ^ "2005 Industry Awards". Giant Screen Cinema Association. Archived from the original on December 8, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2023.