Joshua Oppenheimer

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Joshua Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer

(1974-09-23) September 23, 1974 (age 50)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Alma materHarvard College (B.A.)
Central Saint Martins (Ph.D.)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1995–present
Notable workThe Act of Killing
The Look of Silence
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship
Marshall Scholarship
BAFTA
European Film Award
Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)

Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (born September 23, 1974) is an American film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1][2] He is known for his Oscar-nominated films The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence (2014). Oppenheimer was a 1997 Marshall Scholar[3] and a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur fellowship.[4]

  1. ^ "Joshua Oppenheimer: 'You celebrate mass killing so you don't have to look yourself in the mirror' | Film". The Guardian. February 22, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. ^ Cohn, Pamela (December 18, 2012). "BOMB Magazine — Joshua Oppenheimer by Pamela Cohn". Bombsite.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Centric Core". Marshallscholarship.org. September 23, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Lee, Felicia R. (September 17, 2014). "MacArthur Awards Go to 21 Diverse Fellows : Alison Bechdel, Terrance Hayes Among 'Genius Grant' Winners". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2016.