Jeff Daniels (director)

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Jeff Daniels (born 1978) is an American-Australian documentary film director and producer.

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Early life

Daniels was born in 1978 and raised in Queens, New York. He moved to Australia in 2001 and now lives in Melbourne. [1]

Career

Daniels made his first film, The 10 Conditions of Love over seven years while working as a school teacher in Melbourne. [1] An observational film about exiled Uyghur activist and human rights leader, Rebiya Kadeer, [2] the film made international headlines after Chinese hackers attacked the Melbourne International Film Festival website, in an attempt to disrupt its screening. [3] Several Chinese directors withdrew their films from the festival in response to the planned screening of Daniels' film. [4]

Fair Game follows the life and career of AFL footballer, Héritier Lumumba [5] who spoke out about racism in the Collingwood Football Club. [6] The film uncovered systemic racism present within the club and was cited in a subsequent review into the club's response to incidents of racism and cultural safety. [7] The report found the club was "at best ineffective, or at worst exacerbated the impact of the racist incidents". [8] A week after the report's findings were leaked, the club's president Eddie McGuire resigned. [8]

Mother with a Gun won Best Australian Documentary at the 2016 Antenna Documentary Film Festival [9] and was selected for the documentary film festival, DOC NYC. [10] The film follows leader of the Jewish Defense League, Shelley Rubin, on her path to violent extremism. [10]

Television Event is an archive-based documentary tracing the production and socio-political reception of 1983 made-for-TV movie, The Day After . [11] The Day After controversially imagined a nuclear attack on Lawrence, Kansas and its broadcast reached over 100 million Americans. Daniels' film depicts the anxious reaction to The Day After and the change it engendered in president Ronald Reagan's nuclear weapons policy. [12] The film was set to have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020 but did not screen there until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] For it, Daniels won Best Director of a Documentary Feature at RiverRun Film Festival. [14]

Filmography

Feature-length films

Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2022Television EventUranium International Film Festival Best Feature DocumentaryWon [15]
2021Television EventCinema for Peace Foundation Award for Most Valuable DocumentaryNominated [16]
2021Television EventAtom Award for Best History DocumentaryNominated [17]
2021Television EventHot Springs Documentary Film Festival Award for Best Documentary FeatureNominated [18]
2021Television EventSydney Film Festival Award for Best Australian DocumentaryNominated [19]
2021Television EventPhiladelphia Film Festival Award for Best Feature DocumentaryNominated [20]
2021Television EventNewport Beach Film Festival Award for Best Feature DocumentaryNominated [21]
2021Television EventFootcandle Film Festival Audience Favourite Feature AwardWon [22]
2021Television EventSidewalk Film Festival Programmers' Feature Film AwardWon [23]
2021Television EventRiverRun Film Festival Award for Best Director of a Documentary FeatureWon [14]
2021Television EventFull Frame Center for Documentary Filmmakers AwardNominated
2018Fair GameAustralian Directors' Guild Award for Best DirectorNominated [24]
2018Fair GameAtom Award for Best Social & Political Issue DocumentaryNominated [25]
2016Mother with a GunAntenna Award for Best DocumentaryWon [9]
2011The 10 Conditions of LoveBellingham Film Festival Audience Award for Best FilmWon [26]
2010The 10 Conditions of LoveAtom Award for Best Social & Political Issue DocumentaryWon [27]
2010The 10 Conditions of LoveInside Film Awards Independent Spirit AwardNominated [26]
2010The 10 Conditions of LoveFCCA Award for Best Documentary DirectorNominated [26]
2010The 10 Conditions of LoveMelbourne International Film Festival Audience AwardNominated [28]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile Jeff Daniels". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Daniels". Mountain Film. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Chinese hack into film festival site". The Age. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "We are all Melburnian". The New Yorker. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "What's on TV: Sunday, September 3". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Nathan Buckley confrontation was the final straw at Collingwood for Heritier Lumumba". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Do Better - Final Report" (PDF). UTS. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Eddie McGuire speaks for first time after Collingwood exit, denies Magpies board pushed him to resign". ABC News. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Mother with a Gun". Antenna Festival. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Mother with a Gun". DOC NYC. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Nuclear War On ABC & A High-Strung 'Romeo And Juliet'-Style Melodrama Highlight Two Promising Tribeca Sales Prospects". Deadline. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "'Television Event': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Tribeca Film Festival Postponed Amid Coronavirus Fears". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Awards". RiverRun Film Festival. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "International Uranium Film Festival 2022 Award Winners". 3 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Cinema for Peace Awards IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Television Event Atom Awards". Atom Awards. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "Hot Springs Festival". Television Event.
  19. ↑ "SFF Award Winners Announced" (PDF). Sydney Film Festival. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "Television Event". Philadelphia Film Festival.
  21. ↑ "Television Event". Newport Beach Film Festival. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "Footcandle Film on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "2021 Sidewalk Film Festival Award Winners". Sidewalk Film Festival. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  24. ↑ "2018 ADG Awards Nominees are Announced". Australian Directors' Guild. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  25. ↑ "Fair Game: Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  26. 1 2 3 "The 10 Conditions of Love: Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  27. ↑ "Atom Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  28. ↑ "Audience Award Winners". MIFF. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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