Aaron Kopp
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Aaron Kopp is a US-based cinematographer and film director who grew up in Eswatini.
Life
Kopp shot and co-produced Saving Face (2012), the Oscar-winning documentary about acid attacks in Pakistan. He and his partner Amanda Kopp shot for The Hunting Ground (2015), about sexual assault on American college campuses.[https://rmwfilminstitute.org/filmmakers/aaron-kopp-amanda-kopp Aaron Kopp & Amanda Kopp], Rocky Mountain Women's Film Institute.
Aaron and Amanda Kopp's 2017 movie Liyana, eight years in the making,Jazz Tangcay, [http://www.awardsdaily.com/2017/06/24/la-film-festival-amanda-kopp-aaron-kopp-discuss-beautiful-liyana/ LA Film Festival: Amanda Kopp and Aaron Kopp Discuss the Beautiful Liyana], Awards Daily, June 25, 2017. is a mix of documentary and animated fable. A 'story within a story', about a young girl rescuing her twin brothers from kidnappers, emerges from a storytelling workshop in Likhaya Lemphilo Lensha (New Life Homes) orphanage in Kamfishane, Shiselweni Region. Liyana is executive-produced by Thandiwe Newton, who heard about the project through filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.Marlow Stern, [https://www.thedailybeast.com/thandie-newton-on-the-tragedy-of-trump-and-her-fucking-awful-time-calling-out-hollywood-abuse Thandie Newton on the 'Tragedy' of Trump and Her 'F*cking Awful' Time Exposing Hollywood Abuse], Daily Beast, 11 October 2018.
Filmography
= As director =
- Likhaya, 2009
- Liyana, 2017
= As cinematographer =
- Her Life is My Teacher, 2008
- Begin, 2009
- Del:100, 2010
- Arise, 2012
- Living on the Edge of Disaster: Climate's Human Cost, 2014
- The Hunting Ground, 2015
- Dime Short, 2017
- Turns in the Road, 2018
= As cinematographer and producer =
- Saving Face, 2012
=As producer =
- Anuja (2024)
References
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External links
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Category:Swazi cinematographers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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