David Darg
{{Short description|Film Director}}
David Darg is an American director and cinematographer. In 2011 he co-founded the media company RYOT with Bryn Mooser. He received critical praise for his documentary Body Team 12 which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 88th Academy Awards.{{cite web|title=Nomi Talisman Biography|url=http://www.cdsfirst25.com/team/nomi-talisman/|publisher=Center for documentary studies- Duke University|date=|accessdate=January 22, 2016}}
Career
Darg is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy.{{Attribution needed|date=June 2022}} He was named one of Esquire Magazine's "2012 Americans of the Year"{{cite news|last=Warren|first=Mark|title=Americans Of The Year 2012|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/americans-2012/bryn-mooser-david-darg-interview-1212|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=Esquire|date=2012-11-29}} for his work in Haiti as well as a "Hollywood Maverick" by Details magazine{{cite news|last=Schilling|first=Mary Kaye|title=Hollywood Mavericks|url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/movies-and-tv/201312/hollywood-mavericks-starring-christian-bale?currentPage=3|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=Details}} for his documentary work in crisis and disaster zones. Darg is the co-founder of RYOT{{cite news|last=Strochlic|first=Nina|title=new-site-ryot-combines-breaking-news-with-activism |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/25/new-site-ryot-combines-breaking-news-with-activism.html|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=The Daily Beast|date=2013-07-25}} - a US media company acquired by Verizon in 2016.
In 2015, Darg directed the first virtual reality film shot in a disaster zone.{{cite web |date= 16 December 2015|title=Virtual Reality Is Proving a Powerful Vehicle for Disaster Relief, Social Causes |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252798 |accessdate=December 16, 2015}} That same year, Darg was commissioned by Apple to create a short documentary using the iPhone 6s ahead of the phone's release.{{cite web |date= 25 September 2015|title=Apple's iPhone 6s Produces A Colorful Vision Of Haiti Through A Painter's Eyes |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/25/iphone-6s-plus-produces-a-colorful-vision-of-haiti-through-a-painters-eyes/ |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}{{cite web |date= 25 September 2015|title=WATCH: 4K Ultra HD Documentary Shot Entirely on Apple iPhone 6s |url=https://variety.com/2015/digital/news/apple-iphone-6s-4k-ultra-hd-documentary-1201602523/ |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}{{cite web |date= 25 September 2015|title=This is the First 4K Film Shot with the New iPhone 6S |url=https://petapixel.com/2015/09/25/this-is-the-first-4k-film-shot-with-the-new-iphone-6s/ |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}
Darg is also an Emmy winning editor having won in 2017 with Body Team 12 and nominated in 2018 with Fear Us Women.
=Filmography=
- 2010: Sun City Picture House
- 2012: Baseball in the Time of Cholera (nominated at the International Film Festival of Wales{{Cite web |title=The Film Festival Guild {{!}} IFFW 2012 |url=https://www.filmfestivalguild.com/iffw2012 |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Film Festival Guild |language=en}})
- 2013: The Rider and The Storm
- 2014: Mitimetallica
- 2015: Body Team 12
- 2015: Nepal Quake Project (Virtual Reality Film)
- 2015: The Painter of Jalouzie
- 2016: The Rugby Boys of Memphis
- 2017: Fear Us Women
- 2018: The Robben Island Mandela Experience (Augmented Reality)
- 2018: The Young Lions (Virtual Reality Film)
- 2019: Lazarus
- 2020: You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Humanitarian Work
Darg spent over a decade as a humanitarian first responder and frontline contributor for Reuters, the BBC{{Cite news|title = Haiti quake: Aid workers' diaries|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8465060.stm|newspaper = BBC|date = 2010-01-18|access-date = 2016-01-25}} and CNN, covering natural disasters and wars. He lived in China for 1 year following the 2008 Sichuan quake and lived in a Haiti for 2.5 years after the 2010 earthquake. He has traveled to over 100 countries with experience in cross sector humanitarian development and relief work alongside his position as Vice-president for International Response at Operation Blessing International.
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External links
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