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.[1]

Career

Darg is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy. He was named one of Esquire Magazine's "2012 Americans of the Year"[2] for his work in Haiti as well as a "Hollywood Maverick" by Details magazine[3] for his documentary work in crisis and disaster zones. Darg is the co-founder of RYOT[4] - a US media company acquired by Verizon in 2016.

In 2015, Darg directed the first virtual reality film shot in a disaster zone.[5] That same year, Darg was commissioned by Apple to create a short documentary using the iPhone 6s ahead of the phone's release.[6][7][8]

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[9])
  • 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[10] 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Nomi Talisman Biography". Center for documentary studies- Duke University. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Warren, Mark (2012-11-29). "Americans Of The Year 2012". Esquire. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Schilling, Mary Kaye. "Hollywood Mavericks". Details. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Strochlic, Nina (2013-07-25). "new-site-ryot-combines-breaking-news-with-activism". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Virtual Reality Is Proving a Powerful Vehicle for Disaster Relief, Social Causes". Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Apple's iPhone 6s Produces A Colorful Vision Of Haiti Through A Painter's Eyes". Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "WATCH: 4K Ultra HD Documentary Shot Entirely on Apple iPhone 6s". Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "This is the First 4K Film Shot with the New iPhone 6S". Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Film Festival Guild | IFFW 2012". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  10. ↑ "Haiti quake: Aid workers' diaries". BBC. 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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