Daniel Roher

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Daniel Roher

Daniel Roher (/rɔːr/)[1] is a Canadian documentary film director from Toronto, Ontario.[2] He is most noted for his 2019 film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, which was the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

The film was also screened at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award.[4] Roher and Eamonn O'Connor were Canadian Screen Award nominees for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, and Canadian Cinema Editors award nominees for Best Editing in a Documentary in 2020.[5]

Roher previously directed the short documentaries Survivors Rowe,[6] which was a CSA nominee for Best Documentary Program at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017,[7] and Sourtoe: The Story of the Sorry Cannibal, which was a CSA nominee for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.

His newest film, Navalny, was released in 2022.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Artist: Daniel Roher on "Navalny"". Sundance Institute. January 26, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Peter Howell, "‘Five fragile young men’: How Daniel Roher went from young fan of the Band to putting their story on film". Toronto Star, September 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "TIFF 2019 to open with documentary about Canadian rock legend Robbie Robertson". Toronto Star, July 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival hands out awards". Pique Newsmagazine, December 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Lauren Malyk, "Canadian Cinema Editors name 2020 nominees". Playback, April 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "From despair to redemption: The remarkable survivors". CBC Indigenous, March 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "CNN FILMS And HBO MAX Announce Revealing Alexey Navalny Documentary Thriller NAVALNY By Director Daniel Roher". Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  9. ^ "CNN Films, HBO Max Partner for Navalny Documentary". The Moscow Times. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

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