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James Longley is a documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Seattle, United States of America, available to work on documentary or commercial / branded projects anywhere in the world. James Longley's work focuses on civilians in conflict zones such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gaza. Longley has been nominated for two Academy Awards and an Emmy for his Iraq war documentaries, and he has received Sundance Film Festival awards for Cinematography, Editing, and Directing. His 2018 film about Afghanistan, Angels Are Made of Light, premiered at Telluride, Toronto, and opened theatrically at Film Forum. He has worked for UNICEF and Save The Children on projects promoting the voices and rights of refugees. He is a MacArthur Fellow, a United States Artists Ford Fellow, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fluent in Russian, Longley studied filmmaking and Russian Language at Wesleyan University and VGIK in Moscow. Longley is available for short and long assignments and documentary film and photography commissioned work anywhere in the world. Longley has years of experience in Russia, Gaza, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and India. His current film, now in post production, took Longley to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan for two years of filming.
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IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS feature doc, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and an Emmy for Best Cinematography. The film was honored with awards at the Sundance Film Festival for Best Documentary Directing, Editing, and Cinematography.
Angels Are Made of Light -- feature documentary film - follows students and teachers at a school in an old Kabul neighborhood slowly rebuilding from past conflicts. Interweaving the modern history of Afghanistan with present-day portraits, the film offers an intimate and nuanced vision of a society living in the shadow of war. WHAT THE CRITICS SAID: ”What is life like on the ground for ordinary people in another culture, another world? That’s been the bread and butter of observational documentaries for forever, but almost never is it done with the kind of beauty and grace filmmaker James Longley brings to his Afghanistan-set Angels Are Made of Light.” — Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times "A gorgeous rumination on three brothers, in school and in turmoil." — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune "Stirring and gorgeous." — Nick Schager, Variety
Portfolio site of James Longley, featuring Oscar- and Emmy-nominated documentaries in Gaza, Iraq, and Afghanistan, as well as documentary photography in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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