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Daniel Roher (/ r ɔːr /) is a Canadian documentary film director from Toronto, Ontario.
- The 'Empowering' Medium of Documentaries
- Early Exercises in Courage
- Only One Person to Thank
Using the camcorder he received as a gift, Roher's first movies were fun projects made with friends, shooting around Toronto, learning about cameras. Early adventures included shutting down a TTC subway line when a portable generator started leaking gas — they were lugging it from his parents' house to light a Toronto alleyway. Roher was just 15. "...
For his early short films, Roher had few resources but a ton of grit — he was willing to show up first and ask questions later. "I would just pick a place in the world that was of interest to me, and I would go there and I would spend five weeks or six weeks and just stay there and try and find a story and try and shoot a movie," Roher said. "It wa...
As of March 3, The Hollywood Reporter predicted that Navalnywould win best documentary feature. "One of the most thrilling of the year," wrote critic Brian Tallerico, editor of RogerEbert.com. "Roher and his team are quite literally watching history unfold.… There's a scene with a phone call that should be on any list of the best documentary moment...
Mar 12, 2023 · As Navalny won best documentary feature film at the 2023 Oscars, filmmaker Daniel Roher dedicated the award to the film’s namesake political prisoner and Putin critic while Navalny’s wife told...
- Katie Kilkenny
Feb 16, 2024 · Daniel Roher’s Oscar-winning 2022 documentary, “Navalny,” helped bring the story of Alexei Navalny into sharper focus for people around the world, delivering an intimate and personal portrait of...
- mark.olsen@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Mar 13, 2023 · Daniel Roher's 'Navalny' wins the Oscar, and he blasted Putin and the war in Ukraine, dedicating the Oscar to political prisoners everywhere.
Apr 7, 2022 · Daniel Roher, Documentaries to Watch. Daniel Roher wants as many people as possible to see 'Navalny' to keep the spotlight on the imprisoned Russian dissident poisoned in 2020.
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Feb 16, 2024 · In the opening moments of “Navalny,” the Oscar-winning 2022 documentary about the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, the director Daniel Roher asks his subject a dark question.
