Anthony Banua-Simon is an American
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
director and editor.
Career
Anthony attended
Evergreen State College
The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study towards a degree or follow a ...
and is currently a member of the
Spectacle Theater
Spectacle Theater is a collectively run, independent movie theater that operates out of a small space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York City, New York, United States.
History
Spectacle Theater opened in September 2010 at 124 S. 3rd Street ...
. He directed a short documentar
''Third Shift'' which won best documentary short at the
Brooklyn Film Festival
The Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival (BiFF) is an independent film festival held every June in New York City.
Started by Marco Ursino, Susan Mackell, Abe Schrager, and Mario Pegoraro in ...
in 2014.
In 2020, he directed his debut feature documentar
''Cane Fire'' which premiered at the
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and Jun ...
.
In 2021, Anthony was named in ''
Filmmaker
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''s "25 New Faces of Independent Film" and listed in
DOC NYC
Doc NYC (stylized as DOC NYC) is an annual documentary film festival in New York City. Co-founded by Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen, the festival is the country's largest documentary film festival with over 300 films and events and 250 specia ...
's "40 Under 40" list for 2022.
Selected filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American documentary film directors
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