Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt is an American director, writer, producer, and film professor at

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. He is best known for his documentary films '' ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium'', ''Havana Motor Club'', '' Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel'', and ''

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''.

Life and career

Perlmutt was born in

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, NY and grew up in

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. He holds a B.A. with honors from Brown University in 2001 and an M.F.A. with honors from

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in 2007. In 2007, he won a

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for his documentary ''

''. In 2008, he won

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' Best Director Award at the Columbia University Film Festival for his narrative short ''Les Vulnerables'' and was named one of

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's "25 New Faces of Indie Film". His most recent film, '' ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium'', was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020. Perlmutt is a member of the

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(DGA), the

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(NBR), and has received multiple film grants from the

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for his narrative projects. He has taught filmmaking at

and

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, and currently teaches at

Filmography

As actor

* 2004 : '' Brother to Brother''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* American documentary film directors American documentary film producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-stub