Bentley Dean is an Australian documentarian, director, producer, cinematographer, and filmmaker.

Career

Dean appeared in

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in 1997. He is known for his collaborations with director Martin Butler. Dean has earned critical acclaim for his works ''

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'' (2010), ''First Footprints'' (2013), '' Tanna'' (2015), and ''A Sense of Self'' (2016) for

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profiling

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's experience of

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. For '' Tanna'', he received a nomination for

Best Foreign Language Film The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...

at the

89th Academy Awards The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2016 in film, films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californ ...

Filmography

* 2021: ''Facing Monsters'' * 2016: ''A Sense of Self'' (TV Movie documentary; with Martin Butler) * 2015: '' Tanna'' (with Martin Butler) * 2015: ''Call Me Dad'' (TV Movie documentary) * 2013: ''First Footprints'' (TV Series documentary; with Martin Butler) * 2010: ''

'' (Documentary; with Martin Butler) * 2008: ''A Well-Founded Fear'' (Documentary) * 2007: ''The Siege'' (Documentary) * 2004: ''The President Versus David Hicks''

Accolades

''Tanna'' has received critical acclaim. It has a score of 74% on

Metacritic Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created ...

."Tanna Metacritic listing" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/tanna).

. Accessed 24 September 2016.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Bentley Australian film producers Australian film directors Australian screenwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people)