Daniel Roher () is a Canadian documentary film director from

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. He is most noted for his 2019 film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band'', which was the opening film of the

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. Roher grew up in midtown Toronto, Canada in a

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family. After graduating from Etobicoke School of the Arts, he studied for three semesters at the

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in Georgia, USA. His 2019 film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band'' was also screened at the 2019

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, where it was the winner of the

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. Roher and Eamonn O'Connor were

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nominees for Best Editing in a Documentary at the

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award nominees for Best Editing in a Documentary in 2020. Roher previously directed the short documentaries ''

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'', which was a CSA nominee for Best Documentary Program at the

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in 2017, and ''Sourtoe: The Story of the Sorry Cannibal'', which was a CSA nominee for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series at the

6th Canadian Screen Awards The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017.

in 2018. Released in 2022, his latest film '' Navalny'' won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.

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* 1993 births Canadian documentary film directors Canadian film editors Film directors from Toronto Jewish Canadian filmmakers Living people Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Savannah College of Art and Design alumni 20th-century Canadian Jews 21st-century Canadian Jews {{Canada-film-director-stub