Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee (born 1979 in London, England) is an Emmy and Peabody award nominated filmmaker, a composer, and a Naqshbandi Sufi teacher. Emmanuel is the authorized successor of his father Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, a Sufi mystic and lineage successor in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order.

Biography

Vaughan-Lee was trained from the age of 15 by his father in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He attended

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in Boston to pursue musical studies in acoustic bass, improvisation and composition. After graduating from Berklee in 2001, Vaughan-Lee performed and recorded with numerous jazz artists and released two albums under his own name – ''Previous Misconceptions'' (2001 – Emanjazz) and ''Borrowed Time'' (2005 – Fresh Sound New Talent). As a filmmaker he has directed and produced numerous award winning films and virtual reality experiences including: ''The Nightingale's Song'', ''Aloha Aina'', ''The Last Ice Age'', ''Taste of the Land'', ''

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'', ''Yukon Kings'', ''Isle de Jean Charles'', ''Marie's Dictionary'', ''Soleá'', ''Sanctuaries of Silence'', ''The Atomic Tree'', ''Laugh Clown Laugh'' and ''What Would it Look Like''. His films have played at festivals including: New York Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, Thessalonioki Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs, Camden Intl Film Festival, Melbourne Intl Film Festival, San Francisco Intl Film Festival and Sheffield Documentary Film Festival. They have been featured and distributed on

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and PBS's POV,

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'', and exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum and London Barbican. He is the founder and executive editor of ''Emergence'' magazine, a National Magazine Award nominated and Webby winning publication exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. He is the host of Emergence Magazine's weekly podcast.

Filmography

*''The Nightingale's Song'' (2024) *''Aloha Aina'' (2024) *''The Last Ice Age'' (2024) *''Taste of the Land'' (2024) *''The Atomic Tree'' (2019) *''Counter Mapping'' (2018) *''Earthrise'' (2018) *''Sanctuaries of Silence'' (2018) *''Soleá'' (2015) *''Laugh Clown Laugh'' (2014) *''Marie's Dictionary'' (2014) *''Isle de Jean Charles'' (2014) *''Yukon Kings'' (2013) *''Elemental'' (2012) *''A Thousand Suns'' (2009) *''What Would it Look Like'' (2009) *''Barrio de Paz'' (2007) *''The Land Owns Us'' (2007)

References

External links

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Elemental the FilmGo Project FilmsThe Atomic TreeSanctuaries of SilenceEarthriseEmergence Magazine
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