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Louise Osmond is a
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maker. Osmond graduated from the
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with a degree in modern history. Before she became a filmmaker, Osmond worked as a
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and
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in
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,
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,
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and
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. During this time, she was working in the news journalism graduate trainee for the UK network
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. Some of Osmond's film titles include: '' Deep Water'' (2006), ''
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: London`s Firestorm'' (2005), ''The Beckoning Silence'' (2007), ''McQueen and I'' (2011), ''
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: The King in the Car Park'' (2013), and ''Dark Horse'' (2015). Osmond most well known recent films include ''Dark Horse'' (2015) and ''Versus: The Life and Films of
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(2016)''. Osmond has won the '' International Emmy Award for Documentary'' and had been nominated for the ''News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming – Long Form'' and the ''
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'' for her work.The New York Times Movies
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