Duki Dror / Director
Educated in film and theater at UCLA and in Columbia College Chicago, Duki Dror is an award-winning filmmaker of documentaries. He is dealing with issues of identity and displacement. Among his critically-acclaimed documentaries: My Fantasia (2000) tells the story of his father who was a political prisoner in Iraq; Raging Dove (2002) – the story of Arab-Israeli world boxing champion Johar Abu-Lashin – premiered at SXSW festival, aired on The Sundance Channel and won many awards; Mr. Cortisone Happy Days (2004) – a jarring documentary about dying of cancer - winner of the Audience Award at Seoul Doc festival and winner of Gandhi Award at Documenta Madrid; The Journey of Vaan Nguyen (2005) – a feature documentary about the Vietnamese “boat people” –has premiered at the Asian-American Film Festival in San Francisco, it won Remi Award at Houston Worldfest, and showcased in more than 30 festivals. Across The River (2009), has premiered in Jerusalem Film Festival and is schedule to open in New York and San Francisco in 2010. Dror’s films are distributed through Doc&Co, Arab Films, Go2Films, Women Make Movies, and were broadcast internationally.
Educated in film and theater at UCLA and in Columbia College Chicago, Duki Dror is an award-winning filmmaker of documentaries. He is dealing with issues of identity and displacement. Among his critically-acclaimed documentaries: My Fantasia (2000) tells the story of his father who was a political prisoner in Iraq; Raging Dove (2002) – the story of Arab-Israeli world boxing champion Johar Abu-Lashin – premiered at SXSW festival, aired on The Sundance Channel and won many awards; Mr. Cortisone Happy Days (2004) – a jarring documentary about dying of cancer - winner of the Audience Award at Seoul Doc festival and winner of Gandhi Award at Documenta Madrid; The Journey of Vaan Nguyen (2005) – a feature documentary about the Vietnamese “boat people” –has premiered at the Asian-American Film Festival in San Francisco, it won Remi Award at Houston Worldfest, and showcased in more than 30 festivals. Across The River (2009), has premiered in Jerusalem Film Festival and is schedule to open in New York and San Francisco in 2010. Dror’s films are distributed through Doc&Co, Arab Films, Go2Films, Women Make Movies, and were broadcast internationally.