American documentary filmmaker and journalist
Daniel Lombroso |
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![]() Lombroso premiering his film at Sundance 2023 |
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| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, journalist |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
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Daniel Lombroso is an American documentary filmmaker and journalist.[1][2] He is known for embedding inside of extremist groups to capture their influence on modern politics.[3][4][5] His films White Noise, American Scar, and Nina & Irena have received critical acclaim.[6][7][8]
Life and career
Lombroso was born in New Rochelle, New York, the grandson of two Holocaust survivors.[8][9] After graduating from McGill University, where he studied political science, he began working for The Atlantic and The New Yorker.[10][2] While on staff at those magazines, Lombroso's films explored Russian espionage, Israel's settlement movement, plastic surgery addiction, and the Holocaust, and were recognized with major journalism awards.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
In 2020, Lombroso directed his first documentary feature, White Noise, for which he spent four years embedded inside the so-called alt-right movement.[3] During the production of the film, he exposed Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes for sexual harassment and captured alt-right members embracing Nazi ideology.[19][20] The film was named one of the top documentaries of 2020 by Vox and The Boston Globe.[21][22]
In 2021, Lombroso's documentary short on the US-Mexico border, American Scar, won a Special Jury Mention at DOC NYC and was nominated for the National Magazine Awards.[23][24] In 2023, he directed Nina & Irena about his grandmother's survival in the Holocaust. It was Executive Produced by Errol Morris.[8] He was named to the 2023 Forbes 30 under 30 list in the Media category.[25]
In 2024, Lombroso co-directed the documentary short Denial with Paul Moakley, which premiered worldwide on September 09, 2024 via The New Yorker.[26]
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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