David Darg

David Darg is an American director and cinematographer. In 2011 he co-founded the media company RYOT with Bryn Mooser. He received critical praise for his documentary Body Team 12 which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 88th Academy Awards.[1]

Darg is a pioneer of Virtual Reality film making and directed the first VR film shot in a disaster zone.[2]

In 2015 Darg was commissioned by Apple to create a short documentary using the iPhone 6s ahead of the phone's release.[3][4][5]

In addition to his awards for directing, Darg is an Emmy winning editor having won in 2017 with Body Team 12 and nominated in 2018 with Fear Us Women.

Darg spent over a decade as a first responder to natural disasters. He lived in China for 1 year following the 2008 Sichuan quake and lived in a Haiti for 2.5 years after the 2010 earthquake.

Career

David is the co-founder of RYOT[6] - a US media company acquired by Verizon in 2016. David was named one of Esquire Magazine's "2012 Americans of the Year"[7] for his work in Haiti as well as a "Hollywood Maverick" by Details magazine[8] for his documentary work in crisis and disaster zones. Darg is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy and has travelled to over 120 countries.

Filmography
  • 2010: Sun City Picture House
  • 2012: Baseball in the Time of Cholera (nominated at the International Film Festival of Wales[9])
  • 2013: The Rider and The Storm
  • 2014: Mitimetallica
  • 2015: Body Team 12
  • 2015: Nepal Quake Project (Virtual Reality Film)
  • 2015: The Painter of Jalouzie
  • 2016: The Rugby Boys of Memphis
  • 2017: Fear Us Women
  • 2018: The Robben Island Mandela Experience (Augmented Reality)
  • 2018: The Young Lions (Virtual Reality Film)
  • 2019: Lazarus
  • 2020: You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Humanitarian Work

Darg spent over a decade as a humanitarian first responder and frontline contributor for Reuters, the BBC[10] and CNN, covering some of the world's largest natural disasters and wars. He has traveled to over 100 countries with experience in cross sector humanitarian development and relief work alongside his position as Vice-president for International Response at Operation Blessing International.

References
  1. "Nomi Talisman Biography". Center for documentary studies- Duke University. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. "Virtual Reality Is Proving a Powerful Vehicle for Disaster Relief, Social Causes". Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. "Apple's iPhone 6s Produces A Colorful Vision Of Haiti Through A Painter's Eyes". Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  4. "WATCH: 4K Ultra HD Documentary Shot Entirely on Apple iPhone 6s". Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  5. "This is the First 4K Film Shot with the New iPhone 6S". Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  6. Strochlic, Nina (2013-07-25). "new-site-ryot-combines-breaking-news-with-activism". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. Warren, Mark (2012-11-29). "Americans Of The Year 2012". Esquire. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  8. Schilling, Mary Kaye. "Hollywood Mavericks". Details. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  9. "The Film Festival Guild | IFFW 2012". Film Festival Guild. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  10. "Haiti quake: Aid workers' diaries". BBC. 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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