| Daniel Roher Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 2 in |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| Year of Birth | 1993 |
| Hair Color | Dark Brown |
| Eye Color | Blue |
Daniel Roher is a Canadian director, producer, and filmmaker who has worked on a number of projects which include the likes of Never Far from Home, Becoming Nakuset, Kids of the Rocket Siren, Resolute, Bashir’s Vision, Survivors Rowe, Conversations with a Dead Prime Minister, Sourtoe: The Story of the Sorry Cannibal, Ghosts of Our Forest, S*xual Being, Brand Canada, Dilveen, Finding Fukue, Navalny, Counting on a New Crop, and Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band.
Born Name
Daniel Roher
Nick Name
Daniel
Age
Daniel was born in 1993.
Born Place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality
Education
Daniel Roher studied at Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA), a specialized public arts-academic high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from ESA and then attended Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), a private art school located in Georgia, United States, for 3 semesters.
Occupation
Director, Producer, Filmmaker
Build
Slim
Height
6 ft 2 in or 188 cm
Weight
80 kg or 176.5 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Sports a beard
Religion
He was raised in a Jewish household.
Daniel Roher Facts
- He spent his childhood years growing up in midtown Toronto.
- Daniel Roher directed the documentary film Survivors Rowe which was released in 2015. The film documents three of the many victims of Ralph Rowe (a former Anglican Church of Canada priest who was convicted in 2012 of s*xual abuse against First Nations boys from the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Northern Ontario). It earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination in the “Best Documentary Program” category at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.
- He served as the director for the 2019 documentary film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, based in part on Robbie Robertson’s 2017 memoir Testimony. On September 5, 2019, the film premiered as the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, marking the first time the festival has ever selected a Canadian documentary film as its opening gala. It won the Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival.
- Daniel Roher directed the documentary film Navalny in 2022. The film revolves around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and events related to his poisoning and it stars Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Maria Pevchikh, Christo Grozev, and Leonid Volkov. He described the film as “the story of one man and his struggle with an authoritarian regime”.
- Navalny premiered on January 25, 2022, at the Sundance Film Festival and received the Audience Award in the US Documentary competition and the Festival Favorite Award. Also, the film won the award for “Best Documentary Feature” at the 95th Academy Awards, the award for “Best Political Documentary” at the 7th Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, and was picked up as the best documentary at the 76th BAFTA awards ceremony.
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