| Aaron Kopp | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Known for | Saving Face, The Hunting Ground, |
Aaron Kopp is a US-based cinematographer and film director who grew up in Eswatini.
Life
Kopp shot and co-produced Saving Face (2012), the Oscar-winning documentary about acid attacks in Pakistan. He and his partner Amanda Kopp shot for The Hunting Ground (2015), about sexual assault on American college campuses.
Aaron and Amanda Kopp's 2017 movie Liyana, eight years in the making, is a mix of documentary and animated fable. A 'story within a story', about a young girl rescuing her twin brothers from kidnappers, emerges from a storytelling workshop in Likhaya Lemphilo Lensha (New Life Homes) orphanage in Kamfishane, Shiselweni Region. Liyana is executive-produced by Thandiwe Newton, who heard about the project through filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Filmography
As director
- Likhaya, 2009
- Liyana, 2017
As cinematographer
- Her Life is My Teacher, 2008
- Begin, 2009
- Del:100, 2010
- Arise, 2012
- Living on the Edge of Disaster: Climate's Human Cost, 2014
- The Hunting Ground, 2015
- Dime Short, 2017
- Turns in the Road, 2018
As cinematographer and producer
- Saving Face, 2012
References
- Aaron Kopp & Amanda Kopp, Rocky Mountain Women's Film Institute.
- Jazz Tangcay, LA Film Festival: Amanda Kopp and Aaron Kopp Discuss the Beautiful Liyana, Awards Daily, June 25, 2017.
- Marlow Stern, Thandie Newton on the 'Tragedy' of Trump and Her 'F*cking Awful' Time Exposing Hollywood Abuse, Daily Beast, 11 October 2018.
External links
- Aaron Kopp at IMDb
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