Daniel Junge

Daniel Junge is a documentary filmmaker. On January 24, 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the film Saving Face.. Daniel Junge is a two-time Oscar nominated American documentary filmmaker. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

Raised in Cheyenne Wyoming and an alumni of The Colorado College , Junge made his feature debut with Chiefs , on the Wyoming Indian High School basketball team. The film won the Grand Jury Award at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival and broadcast on PBS's Independent lens.

Other feature documentaries by Junge include IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and aired on over 50 broadcasters as part of the "Why Democracy" series and THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival and broadcast on HBO.

In 2010 Junge was nominated for Best Documentary, Short Subject for his film THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF GOVERNOR BOOTH GARDNER, which broadcast on HBO. Most recently Junge was nominated again for Best Documentary, Short Subject for his film SAVING FACE which was also made for HBO and will air on March 8th.

External links

• Daniel Junge at the Internet Movie Database
• {www.jungefilm.com}