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Nic Dunlop (born 1969) is a photographer and author.

Early life and education

Dunlop was born in Ireland, lives in Bangkok, Thailand. He was educated in Ireland and later England (Bedales School). He studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London.[citation needed]

Career

Film director

Dunlop co-directed the HBO film Burma Soldier[1][better source needed] (with Anne Sundberg[2] and Ricki Stern,[citation needed] produced by Julie le Brocquy[citation needed]). The film was awarded the "Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary" at the 2011 United Nations Association Film Festival,[3] and Dunlop received a 2011 News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing" for his writing.[2]

Author and photographer

Dunlop co-authored War of the Mines (1994) with Paul Davies, about the devastation caused by landmines. His book The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge (Bloomsbury, UK 2005; Walkerbooks, US 2006) was the result of a research supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Dunlop exposed Kaing Guek Eav a.k.a. Comrade Duch, the former head of Democratic Kampuchea's dreaded special branch: the Santebal. Duch disappeared after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979. In 1999, Dunlop tracked Duch to Samlaut, Cambodia, where Duch had been transferred as Director of Education. Several months later, Nate Thayer, who had previously interviewed Pol Pot and Ta Mok, accompanied Dunlop where they interviewed Duch for the Far Eastern Economic Review. Duch surrendered to the authorities in Phnom Penh following the publication of his interview. Duch was later tried and found guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity becoming the first former Khmer Rouge to be tried and sentenced by the UN-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Dunlop received an award from the Johns Hopkins University for Excellence in International Journalism for exposing Duch.[4] Dunlop spent 20 years photographing Burma's military regime (1992–2012). His book, Brave New Burma, a portrait of the country in pictures and words, was published in 2013.[5]

He is currently[when?] working on a long-term project about the Battle of Aughrim (1691) in Galway, Ireland. A short version appeared in Granta magazine.[6]

References

  1. ^ "HBO: Burma Soldier". HBO. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Nominees Announced for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards" (Press release). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  3. ^ "UNAFF 2011 International Documentary Film Festival: Awards". United Nations Association Film Festival. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Top SAIS-Novartis International Journalism Award Goes to AP Team". The Gazette Online. Johns Hopkins University. 3 April 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ Selth, Andrew (27 October 2013). "Brave New Burma". New Mandala. Australian National University. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. ^ Dunlop, Nick. "Before They Began to Shrink". Granta. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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