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Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Inverness CA. 2023

Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee (born 1979 in London, England) is an Emmy and Peabody award nominated filmmaker, a composer, and a Naqshbandi Sufi teacher. Emmanuel is the authorized successor of his father Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, a Sufi mystic and lineage successor in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order.

Biography

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Vaughan-Lee was trained from the age of 15 by his father in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston to pursue musical studies in acoustic bass, improvisation and composition.[1] After graduating from Berklee in 2001, Vaughan-Lee performed and recorded with numerous jazz artists and released two albums under his own name – Previous Misconceptions (2001 – Emanjazz) and Borrowed Time (2005 – Fresh Sound New Talent).[2]

As a filmmaker he has directed and produced numerous award winning films and virtual reality experiences including: The Nightingale's Song, Aloha Aina, The Last Ice Age, Taste of the Land, Earthrise, Elemental, Yukon Kings,[3] Isle de Jean Charles,[4] Marie's Dictionary,[5] Soleá, Sanctuaries of Silence,[6] The Atomic Tree,[7] Laugh Clown Laugh[8] and What Would it Look Like.

His films have played at festivals including: New York Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, Thessalonioki Documentary Film Festival, Hot Docs, Camden Intl Film Festival, Melbourne Intl Film Festival, San Francisco Intl Film Festival and Sheffield Documentary Film Festival. They have been featured and distributed on PBS and PBS's POV, National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum and London Barbican.

He is the founder and executive editor of Emergence magazine,[9] a National Magazine Award nominated and Webby winning publication exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. He is the host of Emergence Magazine's weekly podcast.

Filmography

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  • The Nightingale's Song (2024)
  • Aloha Aina (2024)
  • The Last Ice Age (2024)
  • Taste of the Land (2024)
  • The Atomic Tree (2019)
  • Counter Mapping (2018)
  • Earthrise (2018)
  • Sanctuaries of Silence (2018)
  • Soleá (2015)
  • Laugh Clown Laugh (2014)
  • Marie's Dictionary (2014)
  • Isle de Jean Charles (2014)
  • Yukon Kings (2013)
  • Elemental (2012)
  • A Thousand Suns (2009)
  • What Would it Look Like (2009)
  • Barrio de Paz (2007)
  • The Land Owns Us (2007)

References

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  1. ^ "BERKLEE | Berklee College of Music". Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Yukon Kings". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Isle de Jean Charles". IMDb.com. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Marie's Dictionary". IMDb.com. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Sanctuaries of Silence". IMDb.com. September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ "The Atomic Tree". IMDb.com. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Laugh Clown Laugh". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Emergence Magazine". Emergencemagazine.org. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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