FILM DIRECTOR

Tim Hetherington

1970 - 2011

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Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011) was a British photojournalist. He produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads" and was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair. He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo (2010), which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger. Restrepo won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Hetherington is the 2,124th most popular film director (down from 1,995th in 2024), the 7,656th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,424th in 2019) and the 164th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tim Hetherington ranks 2,124 out of 2,041. Before him are Oren Moverman, Jeremy Saulnier, Anna Melikian, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Pelin Esmer, and Scott Kalvert. After him are Akiva Schaffer, DK Welchman, Sarik Andreasyan, Seamus McGarvey, Euros Lyn, and Eric Heisserer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Tim Hetherington ranks 1,217. Before him are Israel Hernández, Shaun Goater, İsmail Küçükkaya, Ken Yoshida, Trevor Morris, and Jane Goldman. After him are Elizabeth Anne Allen, Celestina Popa, Masaki Tsukano, Zak Orth, Yolanda Griffith, and Mike Vallely. Among people deceased in 2011, Tim Hetherington ranks 539. Before him are Seth Putnam, Mani Kaul, Leon Botha, Olubayo Adefemi, Mohammed Nabbous, and Robert Dietrich. After him are Theyab Awana, Mārtiņš Freimanis, Armen Gilliam, Death of Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb, Ivan Tkachenko, and Patrice O'Neal.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Tim Hetherington ranks 164. Before him are Joe Walker (1963), Paul King (1978), Asif Kapadia (1972), Jesse Armstrong (1970), Shane Meadows (1972), and Garth Jennings (1972). After him are Seamus McGarvey (1967), Euros Lyn (1971), Ana Lily Amirpour (1976), Drew Pearce (1976), Nicholas Stoller (1976), and Sam Dunn (1974).

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