David Darg

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David Darg is an American filmmaker and humanitarian. He co-founded a media company RYOT with Bryn Mooser. He received critical praise for his documentary Body Team 12 which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 88th Academy Awards.

Darg is a pioneer of Virtual Reality film making and directed the first VR film shot in a disaster zone.

In 2015 Darg was commissioned by Apple to create a short documentary using the iPhone 6s ahead of the phone's release. The project was intended to highlight the 4K capabilities of the new handset. Darg and Mooser took two pre release phones to Haiti and shot the first ever 4K documentary entirely using the iPhone. The film titled "The Painter of Jalouzie" was released on the same day as the iPhone 6s and was widely viewed and gained praise from the tech / photo industry.

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Career

David is the co-founder of RYOT News - a news site that connects every news story to actions. David was named one of Esquire Magazine's "2012 Americans of the Year" for his work in Haiti as well as a "Hollywood Maverick" by Details magazine for his documentary work in crisis and disaster zones.

Filmography

2010: Sun City Picture House
2012: Baseball in the Time of Cholera
2013: The Rider and The Storm
2014: Mitimetallica
2015: Body Team 12
2015: Nepal Quake Project (Virtual Reality Film)
2015: The Painter of Jalouzie
2016: The Rugby Boys of Memphis
2017: Fear Us Women

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Humanitarian Work

David has spent over a decade as a humanitarian first responder and frontline contributor for Reuters, the BBC and CNN, covering some of the world's largest natural disasters and wars. As Vice President of Operation Blessing International, he has traveled to over 100 countries with experience in cross sector humanitarian development and relief work.