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Joanna Grace Natasegara (born October 1980) is an English film director and producer. She produced Virunga (2014) and The White Helmets (2016), for which she received nominations for Academy Award in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary (Short Subject), respectively; she won the latter.
Violet Films is a London-based production company founded by Academy Award®️-winning filmmaker Joanna Natasegara. Violet Films’ work finds the political in the personal, tackling global issues with an intimate lens.
Joanna Natasegara is known for The Edge of Democracy (2019), Virunga (2014) and The Nightcrawlers (2019).
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- Joanna Natasegara
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- Does Your Job as Producer Shift from Film to Film? If so,how?
- What Drives You in Your Work?
- Which of Your Documentaries Are You Most Proud of and Why?
It's all about inspiration. I'm inspired by those who committhemselves to changing the world against all odds. It's a recurringtheme in my films. We so often believe that we are powerless tochange the status quo, but these people prove that theory wrong.It's humbling and empowering.
Every film is different, but generally, I need to work acrosstasks big and small. A producer's job is procedural, technical andfinancial but also hugely creative, emotional and intuitive - it'sa little like motherhood, knowing when to step in and when to stepback.
The ability for people to fall in love with our contributors, nomatter where in the world they are, is priceless. There is so muchthat divides but even more that binds us and. as simple as thatsounds, my work is about finding those points of relatabilityacross continents. We have found that once people understand theproblems faced by our contributo...
That's like asking someone which of their children they love themost; I couldn't possibly choose! I am most proud of the impactachieved with the films - protecting Virunga against an oil companyseemed impossible when we started but we managed it... and seeingindividuals' lives changed by watching Evelyn stays with me. It's avery brave film directed...
Joanna Natasegara is a multi award-winning producer and founder of UK based production company, Violet Films. Joanna produced the BAFTA and Academy Award® nominated feature documentary Virunga which has won over 50 international awards including an Emmy, a Peabody and Grierson.
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Jan 27, 2020 · Director Petra Costa and producer Joanna Natasegara didn’t expect their acclaimed documentary The Edge of Democracy to earn an Oscar nomination. But when they tuned in for the...
Feb 27, 2017 · Producer Joanna Natasegara and director Orlando von Einsiedel were behind the film White Helmets, which won the best documentary short.
