Aaron Kopp

{{Infobox person | name = Aaron Kopp | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | notable_works = |known_for = Saving Face, The Hunting Ground, | awards = | othername = | occupation = Film director | yearsactive = | party = | spouse = | alma_mater = | children = | citizenship = United States{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} | mother = | father = | website = }} '''Aaron Kopp''' is a US-based cinematographer and film director who grew up in Eswatini.

==Life==

Kopp shot and co-produced ''Saving Face'' (2012), the Oscar-winning documentary about acid attacks in Pakistan. He and his partner Amanda Kopp shot for ''The Hunting Ground'' (2015), about sexual assault on American college campuses.<ref>[https://rmwfilminstitute.org/filmmakers/aaron-kopp-amanda-kopp Aaron Kopp & Amanda Kopp], Rocky Mountain Women's Film Institute.</ref>

Aaron and Amanda Kopp's 2017 movie ''Liyana'', eight years in the making,<ref>Jazz Tangcay, [http://www.awardsdaily.com/2017/06/24/la-film-festival-amanda-kopp-aaron-kopp-discuss-beautiful-liyana/ LA Film Festival: Amanda Kopp and Aaron Kopp Discuss the Beautiful Liyana], ''Awards Daily'', June 25, 2017.</ref> is a mix of documentary and animated fable. A 'story within a story', about a young girl rescuing her twin brothers from kidnappers, emerges from a storytelling workshop in Likhaya Lemphilo Lensha (New Life Homes) orphanage in Kamfishane, Shiselweni Region. ''Liyana'' is executive-produced by Thandiwe Newton, who heard about the project through filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.<ref>Marlow Stern, [https://www.thedailybeast.com/thandie-newton-on-the-tragedy-of-trump-and-her-fucking-awful-time-calling-out-hollywood-abuse Thandie Newton on the 'Tragedy' of Trump and Her 'F*cking Awful' Time Exposing Hollywood Abuse], ''Daily Beast'', 11 October 2018.</ref>

==Filmography==

=== As director === * ''Likhaya'', 2009 * ''Liyana'', 2017

=== As cinematographer === * ''Her Life is My Teacher'', 2008 * ''Begin'', 2009 * ''Del:100'', 2010 * ''Arise'', 2012 * ''Living on the Edge of Disaster: Climate's Human Cost'', 2014 * ''The Hunting Ground'', 2015 * ''Dime Short'', 2017 * ''Turns in the Road'', 2018

=== As cinematographer and producer === * ''Saving Face'', 2012 ===As producer === * ''Anuja'' (2024)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|3712568}}

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