# Aaron Kopp

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'''Aaron Kopp''' is a US-based cinematographer and film director who grew up in [Eswatini](/source/Eswatini).

==Life==

Kopp shot and co-produced ''[Saving Face](/source/Saving_Face_(2012_film))'' (2012), the Oscar-winning documentary about acid attacks in [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan). He and his partner [Amanda Kopp](/source/Amanda_Kopp) shot for ''[The Hunting Ground](/source/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](/source/Liyana_(film))'', 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](/source/Shiselweni_Region). ''Liyana'' is executive-produced by [Thandiwe Newton](/source/Thandiwe_Newton), who heard about the project through filmmaker [Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy](/source/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](/source/Daily_Beast)'', 11 October 2018.</ref>

==Filmography==

=== As director ===
* ''Likhaya'', 2009
* ''[Liyana](/source/Liyana_(film))'', 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](/source/The_Hunting_Ground)'', 2015
* ''Dime Short'', 2017
* ''Turns in the Road'', 2018

=== As cinematographer and producer ===
* ''[Saving Face](/source/Saving_Face_(2012_film))'', 2012
===As producer ===
* ''[Anuja](/source/Anuja_(film))'' (2024)

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

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