Zana Briski

 

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Zana Briski  is an English artist (photographer, filmmaker) and activist. Briski's interest in photography began at age 10. After earning a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, Briski studied documentary photography at International Center of Photography in New York. In 1995, she made her first trip to India, producing a story on female infanticide. In 1997, Briski returned to India and began her project on the prostitutes of Calcutta's red-light district, which led to her work with the children of prostitutes. Briski has won numerous awards and fellowships including George Soros' Open Society Institute Fellowship, an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 2000 to research and photograph in the Brothels of India, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and the Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism

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Zana Briski

Born 1966-10-25 (59 years ago) in London, England, UK.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary (Cinemax Reel Life) 27th News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2006 Cinemax Reel Life
Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award (Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids) 20th Independent Spirit Awards 2005 Born into Brothels
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids) 77th Academy Awards 2004 Born into Brothels
SILVERDOCS Audience Award for a Feature (Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids) 2004 Born into Brothels
World Press Photo Award for Daily Life (1999 World Press Photo Award for Daily Life winning portfolio) 43rd World Press Photo Contest Awards 1999 1999 World Press Photo Award for Daily Life winning portfolio
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary (Cinemax Reel Life) 27th News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2006 Cinemax Reel Life
Independent Spirit Truer than Fiction Award (Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids) 20th Independent Spirit Awards 2005 Born into Brothels
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids) 77th Academy Awards 2004 Born into Brothels
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries (Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids) 57th Directors Guild of America Awards 2004 Born into Brothels
World Press Photo Award for Daily Life (1999 World Press Photo Award for Daily Life winning portfolio) 43rd World Press Photo Contest Awards 1999 1999 World Press Photo Award for Daily Life winning portfolio

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Zana Briski  is an English artist (photographer, filmmaker) and activist.

Briski's interest in photography began at age 10. After earning a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, Briski studied documentary photography at International Center of Photography in New York. In 1995, she made her first trip to India, producing a story on female infanticide. In 1997, Briski returned to India and began her project on the prostitutes of Calcutta's red-light district, which led to her work with the children of prostitutes.

Briski has won numerous awards and fellowships including George Soros' Open Society Institute Fellowship, an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 2000 to research and photograph in the Brothels of India, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and the Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism. Briski and co-director Ross Kauffman were awarded grants from the Sundance Institute, the Jerome Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts for Born into Brothels. Born into Brothels was the winner of the Best Documentary Feature at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. Briski is the founder of the non-profit organisation Kids With Cameras.

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