Background
Davaa, Byambasuren was born in 1971 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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- The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Davaa, a young filmmaker, returns to her native country a...)
- The Cave of the Yellow Dog by Byambasuren Davaa (2008-06-01)
Byambasuren Davaa
Edit ProfileEducation
International law & film student, University Ulaanbaatar, 1993—1998. Student, Munich Academy television & Film, since 2000.
Career
In 1998 she began to work as a moderator and director"s assistant with Mongolian National Television. In 2000 she moved to Munich, Germany, to study documentary film and communication sciences at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her films through 2006 tell stories embedded in the traditional life of the nomads in Mongolia.
The subjects of her movies also serve as amateur actors, playing mostly themselves, which positions her work somewhere between documentary and fiction.
Her latest film Two Horses of Genghis Khan featuring the singer Urna"s quest to find the origins of a song is due for release in Germany in 2010.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Cave of the Yellow Dog
( Davaa, a young filmmaker, returns to her native country...)
- The Cave of the Yellow Dog by Byambasuren Davaa (2008-06-01)
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The Cave of the Yellow Dog
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Awards
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Directors Guild of America Award Academy award; Promotional Award German Film 2003: Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film ) for Best Documentary for The Story of the Weeping Camel 2005: Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Promotional Award German Film) for The Cave of the Yellow Dog 2006: Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film ) for Best Children's Picture for The Cave of the Yellow DogDirectors Guild of America Award Academy award; Promotional Award German Film 2003: Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film ) for Best Documentary for The Story of the Weeping Camel 2005: Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Promotional Award German Film) for The Cave of the Yellow Dog 2006: Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film ) for Best Children's Picture for The Cave of the Yellow Dog
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Directors Guild of America Award Academy award; Promotional Award German Film 2003: Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film ) for Best Documentary for The Story of the Weeping Camel 2005: Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Promotional Award German Film) for The Cave of the Yellow Dog 2006: Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film ) for Best Children's Picture for The Cave of the Yellow DogDirectors Guild of America Award Academy award; Promotional Award German Film 2003: Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film ) for Best Documentary for The Story of the Weeping Camel 2005: Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Promotional Award German Film) for The Cave of the Yellow Dog 2006: Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film ) for Best Children's Picture for The Cave of the Yellow Dog