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She graduated from New York University in 1995.
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Danae Elon
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Elon is an award winning documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. In 2009 she received the prestigious Guggenheim fellowship in the category of film. Soon after she returned to Jerusalem, her hometown to complete two additional films Wild Mint, which she directed and produced, and Cut which she photographed and co-produced.
In 2001 Danae returned to the United States and began work on her film Another Road Home which received a Sundance grant in 2003 and was praised as one of the most honest and sensitive films ever made about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The film premiered at the 2004 Tribeca film festival and showcased in over 20 international film festivals, including IDFA, LAFF, Jerusalem film festival, Hot Docs, Encounters South Africa, Gothenburg, and many more. Another Road Home was theatrically released it 2005 and was showed in over fifteen United States cities.
lieutenant was broadcast on the Sundance channel, British Broadcasting Corporation, Finnish, Belgian, New Zealand, Swedish, and on both First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera and Israeli television Partly Private is her second feature documentary, it is a documentary comedy on male circumcision.
An Israeli-Canadian co-production it is due to be screened on Arte France, television Ontario, Canal Vie, TV2 Denmark, and Channel 8 Israel.
She has worked in the United States, Israel, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and Nicaragua both independently and for major networks. Elon is also a lecturer at the Sapir School for Film and television and the Programmer of the Israeli documentary program at Cinema South.
Achievements
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Her first documentary film Never Again Forever, released in 1996 showcased in over 25 international film festivals and received a Golden Spire award from the San Francisco International film festival as well as an achievement award from the Chicago International Film festival. She won two awards for Another Road Home a bronze medal from the Warsaw International Film Festival, and best documentary from Tursak Film Festival in Istanbul. Partly Private premiered in the 2009 Tribeca film festival and won the Best New York Documentary award. In addition to her work as Director and Producer Elon has won awards for cinematography.
