Bentley Dean

Bentley Dean is an Academy Award nominated Australian documentarian, director, producer, cinematographer, and filmmaker.

Career

Dean appeared in Race Around the World in 1997.

He is known for his collaborations with director Martin Butler.

Dean has earned critical acclaim for his works Contact (2010), First Footprints (2013), Tanna (2015), and A Sense of Self (2016) for Four Corners profiling Liz Jackson's experience of Parkinson's disease.

For Tanna he received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[1][2]

Filmography

Accolades

Tanna has received critical acclaim. It has a score of 74% on Metacritic.[3]

Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
AACTA Awards
(6th)		 Best Film Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson Nominated [4]
Best Direction Martin Butler and Bentley Dean Nominated
Best Cinematography Bentley Dean Nominated
Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film Martin Butler and Bentley Dean Nominated [5][6]
African-American Film Critics Association Best Foreign Film Won [7]
FCCA Awards Best Film Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson Nominated
Best Cinematography Bentley Dean Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Samuelson, Kate (24 January 2017). "Here Are the 2017 Oscar Nominations". Time. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Frater, Patrick (23 August 2016). "Australia Selects ‘Tanna’ as Foreign-Language Oscar Contender". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tanna Metacritic listing" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/tanna). Metacritic. Accessed 24 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hacksaw Ridge leads with 13 AACTA nominations". Sky News. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Nordyke, Kimberly (January 24, 2017). "Oscars: 'La La Land' Ties Record With 14 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Oscar Nominations: Complete List". Variety. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Nordyke, Kimberly (December 12, 2016). "'Moonlight' Named Best Picture by the African American Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
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