Director. Born 1974, Texas, USA. Educated at Harvard and Central Saint Martins, London.
Director of award-winning films such as 'The Globalization Tapes' (co-directed with Christine Cynn, 2003), 'The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase' (1998, winner of a Gold Hugo in Chicago), 'These Places We've Learned to Call Home' (1996, winner of the Gold Spire in San Francisco), and numerous shorts.
Has worked extensively with militias, death squads and their victims to explore the relationship between political violence and the public imagination.
Oppenheimer is widely renowned for his two multi-award-winning films about the Indonesian genocide, 'The Act of Killing' (2012) and 'The Look of Silence' (2014). Both films, produced by Copenhagen-based Final Cut for Real, have received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
Director of award-winning films such as 'The Globalization Tapes' (co-directed with Christine Cynn, 2003), 'The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase' (1998, winner of a Gold Hugo in Chicago), 'These Places We've Learned to Call Home' (1996, winner of the Gold Spire in San Francisco), and numerous shorts.
Has worked extensively with militias, death squads and their victims to explore the relationship between political violence and the public imagination.
Oppenheimer is widely renowned for his two multi-award-winning films about the Indonesian genocide, 'The Act of Killing' (2012) and 'The Look of Silence' (2014). Both films, produced by Copenhagen-based Final Cut for Real, have received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| The End | 2024 | Direction, Producer, Songwriter | DK/Feature |
| Songs of Repression | 2020 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Photographer of War | 2019 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The Raven and the Seagull | 2018 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The Distant Barking of Dogs | 2017 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The Distant Barking of Dogs | 2017 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| Mogadishu Soldier | 2017 | Producer | DK/Documentary |
| The Look of Silence | 2014 | Direction | DK/Documentary |
| The Act of Killing | 2012 | Direction, Screenplay, Producer, Co-producer | DK/Documentary |
