Bentley Dean
Australian documentarian, director, producer, cinematographer, and filmmaker
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Bentley Dean is an 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
- 2021: Facing Monsters[3]
- 2016: A Sense of Self (TV Movie documentary; with Martin Butler)
- 2015: Tanna (with Martin Butler)
- 2015: Call Me Dad (TV Movie documentary)
- 2013: First Footprints (TV Series documentary; with Martin Butler)
- 2010: Contact (Documentary; with Martin Butler)
- 2008: A Well-Founded Fear (Documentary)
- 2007: The Siege (Documentary)
- 2004: The President Versus David Hicks
Accolades
Tanna has received critical acclaim. It has a score of 74% on Metacritic.[4]
| Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA Awards (6th) |
Best Film | Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson | Nominated | [5] |
| 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 | [6][7] |
| African-American Film Critics Association | Best Foreign Film | Won | [8] | |
| FCCA Awards | Best Film | Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematography | Bentley Dean | Nominated |