Daphne Matziaraki is a Greek director, writer and producer, graduated from

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. Her thesis-film ''

4.1 Miles ''4.1 Miles'' is a 2016 short documentary film about a Hellenic Coast Guard captain on the Greek island of Lesbos charged with the task of saving thousands of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea during the European migrant crisis. The film was directe ...

'' (with Kyriakos Papadopoulos) received critical appraisal and recognition earning her a Gold Medal at 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards, The film went onto receive a nomination for

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are annou ...

at the 89th Academy Awards.

Filmography

* 2014: ''

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'' TV Series documentary, production assistant - 1 episode * 2015: ''

Independent Lens ''Independent Lens'' is a weekly television series airing on PBS featuring documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of ''Independent Lens'' were hosted by Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Ho ...

'' - TV Series documentary, intern - 1 episode * 2016: ''

'' - director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor

Awards and nominations

* Nominated:

* Won:

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...

* Won:

International Documentary Association International Documentary Association (IDA), founded in 1982, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Their major program areas are: Advocacy, Filmm ...

* Gold Medal: Student Academy Award for Best Documentary

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matziaraki, Daphne Living people Greek film producers Greek film directors Year of birth missing (living people) UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism alumni Film people from Athens