Derek Jonathanpope Doneen (born March 27, 1987) is an American

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director, editor and producer. He is best known for his work on the feature documentary ''

The Price of Free ''The Price of Free'' is a documentary about Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi. The film, formerly known as Kailash, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and debuted on YouTube in November 2018. ''T ...

'' and the

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documentary series '' Heist''.

Life and career

Doneen was born in

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on March 27, 1987. He graduated from

Chapman University Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California. It encompasses ten schools and colleges, including Fowler School of Engineering, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Fowler School of Law, and Schmid College of Scie ...

Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Dodge College of Film and Media Arts is one of ten schools constituting Chapman University, located in Orange, California, south of Los Angeles. The school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, with programs in film production, screenwriting ...

. He started his career as an in-house filmmaker at

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. In 2018, he directed the feature documentary ''

'', about Nobel Prize winner

Kailash Satyarthi Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala You ...

, which premiered at the

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and won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. He was named one of Variety's 2018 top 10 documentary filmmakers and listed in DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" list for 2018. In 2021, Doneen co-directed the

documentary series '' Heist'', along with Nick Frew and Martin Desmond Roe, about the story of three heists.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doneen, Derek Living people American documentary film directors American documentary film producers People from California 1987 births