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Andrew H. Brown

(He/Him)

Documentary Filmmaker, Ragtag Collective

Winston-Salem, North Carolina US

Available for Freelance

About

Andrew has spent the last decade living & working in sub-Saharan Africa; first as a humanitarian and then as a filmmaker. Most recently, Andrew was the co-director, cinematographer, producer & editor of BETWEEN THE RAINS (awarded Best Feature Documentary and Best Cinematography at Tribeca Festival 2023; IDA nomination for Best Cinematography; Cinema Eye Honors nomination for Best Production). In 2023, Andrew was also the editor of the National Geographic/Disney+ documentary PATH OF THE PANTHER (executive produced by Leonardo di Caprio). Before that, Andrew was the producer (p.g.a.), cinematographer & editor of KIFARU (Audience Award at Full Frame 2019). As the editor for KIFARU, he was also nominated by Jackson Wild for Best Editing. Prior to that, Andrew spent three years building relationships within northern Kenya’s poaching network, unveiling the intricacies of the illegal ivory trade as the producer of WHEN LAMBS BECOME LIONS (winner of Best Editing at Tribeca Film Festival 2018). Andrew was also a fellow of the Points North Fellowship at Camden International Film Festival 2022. Andrew is a proud descendant of Chief Tarhe of the Huron-Wendat (First Nations of Canada). He also is an Adjunct Professor of directing at UNC School of the Arts in the film program.

Featured Work

Between the Rains (Official Trailer)

Filmed over the course of four consecutive years during record low annual precipitation in northern Kenya, Between the Rains is a feature collaboration with the Turkana-Ngaremara community that seeks to understand the experiences of a childhood caught within a traditional culture that is a casualty of climate change. Winner of Best Feature Documentary and Best Cinematography in Feature Documentary at Tribeca 2023; IDA 2023 nomination for Best Cinematography; Cinema Eye Honors 2024 nomination for Best Production Role | Co-Director, Cinematographer, Producer & Editor

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Kifaru (Official Trailer)

‘Kifaru’ follows the lives of two young Kenyan recruits who join Ol Pejeta Conservancy's rhino caretaker unit - a small group of rangers that protect and care for ‘Sudan', the last male northern white rhino in the world. Spanning over the course of the caretakers' first four years on the job, Kifaru allows viewers to intimately experience the joys and pitfalls of wildlife conservation firsthand through the eyes of these Kenyan rhino caretakers, offering a once in a lifetime experience to feel what extinction feels like never before. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner from Slamdance 2019; Audience Award winner for Full Frame 2019; winner of Audience Award at HotDocs 2019 Role | Producer, Cinematography & Editor

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When Lambs Become Lions (Official Trailer)

In the Kenyan bush, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger who hasn’t been paid in months, they both see a possible lifeline. Tribeca Festival 2018 winner for Best Editing; IDA Awards 2018 nomination for Best Cinematography Role | Producer

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Path of the Panther (Official Trailer)

Drawn in by the haunting specter of the Florida panther, National Geographic Explorer Carlton Ward Jr. and a coalition of biologists, ranchers, conservationists, and Indigenous Peoples find themselves on the front lines of an accelerating battle between forces of renewal and destruction that have pushed the Everglades to the brink of ecological collapse. Role | Editor

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