Munir Atalla

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Filmmaker

Brooklyn, New York US

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Munir Atalla is a filmmaker and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently completing an MFA in Creative Production (Film) at Columbia University. He was most recently employed by PBS’s premier documentary series, FRONTLINE. Munir has credits on Emmy-nominated segments of Dateline, where he worked as an Associate Producer on long-form, investigative video reports. He is a frequent contributor of original video to NBCNews.com and other outlets where his pieces have gotten over 5 million views and earned him a NAMIC Vision Award nomination. His work focuses on marginalized communities, being an insider-outsider, and working in the space between documentary and fiction. He has bylines on VICE, OpenDemocracy, YourMiddleEast, and other outlets.

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