Sebastian Junger
Birth Name:
Sebastian Junger
Birth Place:
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Actor, Camera department
Fast Facts
- Earned numerous accolades for "The Other War: Afghanistan," including the DuPont-Columbia Award
- Established The Perfect Storm Foundation following the success of his book in order to provide for children whose parents have lost their lives in the commercial fishing industry
- Following the debut of "Restrepo," he was honored with the Leadership in Entertainment Award by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
- Recipient of the National Magazine Award in 2000 for his Vanity Fair article, The Forensics of War
- Earned his bachelor's degree in anthropology from Wesleyan University in 1984
- Worked as a high-climber for tree removal companies before becoming a journalist, focusing primarily on people with dangerous jobs
- Gained overnight success with his 1997 book "The Perfect Storm," which would later be turned into the blockbuster movie of the same name
- For his book "WAR" and the accompanying documentary "Restrepo," he spent more than a year embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korengal Valley region of eastern Afghanistan
- Grew up blocks away from where several of the Boston Strangler crimes took place, experiences from which would eventually influence his 2006 book "A Death in Belmont․"
Awards
- 2010Golden Frog - Feature Documentary Films Competition:Winner
- 2010NBR Award - Best Directorial Debut:Winner
- 2010Grand Jury Prize - Documentary:Winner
- 2011Oscar - Best Documentary, Features:Nominated
- 2011EDA Award - Best Documentary Feature Film:Nominated
- 2011Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
- 2011Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Production:Nominated
- 2011Critics Choice Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2011DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary:Nominated
- 2011Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form:Winner
- 2011Emmy - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2011NTFCA Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2013Golden Frog - Feature Documentary Films Competition:Nominated
- 2013Grand Jury Prize - Knight Documentary Competition:Nominated
- 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television:Nominated
- 2014Audience AwardWinner
- 2014Emmy - Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming:Nominated
- 2014Emmy - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2019Emmy - Outstanding Historical Documentary:Nominated