Bentley Dean


Bentley Dean is an Australian documentarian, director, producer, cinematographer, and filmmaker.

Career

Dean appeared in Race Around the World in 1997.
He is known for his collaborations with director Martin Butler.
Dean has earned critical acclaim for his works Contact, First Footprints, Tanna, and A Sense of Self for Four Corners profiling Liz Jackson's experience of Parkinson's disease.
For Tanna, he received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.

Filmography

  • 2021: Facing Monsters
  • 2016: A Sense of Self
  • 2015: Tanna
  • 2015: Call Me Dad
  • 2013: First Footprints
  • 2010: Contact
  • 2008: A Well-Founded Fear
  • 2007: The Siege
  • 2004: ''The President Versus David Hicks''

    Accolades

Tanna has received critical acclaim. It has a score of 74% on Metacritic.
AwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
AACTA Awards
Best FilmMartin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn JohnsonNomitated
AACTA Awards
Best DirectionMartin Butler and Bentley DeanNomitated
AACTA Awards
Best CinematographyBentley DeanNomitated
Academy AwardBest Foreign Language FilmMartin Butler and Bentley DeanNomitated
African-American Film Critics AssociationBest Foreign FilmMartin Butler and Bentley DeanWon
FCCA AwardsBest FilmMartin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn JohnsonNomitated
FCCA AwardsBest CinematographyBentley DeanNomitated
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