Orlando von Einsiedel

Roles: Director, Producer

Orlando von Einsiedel is a British film director. He directs mostly documentary films that investigate global social issues, and has filmed in various places around the world, including Africa, Asia, America and the Arctic. Many of his documentaries have been screened at some of the world’s top film festivals. He directed Virunga (2014) and The White Helmets (2016), for which he received two nominations for an Academy Award in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary (Short Subject), respectively; he won the latter. Both nominations were shared with producer Joanna Natasegara.

In 2006, he co-founded Grain Media, a production company based in London.