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 (2010), First Footprints (2013), Tanna (2015), and A Sense of Self (2016) 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 (TV Movie documentary; with Martin Butler) 2015: Tanna (with Martin Butler) 2015: Call Me Dad (TV Movie documentary) 2013: First Footprints (TV Series documentary; with Martin Butler) 2010: Contact (Documentary; with Martin Butler) 2008: A Well-Founded Fear (Documentary) 2007: The Siege (Documentary) 2004: The President Versus David Hicks

Accolades Tanna has received critical acclaim. It has a score of 74% on Metacritic.

Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s) AACTA Awards(6th) Best Film Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson Best Direction Martin Butler and Bentley Dean Best Cinematography Bentley Dean Academy Award Best Foreign Language FilmMartin Butler and Bentley Dean African-American Film Critics Association Best Foreign Film FCCA Awards Best Film Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson Best Cinematography Bentley Dean