Director

Otto Bell

2 films

Otto Bell is a documentary film director and producer. His feature debut, The Eagle Huntress, premiered at Sundance and sold to Sony Pictures Classics. The project grossed more than $4.4 million at the worldwide box office and was nominated for BAFTA, PGA, and DGA awards, and was on the Oscar shortlist. Another project, The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, premiered at Telluride and sold to Vice, and was nominated for a news and documentary Emmy. Another feature, The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu, is in post-production.

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First watchThe Eagle Huntress20167.0Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition…View film

Filmography

2 films as director

2020The Toxic Pigs of FukushimaDirector
2016The Eagle HuntressDirector