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Ian Olds is an American film director. His directing credits include the documentary Occupation: Dreamland, which follows the 1/505 company of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fallujah, Iraq in early 2004 during the Iraq War.
Dec 2, 2016 · Ian Olds was making a documentary about the relationship between an Afghani fixer, Ajmal Naqshbandi, and a journalist on assignment from The Nation, Daniele Mastrogiacomo, when tragedy struck. While Olds was stateside raising funds to finish the film, Mastrogiacomo and Naqshbandi were kidnapped by the Taliban.
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Mar 9, 2010 · As unsettling and complex as the country it traverses, “Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi,” Ian Olds’s stunning documentary, swings between events surrounding that murder and footage ...
Dec 9, 2016 · Burn Country: Directed by Ian Olds. With Dominic Rains, Melissa Leo, James Franco, Rachel Brosnahan. A former Afghan journalist seeking asylum discovers the dark underbelly of his new small-town home in Northern California.
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Dec 9, 2016 · Burn Country marks Ian Olds’s first foray into fiction filmmaking after a pair of documentaries shot in Iraq and Afghanistan. Below, Olds speaks about the film’s origins, the Northern California landscape and his prior work with James Franco.
Ford and his co-writer, Ian Olds, meticulously outline the story of policing as an American institution, from its horrific roots through to the untamable beast that has become its current form.
Ian Olds is a feature and documentary filmmaker. His film, Burn Country, was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films and won the Best Actor Award at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.