about

Darian Woehr is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer based in San Francisco, California.

 

She is drawn to stories at the nexus of memory, environments and defining home that occur at pivotal moments in history but are often missing from the headlines. Darian is a founder of The Home Collective, a long term documentary project exploring the concept of home and its definitive role in shaping our future.

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She is a member of The Video Consortium, Her Wild Vision Initiative and The Jackson Wild Collective. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post, Associated Press, BBC, HuffPost and NPR. Darian is currently available for assignments worldwide.

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Awards

2022    IWMF Fund for Women Journalists

2022    White House News Photographers Association, Award of  Excellence

2022    National Geographic Explorer Grant

2021    Jackson Wild Summit Virtual Fellow 

2021    Getty Editorial Grant 

2021    Video Consortium x SONY Mentee 

2021    Solutions Journalism Grant

2021    National Geographic COVID-19 Emergency Fund

2020    Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund

2020    National Geographic COVID-19 Emergency Fund

2019    Hearst Championship Winner, Multimedia