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.

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.

Awards

2024 Berkeley Film Foundation Grantee

2024 Cannes Media & TV Awards Jury Member

2024 Jackson Wild Impact Stories Award Nominee

2024 RiverRun Film Festival Innovation in Storytelling Award

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