Timothy Grucza

Timothy Grucza (born July 1, 1976, Melbourne, Australia) is a documentary film maker based in Paris, France.

Grucza emigrated to France in 2000. He began his career as a cameraman in Australia, working on issues in the South Pacific including civil unrest in West Papua. Since 2002, Grucza has specialized in Iraq. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq Grucza filed reports for the French network Canal+ and since then he has worked extensively in Iraq and Palestine for PBS' "Frontline".

In 2006, along with Yuri Maldevsky, Grucza released his first feature film named "White Platoon" (a.k.a. "La Section"). The film is a unique look at a platoon of soldiers who spend one year in Baghdad, entering as idealistic young men and leaving as cynical, sometimes bitter, veterans. [http://www.phares-balises.fr/en/fiche_films.php?film=481] The film won best Feature length documentary at "Hot Docs" Canadian international documentary film festival [http://www.hotdocs.ca/pressrelease.aspx?ReleaseID=268] , and was a Banff World Television Award Winner [http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/cgi-bin/page.pl?l=1165314436] .

External links

cite news |Listings | |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=480216/ |title=Timothy Grucza |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=2007-01-08

References

cite news |Production house | |url=http://www.phares-balises.fr/en/fiche_films.php?film=481 |title=White Platoon, Baghdad 2004 (2005) |publisher=Phares-Balises |accessdate=2007-01-08
cite news |Press Release| |url=http://www.hotdocs.ca/pressrelease.aspx?ReleaseID=268 |title=Hot Docs press release |publisher=Hot Docs |date=2006-03-29