Hernán Zin

Hernán Zin (born 1971) is a war correspondent, writer, producer and filmmaker of Italian-Argentinian origin based in Madrid, Spain.[1] Since 1994, he has traveled around the globe directing documentary films, writing books and contributing to news outlets [2]

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Zin in Ethiopa, July 2007
Born1971 (age 50–51)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationJournalist
WebsiteWeb personal

He has worked in more than 80 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. War, poverty, the environment and human rights are the main subjects of his work.[3][4]

As a free lance journalist he contributed to The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire, El Pais, El Mundo, La Nacion, Clarin, ABC, La Voz de Galicia, 20 Minutos...

His last five documentary films have been premiered by Netflix worldwide.[5] And the rest of his films and series were released by HBO, Amazon Prime Video, National Geographic, Canal Plus and dozens of tv stations around the world.

He is the son of Italian senator Claudio Zin and dated the Grammy Award-winning Spanish singer Bebe.[6]

He is the CEO and founder of Doc Land Films,[7] a production company with offices in Madrid, Los Angeles and Dubai, and the CEO and founder of Pod Land, a leading podcast production company in the Spanish speaking world.[8]

Filmography
  • The Sightseers (2022) - director, producer, scriptwriter
  • La Tumba del Dictador (2022) - director, producer, scriptwriter.
  • Raíces - documentary serie (2022) - director, scriptwriter.
  • Somos Únicxs (2022) - director, scriptwriter.
  • Pandemic Tour Belako (2021) - director, producer, scriptwriter
  • Memory (2021) - producer.
  • Fortuna (2021) - producer.
  • 57 Days (2020) - producer.
  • 2020 (2020) - director, producer, scriptwriter.
  • Angels With Swords (2020) - producer.
  • The State Agaisnt Pablo Ibar documentary series (2019) - DOP.
  • Dying to tell (2018) - director, producer, scriptwriter.
  • Giants (2018) - director, scriptwriter.
  • Born in Syria (2017) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • Bandoliers (2017) - director, producer, scriptwriter.
  • 10 Years with Bebe (2016) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • Matadoras (2015) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • 10 Elephants (2015) - director, producer, scriptwriter.
  • Born in Gaza (2014) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • War Against Women (2013) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • I Want to be Messi (2013) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • Women that Change the World - documentary series (2011) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.
  • Slum World (2009) - director, producer, scriptwriter, DOP.

Awards
  • 2022: Academy Awards Candidate “57 Days”.
  • 2021: San Sebastian Film Festival. Official Selection “Pandemic Tour Belako”.
  • 2021. FlickerFest. Best Documentary Short “57 Days”.
  • 2020: Huelva Film Festival. Juror’s Award “2020”.
  • 2020: Huelva Film Festival. Audience Award “2020”.
  • 2020: Seminci. Tiempo de Historia Award “57 Days”.
  • 2018: Montreal Film Festival. Best Documentary “Dying to Tell”.
  • 2018: Seminci Film Festival. Best Documentary “Dying to Tell”.
  • 2017: Platino Awards. Best Documentary “Born in Syria”.
  • 2017: Iris Award. “Born in Syria".
  • 2017: Goya Awards. Nominee Best Documentary “Born in Syria”
  • 2017: Forqué Awards. Best Documentary “Born in Syria”
  • 2017: CEC Awards. Best Documentary “Born in Syria”
  • 2016: Latin Grammy. Nominee Best Documentary “10 years With Bebe”
  • 2016: Forqué Awards. Best Documentary “Born in Gaza”
  • 2015: Goya Awards. Nominee Best Documentary “Born in Gaza”
  • 2015: Platino Awards. Nominee Best Documentary “Born in Gaza”
  • 2015: Rory Peck Award. Finalist. “Born in Gaza”
  • 2014: CEC Awards. Best Documentary “Born in Gaza”
  • 2014: IRIS Awards. Nominee “Canal Plus Stories”
  • 2013: IRIS Awards. Nominee “Canal Plus Stories”
  • 2010: International TV Academy Award for his defense of Human Rights.

Books
  • Querida guerra mía (La Esfera de los Libros, 2018). ISBN 978-8491642541
  • Llueve sobre Gaza (BDE Books, 2007) ISBN 978-8466631952
  • La libertad del compromiso (Plaza and Janes, 2005) ISBN 978-8401379079
  • Helado y patatas fritas (Plaza and Janes, 2003) ISBN 978-8401378430
  • Un voluntario en Calcuta (Ediciones Martínez Roca, 2002) ISBN 978-8484602286

References
  1. Hernán Zin: "Tras quince años en guerras he aprendido a no juzgar", 20 Minutos, 25 September 2008.
  2. RAMÓN, ESTEBAN (2020-11-25). "Hernán Zin: "No ver imágenes de la pandemia nos ha dificultado su gestión emocional"". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  3. Hernán Zin: un argentino que vive entre guerras y tragedias, Perfil, 17 March 2009.
  4. Hernán Zin, periodista y autor del documental Villas Miseria, El País, 9 October 2009.
  5. de 2019, 17 de Mayo. "Netflix estrena en más de 100 países "Morir para contar", el documental de Hernán Zin sobre corresponsales de guerra". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  6. Furundarena, Arantza. "Bebe: Todavía me subo a los árboles". El Correo. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  7. AV451, Redacción (2020-10-20). "El cineasta Hernán Zin lanza Doc Land, una nueva productora de documentales que pretende convertirse en referencia en España". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  8. "Podland Official Site". Podland (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
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