David Darg is an American director and cinematographer. In 2011 he co-founded the media company RYOT with Bryn Mooser. He received critical praise for his documentary Body Team 12 which garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 88th Academy Awards. [1]
Darg is a graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Philosophy.[ attribution needed] He was named one of Esquire Magazine's "2012 Americans of the Year" [2] for his work in Haiti as well as a "Hollywood Maverick" by Details magazine [3] for his documentary work in crisis and disaster zones. Darg is the co-founder of RYOT [4] - a US media company acquired by Verizon in 2016.
In 2015, Darg directed the first virtual reality film shot in a disaster zone. [5] That same year, Darg was commissioned by Apple to create a short documentary using the iPhone 6s ahead of the phone's release. [6] [7] [8]
Darg is also an Emmy winning editor having won in 2017 with Body Team 12 and nominated in 2018 with Fear Us Women.
Darg spent over a decade as a humanitarian first responder and frontline contributor for Reuters, the BBC [10] and CNN, covering natural disasters and wars. He lived in China for 1 year following the 2008 Sichuan quake and lived in a Haiti for 2.5 years after the 2010 earthquake. He has traveled to over 100 countries with experience in cross sector humanitarian development and relief work alongside his position as Vice-president for International Response at Operation Blessing International.