Irene A. Magafan Email & Phone Number

Irene A. Magafan is a Emmy Award winning natural history indie documentary filmmaker, Senior Video Specialist and Editor at World Wildlife Fund, a TED Talk Fellow and a freelance actor and voiceover actor. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Women in Film & Video and serves on the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake Film Festival as well as the American University Alumni Board. Her latest film, 'The Bonobo Connection', narrated by Hollywood actor and activist, Ashley Judd, is a documentary about one of our closest living relatives; the bonobo. The film has received multiple awards and honors from film festivals around the US. Irene gave a TED Talk on bonobos in March of 2017. Irene has also won 9 Television Internet & Video Association Peer Awards for her work on 'The Bonobo Connection'. She worked as a video archivist/videographer and photographer at the National Gallery of Art, and a Project Specialist and Video Producer at RHED Pixel. Irene has worked on various films such as Hannibal, Traffic, The Wedding Crashers, Evan Almighty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, HBO’s The Sopranos and The Wire, HBO pilot produced by Sarah Jessica Parker called Washingtonienne, and the Angelina Jolie film, Salt. Irene holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film & Electronic Media from American University's School of Communication. In graduate school Irene directed and co-produced a documentary entitled 'Hands on the Future' which won first place at the DC Environmental Film Festival. In addition Irene was part of a team of students who won a National Emmy Award for 'Eco Views: The Chesapeake Bay', a program that was filmed and produced for Maryland Public Television.Irene's passion is to work for animals rights, human rights and to be an environmental activist. Inspiring people through the powerful medium of storytelling and ultimately film is where her path takes her. Above all, working as an ambassador for great apes, specifically #bonobos is something she is wholeheartedly dedicated to.Irene is currently in production on a short independent documentary about the arctic ground squirrels in Alaska, stay tuned!

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