Nic Dunlop facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Nic Dunlop
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| Born | 1969 Ireland
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| Occupation | Photographer, Author |
| Known for | The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge |
| Awards | 2011 News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination |
Nic Dunlop (born in 1969) is a talented photographer and author. He is known for his amazing stories and pictures.
Growing Up and Learning
Nic Dunlop was born in Ireland. Today, he lives far away in Bangkok, Thailand. He went to school in Ireland and then in England at Bedales School. Later, he studied art and design in London at the Central School of Art and Design.
Nic Dunlop's Work
Making Films
Nic Dunlop helped direct a film called Burma Soldier for HBO. This movie was about a soldier from Burma. The film won a special award called the "Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary" in 2011. Nic Dunlop was also nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing in the film.
Author and Photographer
Nic Dunlop has written several important books. He co-wrote War of the Mines in 1994. This book showed the terrible damage caused by landmines.
His book The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge was published in 2005. For this book, Nic Dunlop found a person named Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Comrade Duch. Duch was a leader of a group called the Khmer Rouge in Democratic Kampuchea. He had disappeared after the Khmer Rouge regime ended in 1979.
In 1999, Nic Dunlop found Duch in Samlaut, Cambodia. Duch was working there as a school director. Later, Nic Dunlop and another journalist, Nate Thayer, interviewed Duch. After this interview was published, Duch gave himself up to the authorities. He was later put on trial for serious wrongdoing. He was the first former Khmer Rouge leader to be tried and found responsible by a special court. Nic Dunlop received an award for his brave work in finding Duch.
Nic Dunlop also spent 20 years taking pictures of Burma (now called Myanmar). He photographed the country's military rule from 1992 to 2012. His book, Brave New Burma, was published in 2013. It shows a picture of the country through his photos and words.
He is currently working on a long-term photo project about the Battle of Aughrim in Ireland. This battle happened in 1691. A shorter version of his work appeared in Granta magazine.
