Andrew is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and storyteller who has spent the past decade
living and working across sub-Saharan Africa, first as a humanitarian, then behind
the camera. His work centers on intimate, long-form documentary projects that amplify
often-unheard voices and tackle the deep complexities of land, identity and power.
A 2022 Points North Fellow, Andrew brings a distinct creative vision and editorial
sensitivity to every story he tells — often working across roles to carry projects from field to final frame.
I approach teaching as a collaborative exploration rather than a one-way transfer of information. My goal is to create an environment where curiosity drives learning and where students make connections for themselves. I do my best to bring real-world, hands-on examples into the classroom so that concepts are grounded in lived experience.
Andrew Brown
Career Highlights Include:
- Director, cinematographer, producer and editor of "Between the Rains" (Tribeca 2023 Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature and Best Cinematography; IDA Award nominee for Best Cinematography; Cinema Eye Honors nominee for Best Production).
- Editor of National Geographic’s Emmy-winning "Path of the Panther" (executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio), a bold meditation on conservation in the Florida Everglades.
- Produced, shot and edited "Kifaru" (Audience Award, Full Frame 2019), a deeply personal look at the final years of the world’s last male northern white rhino and the small team of Kenyan caretakers that lived with him. As editor, he received a Jackson Wild nomination for Best Editing.
- Earlier work includes "When Lambs Become Lions" (Tribeca 2018 winner for Best Editing), a vérité portrait of the ivory trade in northern Kenya, developed over three years of on-the-ground trust-building within poaching networks.