Lionel Friedberg
Emmy Award-winning Film Maker
New York Times and Los Angeles Times Best-selling Author
Books

Forever in My Veins
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The Flying Springbok
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Full Service
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Books

Forever in My Veins
Available Now!

The Flying Springbok
AVAILABLE NOW!

Full Service
AVAILABLE NOW!
About Lionel Friedberg
Emmy Award-winning, Columbus Film Festival Award-winning and American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Westinghouse Award-winning Lionel Friedberg was born in South Africa. He began his career working in the first television station in Central Africa—in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)—in 1961. He later photographed 18 feature motion pictures as Director of Photography in South Africa and then expanded his career to directing numerous dramatic TV episodes as well as writing, photographing and directing scores of documentaries and non-fiction productions. For many years he was Chairman of the South African Film & Television Technicians Association (SAFTTA.) In 1966 he worked in Canada as a cinematographer with the prestigious National Film Board of Canada in Montreal. After a long and successful career running his own company as producer, writer, cinematographer and director on a variety of productions in South Africa he moved to the United States in 1986. For the past 35 years he has specialized in documentaries, filming all over the world and winning numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for cinematography. He has worked for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the National Geographic Society, Discovery Channel, Arts & Entertainment cable network (A&E), American Movie Classics (AMC), The History Channel, regional television stations and many corporate clients. He is the author of three non-fiction books and is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestselling author. He is a vegan, environmentalist and supporter of numerous animal rights causes. His interests include ancient history, cosmology, aviation, classical music, collecting rare motion picture soundtracks, investigations into the nature of human consciousness and studies of the paranormal.

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Awards
2008: Columbus International Silver Chris Award – A Sacred Duty (Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer)
1997: Golden Eagle Award— The Bible’s Greatest Mysteries (Supervising Writer)
1996: Nominee. Cable Ace Award — Mysteries of the Bible (Supervising Writer)
1996: Public Information Radio & Television Educational Society Buccaneer Award — Windows Through Time (Producer/Writer/Director)
1995: Nominee. Cable Ace Award — Mysteries of the Bible (Supervising Writer)
1994: Ohio Governor’s State Award — Mysteries Underground (Producer/Writer/Director)
1993: National Primetime Emmy Award — Mysteries Underground (Cinematographer)
1993: National Television Academy News and Documentary Award – Mysteries Underground (Producer)
1993: Columbus International Chris Award — Mysteries Underground (Producer/Writer/Director)
1993: Eastman Kodak Award — Mysteries Underground (Cinematographer)
1991: Columbus International Chris Award — Sail On, Voyager! (Producer/Writer/Director)
1991: Golden Eagle Award — Sail On, Voyager! (Producer/Writer/Director)
1991: Birmingham International Environmental Electra Award — Crisis in the Atmosphere (Producer/Writer/Director)
1990: Golden Eagle Award — Crisis in the Atmosphere (Producer/Writer/Director)
1990: American Association for the Advancement of Science Westinghouse Award — The Great Dinosaur Hunt (Producer/Writer/Director)
1990: Columbus International Chris Award — The Great Dinosaur Hunt (Producer/Writer/Director)
1985: Argus Star Tonight Award — Hell on Earth (Best Drama Director)
1985: Eastman Kodak Visible Spectrum Award — A Delicate Balance (Best Cinematography)
1984: Argus Star Tonight Award — Then Came the English (Best Documentary Series Director)
1978: International Anthropological Festival Grand Prix du Festival — The Cultural Identity (Best Director/Cinematographer)
1977: Argus Star Tonight Award — The Tribal Identity (Best Documentary Series Director/Writer/Cinematographer)
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