Eva Orner
2008 Oscar winning Film Producer
Melbourne-born Eva Orner, winner of the Oscar for Best Feature Documentary at the 2008 Academy Awards®, is now exclusively available for corporate speaking engagements around Australia through Adams Management.
Eva is an AFI, Logie and now Oscar-winning Australian producer based in New York, and since relocating from Melbourne in 2004, has produced a run of striking documentaries including this year’s Academy Award® winning "Taxi to the Darkside".
"Highly energetic…terribly creative, addictively engaging and always at work…" - Donald Glascoff, human rights lawyer, bank President and Executive Film Producer
"…quite amazing for a young woman like this to come to the United States and find herself, purely on the basis of her own talent, on the stage holding an Oscar in such a short space of time…" Sidney Blumenthal. US Film Executive Producer, former aide to Bill Clinton and a widely published American journalist.
Eva is an amazingly inspiring Aussie who has found success overseas, has had incredible experiences, and has just been formally recognised for her unique work with the highest industry accolade possible…an Academy Award®!
A smart, funny, engaging speaker, Eva complements her talks with fantastic visual and filmic images …not to mention a little golden statue named 'Oscar'.
As a visiting International Speaker Eva is able to cover the following themes and topics:
- Inspirational / Motivational
- Celebrity / Entertainment
- Women in Business
- Making it as an Aussie in the US
- Making Documentaries
- The Film Business
Testimonials
"[Eva] captivated audiences and was full of insight, lucid observations and thoroughly entertaining" - Clare Stewart, Director, Sydney Film Festival
"I would highly recommend Eva as a speaker and industry guest. She is by far one of the most engaging and fascinating guests we've been proud to host at the Ambulante Traveling Documentary Film Festival in Mexico. She participated in numerous panels and q and a sessions with a diverse range of audiences. She was able to maintain a captive audience at all times and to imbue her discussions with a brilliant sense of humor and an effortless eloquence." - Elena Fortes, Executive Director, Ambulante Documentary Film Festival
For a full filmography click on the docs button above!