Biography

Andrew Krakower is an award-winning Texas filmmaker whose works reveal a unique world perspective derived from his eight years in the Himalayan regions of Nepal. After studying film at The University of Texas at Austin, he directed "The Children's War," a feature documentary recognized by the United Nations for shedding light on the atrocities of a brutal civil war in Uganda. Krakower returned to his fiction roots with "Yarne," a scripted short film starring actual Buddhist monks acting for the first time. "Yarne" premiered as a finalist in the Austin Film Festival and was selected by more than 60 international film festivals, winning 25 awards.
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