Eva Orner is an Australian Academy and Emmy Award-winning film producer and director based in Los Angeles.
Orner's directorial debut, The Network, a feature documentary set behind the scenes of Afghanistan's largest television station, premiered in the US in March 2013.
[citation needed] Orner grew up in Melbourne, Victoria, and was educated at Mount Scopus Memorial College and Monash University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993.
However, to the surprise of many, Orner's Taxi to the Dark Side, which examines US torture practices in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo Bay, received the award.
[9] In April 2024, HBO released Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion, a documentary film directed by Orner.