Orlando von Einsiedel is a director and producer, known for Virunga (2014), The White Helmets (2016) and Aisha's Song (2012).
[on 'Virunga']. The thrust of the project was to try to tell the story of the rebirth of the eastern...Show more »
[on 'Virunga']. The thrust of the project was to try to tell the story of the rebirth of the eastern Congo because there'd been a period of stability for a few years, and I came across the story of the park's brave rangers. And I thought their story was a sort of metaphor for the wider rebirth of the region. Within a few weeks this new civil war started, and I found out about the oil discovery. So I ended up making a very different film. Show less «