Australian German author and filmmaker
Benjamin Gilmour is a German Australian author and filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the film "Jirga" (2018).
Career.
Paramedic.
Gilmour became a paramedic around 1999. He has worked in public health development in low-middle income nations. 
Writing.
Gilmour has written several non-fiction books. 
"Warrior Poets: Guns, Movie-making and the Wild West of Pakistan", first published in 2008, is an account of the making of his feature film, "Son of a Lion", but it also describes much about the Pashtun people of the North-West Frontier Province and in particular the town of Darra Adam Khel, where guns are made.
"Paramedico - Around the World by Ambulance" (2012), a "collection of adventures by Australian paramedic Benjamin Gilmour as he works and volunteers on ambulances around the world". 
"The Gap: A paramedic's summer on the edge" (2019) is a memoir recounting incidents in a group of paramedics' work in the lead-up to Christmas one summer. 
"Cameras and Kalashnikovs: The Making of Jirga " (2018) is about making the film "Jirga" in Afghanistan.
He is also the author of an illustrated book for children "The Travel Bug" (2011), and two volumes of poetry, "The Song of a Hundred Miles" and "Night Swim".
Films.
"Son of a Lion" (2007) was his first film, a documentary filmed in Pakistan as he lived among the Pashtun tribes of the Northwest Frontier Province.
"Paramedico" (2011) is another documentary film, released at the same time as his book of the same name. It was nominated for the Foxtel Best Documentary Award at the Sydney Film Festival. 
Gilmour wrote and directed the 2018 film "Jirga", "Son of a Lion" (2007) and "Paramedico" (2012). Jirga won the inaugural AACTA Award for Best Indie Film at the 8th AACTA Awards in 2018 and the CinefestOZ Film Prize. It was selected as Australia's entry to the 91st Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film section.
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