title: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
text: # Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
  
  Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt is an American director, writer, producer, and film professor at Princeton University. He is best known for his documentary films ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium, Havana Motor Club, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, and Lumo.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Perlmutt was born in New York City, NY and grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. He holds a B.A. with honors from Brown University in 2001 and an M.F.A. with honors from Columbia University in 2007. In 2007, he won a Student Academy Award for his documentary Lumo. In 2008, he won Focus Features' Best Director Award at the Columbia University Film Festival for his narrative short Les Vulnerables and was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Indie Film". His most recent film, ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium, was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020.
  
  Perlmutt is a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), the National Board of Review (NBR), and has received multiple film grants from the Sundance Institute for his narrative projects. He has taught filmmaking at Columbia University and William Paterson University, and currently teaches at Princeton University.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  | Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2019 | ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium | Director | Documentary |
  | 2019 | Nightbirds | Director, writer, editor, and producer | Documentary short |
  | 2018 | Invisible Killers: Ebola | Director and producer | 1 episode |
  | 2016 | Puppy Love | Director, writer, and editor | Short film |
  | 2015 | Havana Motor Club | Director, writer, editor, and producer | Documentary |
  | 2011 | Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel | Director, writer, and editor | Documentary |
  | 2010 | National Geographic Explorer: Man vs Volcano | Field Producer and editor | 1 episode |
  | 2008 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | Associate editor | Documentary |
  | 2007 | Lumo | Director, writer, cinematographer, and producer | Documentary |
  | 2007 | Les Vulnérables | Director, writer, editor, and producer | Short film |
  | 2004 | Control Room | Co-Producer and additional editor | Documentary |
  
  ### As actor
  
  * 2004 : Brother to Brother
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  | Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2020 | Nominated | News & Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Historical Documentary | ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium |
  | 2015 | Nominated | Tribeca Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | Havana Motor Club |
  | 2007 | Won | Student Academy Awards | Documentary | Lumo |
  