Tim Hetherington

Timothy Alistair Telemachus "Tim" Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011) was a British photojournalist. He produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads" and was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair.He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo (2010), which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger. Restrepo won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. Hetherington won various awards including the 2007 World Press Photo of the Year. He was killed by shrapnel from either a mortar shell or an RPG fired by Libyan forces while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Hetherington Timothy Alistair Telemachus
Birth date	December 05, 1970
Birth name	Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington
Birth place	England , Birkenhead
Nationality	British people
Citizenship	United States nationality law British nationality law
cause of death	Ballistic trauma
Date of death	April 20, 2011
Place of death	Libya , Misrata
Residence	New York City , United States , New York
Education	Lady Margaret Hall Oxford Cardiff University
Known for	Restrepo (film)

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