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Clancy Chassay (1980 - ) is an English freelance journalist and filmmaker, who writes for various British newspapers, including the British news magazine The Economist and the newspapers The Independent , The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian . In his childhood Chassay was briefly a child actor, appearing in two Derek Jarman films, as the young Ludwig Wittgenstein in Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein and the young Wilfred Owen , alongside Laurence Olivier , in Jarman's 1988 film War Requiem . He later went on to study Philosophy and International Relations at the University of Sussex in Brighton . He became a Beirut -based correspondent following the outbreak of the Lebanon war in July 2006.1He has been seen by the pro- Israeli media lobby in the USA as being pro- Palestinian . Of Chassay’s series of video reports for The Guardian , the pro-Israeli US-based media watch dog CAMERA ( Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America ) reported that they "can hardly be considered journalism. It should more appropriately be labelled pro-Palestinian agitprop".2In 2007 Chassay was nominated for the Rory Peck Award for Freelance Reporting and in 2008 was nominated for Best Multimedia Journalist at the British Press Awards.3
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Clancy Chassay (1980 - ) is an English journalist, screenwriter and filmmaker, who writes for various British newspapers, including the British news magazine The Economist and the newspapers The Independent , The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian . In his childhood Chassay was briefly a child actor, appearing in two Derek Jarman films, as the young Ludwig Wittgenstein in Jarman's 1993 film Wittgenstein and the young Wilfred Owen , alongside Laurence Olivier , in Jarman's 1988 film War Requiem . He later went on to study Philosophy and International Relations at the University of Sussex in Brighton . He became a Beirut -based correspondent following the outbreak of the Lebanon war in July 2006. He has produced documentaries in Afghanistan, Myanmar, the Palestinian Territories and Chechnya. In 2007 Chassay was nominated for the Rory Peck Award for Freelance Reporting and in 2008 was nominated for Best Multimedia Journalist at the British Press Awards. Chassay is the son of Jewish architect Tchaik Chassay and designer Melissa North.He is descended from British Prime Minister Lord North (1732-1792) and abolitionist Senator Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), who served as vice president to Abraham Lincoln.
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Clancy Chassay is a writer, director, actor, and journalist.He has covered conflict zones across the world for various British news outlets, including The Guardian , The Economist , The Independent , The Sunday Telegraph , and the BBC .He has produced and directed documentaries for Channel 4 and Guardian Films in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, the United States, and Chechnya.He now works as a director and screenwriter in Los Angeles.
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Chassay in northern Lebanon in 2007 Clancy Chassay is a writer, director, actor, and journalist. He has covered conflict zones across the world for various British news outlets, including The Guardian , The Economist , The Independent , The Sunday Telegraph , and the BBC . He has produced and directed documentaries for Channel 4 and Guardian Films in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, the United States, and Chechnya. He now works as a director and screenwriter in Los Angeles.
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Clancy Charles Arcade Chassay (born 1980) is an English writer , director , actor , and journalist . He has covered conflict zones across the world for various British news outlets, including The Guardian , The Economist , The Independent , The Sunday Telegraph , and the BBC . He has produced and directed documentaries for Channel 4 and Guardian Films in Afghanistan , Lebanon , Myanmar , Israel , the Palestinian Territories, the United States , and Chechnya . He now works as a director and screenwriter.
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english freelance journalist and filmmaker
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english writer
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