Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels (born 1978) is an American-Australian documentary film director and producer. Early life Daniels was born in 1978 and raised in Queens, New York. He moved to Australia in 2001 and now lives in Melbourne. Career Daniels made his first film, The 10 Conditions of Love over seven years while working as a school teacher in Melbourne. An observational film about exiled Uyghur activist and human rights leader, Rebiya Kadeer, the film made international headlines after Chinese hackers attacked the Melbourne International Film Festival website, in an attempt to disrupt its screening. Several Chinese directors withdrew their films from the festival in response to the planned screening of Daniels' film. Fair Game follows the life and career of AFL footballer, Héritier Lumumba who spoke out about racism in the Collingwood Football Club. The film uncovered systemic racism present within the club and was cited in a subsequent review into the club's response to incidents of racism and cultural safety. The report found the club was "at best ineffective, or at worst exacerbated the impact of the racist incidents". A week after the report's findings were leaked, the club's president Eddie McGuire resigned.