'Restrepo' Director Killed In Libya

By Michael Lopez

Just a few months after being recognized by the Academy Awards for his 2010 documentary Restrepo, British filmmaker Tim Hetherington was killed by a mortar attack in the Libyan city of Misrata. The incident happened Wednesday and also inflicted critical injuries to Hetherington’s photographers Chris Hondros and Guy Martin.

Hondros died later on Wednesday.

Documentary film fans will definitely be feeling this loss. Tim’s work has continually been praised by critics and audiences from around the world. Restrepo, in particular, was a major eye-opener, as it focused on the brutal military conflicts going on in Afghanistan.

The Restrepo film was based around an outpost named after Juan Sebastián Restrepo, a Colombian-American private who was killed in the line of the duty. Now sadly, it appears as though Hetherington has suffered the same fate.

"Tim was one of the bravest photographers and filmmakers I have ever met," said James Goldston, a colleague of Hetherington's who worked at ABC News.

Hetherington and his crew had been in Misrata to capture moments from the ongoing conflict against controversial Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. And even though that project will now never be finished, Tim's Restrepo film more than sums up the atrocities that come along with military combat.

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Tags Agentes De Cambio, Libya, Movies, Muammar Gaddafi, Restrepo, Tim Hetherington