Sebastian Junger is a New York Times Bestselling author of The Perfect Storm Fire, A Death in Belmont, War and Tribe. As an award-winning journalist he has covered major international news stories around the world, and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film Restrepo, a feature-length documentary, was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. He was reporting on Afghanistan back in 2000, profiling Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was assassinated just days before 9/11. This lead to the National Geographic documentary “Into the Forbidden Zone,” and introduced America to the Afghan resistance fighting the Taliban. Nick Quested is the Executive Director and owner of Goldcrest Films. He has built one of the premiere documentary brands in the world, winning two Emmys and getting an Oscar nomination for his work. Nick also served as a producer on Sebastian Junger’s The Last Patrol and over 35 films including Korengal, the PGA and twice Emmy nominated Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, and the Oscar nominated Restrepo (collaborated with Sebastian Junger)Nick is an award winning director with over 100 music videos and commercials to his credit with world renowned artists such as Common, Dr. Dre, Nas, Fat Joe, Mobb Deep, P. Diddy and many more. Nick and Junger joined alliances again to create the powerful project Hell On Earth. It got released in April 2017 on the National Geographic Channel , the documentary film looks into the severe conflicts happening in Syria and Iraq.
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