Eva Omer
Biography from the Taxi to the Dark Side web site; photo (2008): Matt Petit / © A.M.P.A.S.

theOscarSite Bio: Eva Omer is an Australian producer based in New York. Since relocating from Melbourne in 2004, Omer spent two years producing documentaries at Jigsaw Productions with Alex Gibney. At Jigsaw, she also produced GONZO, a feature documentary to be released in 2008 about writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, in addition to producing TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE. Other recent credits include producing "The Human Behavior Experiments" (2006) for the Sundance Channel and co-producing the feature documentary HERBIE HANCOCK: POSSIBILITIES (also 2006).

Omer's Australian credits include producing the AFI award winning documentary "Untold Desires", the feature film JOSH JARMAN (2004) and co-producing the feature film STRANGE FITS OF PASSION (1999), which screened in "Un Certain Regard" at the Cannes International Film Festival. From 1998 to 2001, Omer was a project manager at the Australian Film Finance Corporation.


· Best Achievement in Documentary Feature Films 2007: TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (w. Alex Gibney)

1 nomination, 1 Award