About Ondi

Ondi Timoner is an internationally-acclaimed Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose work focuses on “impossible visionaries.'' She has the rare distinction of being the only person to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice: for DIG! (2004), about the collision of art and commerce through the eyes of two rival rock bands, and for WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (2009), about the loss of privacy online. Both films were acquired by New York’s MoMA for its permanent collection. Ondi’s most personal film, LAST FLIGHT HOME, about the extraordinary life and intentional death of her father, Eli Timoner, premiered at Sundance and Telluride in 2022, was Oscar-Shortlisted, received The Humanitas Award for Best Documentary, nominated for the WGA Award for Best Documentary and for the Emmy for Exceptional Merit. 

Ondi’s 2023 film, “THE NEW AMERICANS: Gaming a Revolution”, is a visceral journey into the intersection of finance, media and extremism which uncovers the explosive and irreversible ramifications of our digital future. It premiered at SXSW where it was acquired by Paramount, and it is currently on Netflix. 

Her new film DIG! XX will premiere at Sundance in 2024, marking her 5th film to premiere at the festival. DIG! XX  is a new enhanced, extended and reimagined cut of her cult classic film DIG! - which she and her brother David Timoner made in honor of its 20th anniversary. DIG! XX  features a new narration from BJM frontman Joel Gion and brings this timeless tale up to today. She is wrapping up features ALL GOD’S CHILDREN about her sister Rabbi Rachel Timoner’s partnership with Reverend Waterman and his Antioch Baptist Church to solve racism and anti-semitism in Brooklyn, and THE INN BETWEEN which takes audiences inside the only hospice for the homeless in the United States to discover the miracles that can happen when people have their needs met.  

Ondi Timoner is the winner of Doc NYC’s 2022 Visionary Award for Observational Filmmaking, the Kodak Auteur Award, the Maverick Award, the Rogue Award, and many others. She serves as the Chair of Nonfiction for Special Projects at the DGA, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the WGA, the IDA, Film Fatales and Women in Film.