Orlando von Einsiedel

• Name — Orlando von Einsiedel • Born — August 1980 • Birthplace — London, England • Education — University of Manchester London School of Economics • Occupation — Film director, producer • Years Active — 2010–present • Notable Works — Virunga, The White Helmets, Evelyn, Learning To Skateboard In A Warzone (if you're a girl), The Lost Children • Website — Grain Media

Von Einsiedel is the grandson of Wittgo von Einsiedel, a second cousin of Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel, and of Walburga von Oberndorff; both were members of the former German nobility. His father, Andreas Jean-Paul von Einsiedel, was a photographer specialising in architecture and interiors. Von Einsiedel grew up in Forest Gate, London, with his mother Harriet, a British music therapist. He attended Alleyn's, an independent school in East Dulwich, London.

Von Einsiedel studied social anthropology at the University of Manchester and got an MSc in anthropology and development at the London School of Economics.

Von Einsiedel began his filmmaking career making snowboard films before moving into documentaries. Many of von Einsiedel's documentaries have been screened at film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Von Einsiedel directed Virunga (2014), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature, and The White Helmets (2016), which won for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Both nominations were shared with producer Joanna Natasegara. His 2018 film, Evelyn, about his late brother, launched at the London Film Festival and won the BIFA for Best Documentary. In 2020, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you're a girl), a film he was an executive producer on and which grew out of his earlier film Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). In 2024 he released Los Niños Perdidos / The Lost Children. The film was nominated for a Platino Award and reached the number 2 spot on the Netflix global top ten most watched films list. In 2025 von Einsiedel released The Cycle Of Love which launched at the Telluride Film Festival. In 2006, he co-founded Grain Media.

Von Einsiedel spent several years as a professional snowboarder.

• Year — Title — Director — Producer — Notes • 2010 — Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul — Yes — Yes — Documentary Short • 2012 — Aisha's Song — Yes — Yes — Documentary Short • 2012 — Radio Amina — Yes — Yes — Documentary Short • 2012 — Pirate Fishing — Yes — No — TV Series • 2013 — We Ride: The Story of Snowboarding — Yes — No • 2013 — The Cure: Doctors on Everest - Investigating Intensive Care — Yes — No — TV Series • 2013 — Earthrise — Yes — Yes — TV Series • 2014 — Virunga — Yes — Yes • 2014 — We Are Fire — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2015 — King of the Mountain — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2015 — SuperBob — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2016 — The White Helmets — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2018 — Evelyn — Yes — No • 2018 — Bruce Lee And The Outlaw — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2019 — Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2019 — Lost and Found — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2019 — Into The Fire — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2019 — The Seahorse — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2020 — Still Human — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2020 — The Lost Forest — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2021 — Convergence: Courage in a Crisis — Yes — Yes • 2021 — Death in Bollywood — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2021 — The Phantom — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2021 — Into Dust — Yes — No — Short Film • 2022 — From Devil's Breath — Yes — No — Documentary Short • 2022 — Bastille: Hope For The Future — Yes — No — Music Video • 2023 — The Walk — No — Yes • 2023 — Heart of Invictus — Yes — No — Documentary Series • 2024 — The Lost Children — Yes — No • 2024 — Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy — No — Yes — Executive Producer • 2025 — The Cycle of Love — Yes — No