Darren Foster
Documentary Filmmaker and Journalist; Director, Science Fair
Darren Foster is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. He produced and co-directed Science Fair, which won the Festival Favorite Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and the audience awards at SXSW, Sun Valley Film Festival, Portland International Film Festival, and Tumbleweeds Film Festival. Previously, Foster’s one-hour investigation, “Death by Fentanyl,” won a 2017 DuPont Award. His previous reporting on the opioid crisis began with “The OxyContin Express,” which won a 2009 Peabody Award, a Television Academy Honor, and an Emmy nomination. Foster was the series director of the “Borderland” documentary TV series and co-creator and series producer of “Insider: Secret America” on the National Geographic Channel.