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 Dodge Billingsley has documented
numerous security related topics worldwide. He founded Combat
Films in 1997 and since then has covered conflicts around
the world. He was recently named a finalist for the second year
in a row for the prestigious Rory Peck award for Best Feature
for his most recent film, Virgin Soldiers, where he followed
a squad of Marines from their base in southern California to the
end of combat operations in Baghdad. The film aired on Channel
4 UK and other markets worldwide. He won the Royal Television
Society award and Rory Peck award, both for Best Feature, in 2002,
for his documentation of the battle for Qala-i-Jangi fortress
in Afghanistan. Months later he was also among the first to document
the U.S. led Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan’s Shah-i-Kot Valley
(March 2002).Mr. Billingsley also co-wrote, produced, and directed Immortal Fortress: A Look Inside Chechnya’s Warrior Culture, a film that took him deep into the dangerous war-torn breakaway region of Chechnya. Prior to that, Mr. Billingsley produced a three-part series entitled Firepower 2000 for the Discovery Channel that explored weapons and the changing nature of warfare. Mr. Billingsley also co-produced a three part series on the Gulf War 1991 for the History Channel. Mr. Billingsley obtained a BA in history from Columbia University and a MA in War Studies from King’s College Department of War Studies in London. While in London, he also co-founded and edited the War Studies Journal. Mr. Billingsley has also been a guest lecturer for the U.S. Army and Navy, NY Military Association, and numerous academic institutes including Columbia University’s Harriman Institute, King’s College London, Monterey Institute, BYU’s Kennedy Center for International Studies, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. He is also a past recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Regional Security Travel Grant and has written extensively for various defense and security related journals including Jane’s Intelligence Review, Journal of Electronic Defense and the Harriman Review. |