Nic Dunlop (born 1969) is a photographer and author.

Dunlop was born inIreland, lives inBangkok,Thailand. He was educated in Ireland and later England (Bedales School). He studied at theCentral School of Art and Design in London.^{[citation needed]}

Dunlop co-directed theHBO filmBurma Soldier^{[1][better source needed]} (withAnne Sundberg^[2] andRicki Stern,^{[citation needed]} produced byJulie le Brocquy^{[citation needed]}). The film was awarded the "Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary" at the 2011United Nations Association Film Festival,^[3] and Dunlop received a 2011News & Documentary Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing" for his writing.^[2]

Dunlop co-authoredWar of the Mines (1994) with Paul Davies, about the devastation caused bylandmines. His bookThe Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge (Bloomsbury, UK 2005; Walkerbooks, US 2006) was the result of a research supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Dunlop exposedKaing Guek Eav a.k.a. Comrade Duch, the former head ofDemocratic Kampuchea's dreaded special branch: theSantebal. Duch disappeared after the fall of theKhmer Rouge regime in 1979. In 1999, Dunlop tracked Duch toSamlaut,Cambodia, where Duch had been transferred as Director of Education. Several months later,Nate Thayer, who had previously interviewedPol Pot andTa Mok, accompanied Dunlop where they interviewed Duch for theFar Eastern Economic Review. Duch surrendered to the authorities in Phnom Penh following the publication of his interview. Duch was later tried and found guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity becoming the first former Khmer Rouge to be tried and sentenced by the UN-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Dunlop received an award from theJohns Hopkins University for Excellence in International Journalism for exposing Duch.^[4]Dunlop spent 20 years photographing Burma's military regime (1992–2012). His book,Brave New Burma, a portrait of the country in pictures and words, was published in 2013.^[5]

He is currently^[when?] working on a long-term project about theBattle of Aughrim (1691) in Galway, Ireland. A short version appeared inGranta magazine.^[6]

• Official website
• Nic Dunlop biography from Bloomsbury