Tim Hetherington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tim Hetherington

British photographer

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1970

Place of Birth: Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Apr-2011

Profession: photographer, war correspondent, photojournalist, journalist, film director, film producer, war photographer

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011) was a British photojournalist.
He produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads" and was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair.He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo (2010), which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger.
Restrepo won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011.
Hetherington won various awards including the 2007 World Press Photo of the Year.He was killed by shrapnel from either a mortar shell or an RPG fired by Libyan forces while covering the 2011 Libyan civil war.