James Jones (documentary maker)
James Jones is a British documentary filmmaker.[1]
Career
James Jones is an Emmy Award-winning and five-time BAFTA-nominated director. His films are broadcast around the world, primarily on the BBC, Channel 4 and PBS Frontline.[2][3][4]
He started directing documentaries in 2011 for Channel 4's Unreported World series. His first television film was Nigeria: Sex, Lies and Black Magic (2011).[5] His film Children of the Gaza War was broadcast on the BBC in July 2015 on the first anniversary of the 2014 Gaza war.[6] His most recent work was the critically acclaimed feature-length documentary "Unarmed Black Male".
His films have won an Emmy, a Royal Television Society, a Grierson, two DuPonts, a Mind Media and a Rory Peck Award, and have been nominated five times at the BAFTAs, and at the One World Media, Ilaria Alpi, Amnesty, and Prix Europa Awards.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Awards and Nominations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Unarmed Black Male[8] | Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs
Nominated - Royal Television Society |
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| 2016 | Saudi Arabia Uncovered[9] | Shortlisted - Grierson - Best Current Affairs Documentary
Winner - Royal Television Society Nominated - Amnesty Media Award - Best Documentary | |
| 2015 | Children of the Gaza War | Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs
Nominated - Grierson Award - Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - International Nominated - Radio Times' Faith Award | |
| 2014 | Battle for Ukraine | Winner - News and Documentary Emmys | |
| 2014 | Syria's Second Front | Winner - DuPont Award
Nominated - Rory Peck Award for Features | |
| 2013 | Secret State of North Korea/North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State | Winner - Rory Peck Award for Features
Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs Nominated - One World Media - Television Nominated - Ilario Alpi Shortlisted - Grierson - Best Current Affairs Documentary | |
| 2013 | Broken by Battle | Nominated - Royal Television Society
Winner - Mind Media Award for Speaking Out | |
| 2013 | Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis | Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs
Nominated - Prix Europa - Best European Documentary | |
| 2012 | Interviews Before Execution | ||
| 2011 | Vlad's Army | ||
| 2011 | Landlords from Hell | ||
| 2011 | Sex, Lies and Black Magic | ||
| 2010 | Secret Iraq | Winner - Grierson - Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme
Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs Nominated - Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards |
References
- ↑ "FRONTLINE - Documentary films and thought-provoking journalism". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
- ↑ "What’s It Like to Make a Film About Life Under Kim Jong-un?". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ Hale, Mike (2014-01-13). "PBS ‘Frontline’ Looks Inside a Notoriously Closed Country". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ↑ "NOMINEES FOR THE 36th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED". emmyonline.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "Unreported World". Channel 4. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "BBC Two - Children of the Gaza War". BBC.
- ↑ "jamesjones.tv". jamesjones.tv. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b081zs8w/
- ↑ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-james-jones-uncovered-a-rarely-seen-side-of-saudi-arabia/