Andy Glynne - Documentaries: And How to Make Them

Throughout this book, industry professionals and insiders have kindly lent their words of wisdom, cynicism and expertise. Below is a brief description of who these people are.

KIM LONGINOTTO Kim is an internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker from the UK who has often provided unique portraits of the lives of women. The award-winning The Day I will Never Forget examines the practice of female genital mutilation in Kenya and the pioneering African women who are bravely reversing the tradition. The recent Sisters in Law (co-directed by Florence Ayisi), about the landmark achievements of the Women Lawyers Association (WLA) of Kumba, in southwest Cameroon, won the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival.

MARILYN GAUNT Marilyn is a British freelance award-winning filmmaker, having made over 50 documentaries for most of the major broadcasters and the BBC. Her films include the BAFTA Award-winning Kelly and Her Sisters, which looks at three months in the lives of Kelly and her five sisters, six children who live with their mother in poor housing on a run-down estate in Birmingham.

EMILY JAMES Emily is a filmmaker who studied at the National Film and Television School in the UK. Her first film The Luckiest Nut in the World follows an animated American peanut, who sings about the difficulties faced by nuts from developing countries. She has continued to use animation and puppetry in her documentaries, and her most recent current affairs television series Dont Worry featured a cast of investigative puppet reporters.

KEVIN MACDONALD Kevin has made the Academy Award-winning One Day in September about the 1972 Munich Olympics. He has also directed Touching the Void and the recent award-winning fiction feature The Last King of Scotland. Macdonald has been associate editor at Faber & Faber since 1995: he co-edited The Faber Book of Documentary (1997), and wrote Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter (Faber, 1994, winner of BFI film book of the year and short-listed for the NCR non-fiction prize).

ROGER GRAEF Roger is a writer, filmmaker, broadcaster and criminologist. In January 2006, it was announced that Roger had been awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours List. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television, again for his outstanding contribution and achievements. Roger also won a BAFTA in 2003, as the producer of the Flaherty Best Documentary for Feltham Sings! Among his more than 80 films, he is best known for his pioneering work in gaining access to hitherto closed institutions ranging from ministries and boardrooms to police, courts, prisons, probation and social work.

SIMON AEPPLI Simon is an editor and filmmaker who has a background in Artists Film and Video. He has tutored for University of Wales Institute in Cardiff and the Documentary Filmmakers Group, and has also been a media educator in London at the Institute of Education ARCO PLUS, WAC Performing Arts and Media College, The Place and New Vic College.

JENNIFER ABBOTT Jennifer is a documentary maker, cultural activist and editor with a particular interest in producing media that shifts perspectives on problematic social norms and practices. In addition to co-directing and editing The Corporation, she produced, directed and edited A Cow at My Table, a feature documentary about meat, culture and animals, which won eight international awards.

JERRY ROTHWELL Jerry is a documentary producer-director with a ten-year track record in broadcast documentaries, specialising in programmes about arts, mental health and education. He has produced and executive produced documentary, news and drama for Channel 4, Carlton and the BBC. He is the co-director of the recent feature documentary Deep Water, and is currently completing another feature documentary, HeavyLoad, which documents a year in the life of a punk band, whose members include musicians with learning disabilities.

KEVIN HULL Kevin is an award-winning filmmaker and series producer for the BBC and Channel 4. His series for BBC/PBS, Fever Road, won the One World Award for TV Documentary of the Year. Kevin is resident Documentary Tutor at the London Film School, and a visiting Professor at the National Film School, the Documentary Filmmakers Group, and the EICTV Film School in Cuba.

SEAN MCALLISTER Sean is widely acknowledged as one of Britains finest documentary filmmakers. His previous films include Settlers, about everyday life in Jerusalem, and Minders, an affectionate look at two of Saddam Husseins Ministry of Information minders. His feature documentary The Liberace of Baghdad won numerous awards, including the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

KIM PEAT Kim was appointed as Controller for Daytime, Arts and Religion for the UKs Channel Five in September 2001.

EMMA READ Emma is the Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment and Specialist Factual for Sky One, Two and Three.

ESTEBAN UYARRA Esteban is an award-winning director, editor and cinematographer of documentary films who has worked for several UK television channels, including the BBC. His recent work includes the award-winning feature documentary War Feels Like War, which focuses on the role of journalists covering the Iraq War in 2001.

RUSSELL CROCKETT Russell is an editor who has worked on many documentaries including Marc Isaacs award-winning Lift.

LINDA STRADLING Linda has spent more than 20 years in the TV industry, and is an experienced and well-established production manager working predominantly on large documentary series.

AL MAYSLES One of Americas foremost non-fiction filmmakers, Albert Maysles, along with his brother and partner David (19321987), has been recognised as the creator of direct cinema, the distinctly American version of French cinma vrit.