| Director Of Photography / Tony Collins: Football's Forgotten Master Spy / Sky Sports 1 / Dark Matters TV / Apr 2024 to Aug 2024 |
| Production Title: Tony Collins: Football's Forgotten Master Spy Company: Dark Matters TV Line Manager: Salim Salam Programme Length: 30 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Historical Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Film about British football's first black manager, who was chief scout for Leeds United in their glory years in the 1970s and also for Manchester United in the 1980s.
Sky Sports TV 30 min
Dark Matters TV
Director Geoff Small
Producer Salim Salam
Producer Andy Bates
DOP: Ian Watts |
| Director Of Photography / Say It Loud/ Ten Songs of Protest / Songbird TV / Mar 2023 to Nov 2023 |
| Production Title: Say It Loud/ Ten Songs of Protest Company: Songbird TV Line Manager: Siobhan Logue Programme Length: Feature Length Genre: Arts & Music Sector: Feature Film Description :
An independent cinema film unpicking ten pivotal protest songs across five of the biggest motivators for protest: racial inequality, war and peace, gender politics, eco crisis and freedom. Do they make a difference?
Songbird TV
Director Siobhan Logue
DoP Ian Watts |
| Director Of Photography / The Color of Victory: Heroes of WW2 / Disney Channel / October Films & Green Door Pictures / Aug 2023 to Nov 2023 |
| Production Title: The Color of Victory: Heroes of WW2 Company: October Films & Green Door Pictures Line Manager: Susie Field Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Dramatised Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Idris Elba narrates and exec produced this 4-part Nat Geographic series about people of colour who fought during World War Two.
Disney/Nat Geographic
October Films & Green Door Pictures.
Various directors
Episode DoP Ian Watts
Exec Prods Idris Elba Johanna Woolford Gibbon & Annabel Hobley |
| Director Of Photography / Lenny Henry: One of a Kind / ITV / Indigo Productions / Nov 2022 to Mar 2023 |
| Production Title: Lenny Henry: One of a Kind Company: Indigo Productions Line Manager: Andy Bates Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
A candid and affectionate retrospective, on comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry who has spent
nearly 50 years in the spotlight. The comedy legend looks back at his career highlights and takes viewers on a journey from the Midlands to Middle Earth.
ITV 60 mins
Indigo Productions
Director Emily Kennedy
Producer Andy Bates
DOP: Ian Watts |
| Director Of Photography / Brothers in Dance: Anthony and Kel Matsena / BBC / BBC / Dec 2021 to Mar 2022 |
| Production Title: Brothers in Dance: Anthony and Kel Matsena Company: BBC Line Manager: Sue Perry-Grech Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Arts & Music Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
This film tells the story of Swansea-based, Zimbabwean-born brothers and choreographers moving to
Wales as children and competing on Britain's Got Talent to becoming two of the most innovative and in-demand emerging artists on the UK dance
scene.
BBC 60 mins
Director Dave Jones
DoP: Ian Watts
Winner Cymru (Welsh) BAFTA Single Documentary Award for 2023 |
| Director Of Photography / Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America / BBC 2 / Milk and Honey Productions / Jun 2022 to Aug 2022 |
| Production Title: Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America Company: Milk and Honey Productions Line Manager: Jo Woolf Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 2 Genre: Arts & Music Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Actor David Harewood takes us on a journey across America to meet his heroes, and discover some of the true stories behind the incredible artists who shaped his life and changed the world.
Along the way he discovers how African American performers, filmmakers and writers came to transform popular culture around the world.
Presenter: David Harewood
Series Director: Geoff Small
Series Producer: Jo Woolf
Executive Producers: Lucy Pilkington and Lawrence Lartey
BBC 2 x 60 mins |
| Director Of Photography / Jimmy Akingbola Handle with Care / ITV / Triforce Productions / Jun 2022 to Aug 2022 |
| Production Title: Jimmy Akingbola Handle with Care Company: Triforce Productions Line Manager: Rachael M-Anderson Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
In this deeply personal film, acclaimed actor and presenter Jimmy Akingbola tells his own story and in doing so, reveals the truth of growing up in the care system in England.
At two years old Jimmy was uprooted from his Nigerian family and fostered by a white British family, who raised him alongside their birth children as if he were their own. Now living in the bright lights of Hollywood with a glittering career, Bel-Air star Jimmy returns home to Britain to reflect on how his upbringing shaped him.
Jimmy speaks to his own foster family and biological siblings about their feelings and meets fellow actor Lenny James and retired Olympic athlete Kriss Akabusi, who both share their own personal stories of foster and adopted care and children's homes, good and bad.
While exploring themes of identity, abandonment, the importance of role models and cultural connection, this thoughtful, engaging and emotional film, directed by Andy Mundy-Castle, considers whether a loving family, no matter their ethnicity, is always more important than racial or cultural differences.
Presenter Jimmy Akingbola
Director: Andy Mundy-Castle
Executive Producers: Fraser Ayres and Minnie Ayres
Producer: Rochelle Newman
DOP: Ian Watts
Editor: Zeb Achonu
Triforce Productions 6o mins for ITV |
| Director Of Photography / Judi Love: Black, Female and Invisible / Channel 4 / Douglas Road Productions / Feb 2022 to Apr 2022 |
| Production Title: Judi Love: Black, Female and Invisible Company: Douglas Road Productions Line Manager: Rita OHalloran Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
The comedian and presenter Judi Love has a successful career, but for every black woman like her, there are many more who haven't managed to make their mark. Here she discovers why so many black British women struggle, uncovering evidence of inequalities in health, education and work. She also hears what's being done to redress the balance.
She discovers she has managed to defy the odds stacked against most Black women living in the UK today. Damning figures point to profound inequalities in health, education, work, and other key aspects of life. On an eye-opening and emotional journey, Judi discovers the real stories behind the statistics - as well as the inspirational women determined to change things for the next generation with innovative and practical solutions.
Presenter: Judi Love
Producer/ Director: Anna Manton
Executive Producers: Angela Ferreira and Maxine Watson
DOP: Ian Watts
Douglas Road Productions 60 mins for Channel 4 |
| Director Of Photography & Lighting Camera / Standing Firm: Football's Windrush Story / BT Sport / BT Sport / May 2021 to Sep 2021 |
| Production Title: Standing Firm: Football's Windrush Story Company: BT Sport Line Manager: Jenny Chiapponi Programme Length: Feature Length Genre: Factual Entertainment Current Affairs Historical Documentary Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Modern Britain is fundamentally built on immigration from every corner of the world and Caribbean migrants had a transformative impact on our arts, culture and football. This essential documentary catalogues everything black footballers have done for the beautiful game - and the disgraceful abuse they have suffered in return
The 500 Jamaicans who arrived paved the way for nearly half a million people to embark on the voyage between 1948 and 1970. The immigrants, referred to as the Windrush generation, contributed an enormous amount to British society, but in few places has this been more visible than on the football pitch.
Presented and narrated by BAFTA award-winning Benjamin Zephaniah, Standing Firm: Football's Windrush Story explores the impact they, their descendants and continued Caribbean migration to the UK, has had on English football and the national team.
Director Theo Lee Ray
Exec Producer Sally Brown
BT Sport 80 mins |
| Director Of Photography / Troy Deeney: Where's My History? / SBX Studios / Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 |
| Production Title: Troy Deeney: Where's My History? Company: SBX Studios Line Manager: Jake Churchill Programme Length: 50 minutes Genre: Documentary Current Affairs Sector: Broadcast Television Description :
Birmingham City FC Captain, Troy Deeney's high-profile campaign to make the teaching of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic histories and experiences mandatory in the school curriculum is featured in this sixty-minute documentary for Channel 4.
Frustrated by the lack of diversity taught in schools and the impact it is having on pupils, Deeney wrote an open letter to the Secretary of State for Education, set up a public petition - which has now surpassed 50,000 signatures - and commissioned a YouGov survey.
The YouGov survey of 1000 primary and secondary school teachers from across Britain found that only 12% of teachers said they felt empowered to teach 'optional' black related topics.
The documentary not only recounts Deeney's own troubled schooling experiences with his family, but also meetings with prominent contributors such as boxer Anthony Joshua, actor David Harewood MBE, ex-footballer and pundit Micah Richards, musicians Big Narstie and DJ Cuppy and MP Layla Moran, as well as young activists campaigning for change, teachers and pupils in schools around the country and voices of strong opposing views.
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Presenter: Troy Deeney
Director: Geoff Small
Executive Producer: Vanessa Van-Yeboah
Executive Producer: Rowan Wilkinson
Production Company: SBX Studios
Channel 4 - 60 mins |
