DAI RICHARDS CV.
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As a series producer and producer/director, I have made current affairs, historical, scientific, social and personal documentaries, which have won numerous awards.
PAST PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE -
(Producer/Director except where stated)
Freelance: (REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)
BBC RADIO CURRENT AFFFAIRS, 2014
Recruited as an standby freelance Producer. My first radio programme, a PROFILE of film director Christopher Nolan, was broadcast in November 2014.
BROKING BAD. Nutopia for Esquire TV, 2014
Producer/edit-producer (director) on drama-doc about one man's white collar crimes, the pilot for My Downfall, a series about fraudsters.
CORRUPTION - THE MOVIE. 2014
Developing a feature documentary for Transparency International and Getzel Gordon Productions in Washington DC.
TEACHING, 2013, 2104
I have done half a dozen stints teaching Film Production these past two years, at The Met Film School in London and at Bournemouth University.
BRITAIN'S SECRET HOMES, ITV Studios, 2013
Edit producing (directing) on series about fifty little known homes, each of which played host to a key event in British history.
At NUTOPIA, 2012-2013. Producer/Edit Producer
Tackling episodes in difficulty across four major documentary and drama-doc series – Mankind (History Channel), The British (Sky Atlantic), How We Invented
The World (Discovery) and The ‘80s: the Decade That Made Us (Nat Geo).
THE CHILEAN MINERS - STILL TRAPPED? (1x60)
Al Jazeera, 2011
The rescued miners talk about the poor conditions in many Chilean mines, about their 70 days trapped underground and how, a year on, they are jobless and still traumatised. Presenter, Lucia Newman
WHO GETS THE BEST JOBS? Tiger Aspect for BBC2 2011.
How social mobility has gone backwards in the past twenty years, and the chances of getting into the most sought-after careers are skewed in favour of wealthy candidates. Reporter: Richard Bilton.
“An excellent film” (Guardian)
“An enthralling documentary” (Daily Record),
“Insightful…even-handed and quietly forceful“ (Daily Telegraph)
IRAN'S DISSIDENT VOICES -and- Chain Reaction
ORTV for Al Arabiya, broadcast in the Middle East, 2010
Series Producer of two films about human rights in Iran, one on the threat of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East; documentaries with drama-recon and CGI.
IRAN AND THE WEST (3x60) 2009.
Series Director, P/D of episode 1
Brook Lapping for BBC2, Nat Geo, France 3 and others.
Series about the west’s turbulent relations with the Islamic Republic.
“Documentary making at its best” (Economist)
“Consummate story-telling…A master class in drama” (Guardian)
DYING FOR SLEEP. Discovery USA, 2007
About a rare and fatal genetic disease. Part medical mystery, part family saga.
SPINNING TERROR, Mentorn for Channel 4, 2007
A Dispatches contending that many anti-terror schemes did more to protect the government’s image than the public’s safety. Presenter: Peter Oborne.
The Independent devoted its first 3 pages to replicating
the arguments and evidence in this film.
A QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP. BBC (in-house), 2006
A Panorama Special revealing sectarian activities and teachings by some leading British Muslim organizations.
Reporter: John Ware.
“First-class documentary television” (Observer)
“A classic Panorama” (The Standard )
WHY INTELLIGENCE FAILS. Wilton Films for Discovery
Four 50-minute films investigating espionage blunders and the systemic errors that caused them. 2005.
“An excellent series” (The Times)
IF…THE LIGHTS GO OUT (1x60) BBC2, 2004.
Drama-doc about how Britain could run ruinously short of electricity. First in new strand. Writer/producer.
“Graphic, concisely argued and all-too-credible” (The Times)
“A flawless piece of television” (Victor Lewis-Smith, The Standard)
BLAIR'S WAR. (1x60) Mentorn for WGBH, 2003.
A film for Frontline about the gulf between Europe and the USA in the lead-up to the Iraq war, and where it left Tony Blair.
“A topnotch documentary torn from today’s headlines” (Boston Globe)
THE FALL OF MILOSEVIC (3x90)
Brook Lapping for BBC2 and 20 other broadcasters.
Traces the Serbian dictator’s fall from ‘peacemaker’ in Paris to prisoner in The Hague. Series Producer/Director
“A template of excellence” (Independent)
“Viewed solely as drama, this series would be hard to equal” (Times)
“Probably the best current affairs television of the past five years” (Guardian)
TIMOTHY LEARY: THE MAN WHO TURNED ON AMERICA. (1x60)
BBC for BBC Reputations and A&E, 2002.
Bio-pic of the Harvard psychologist who promoted the taking of LSD.
A VERY BRITISH MUTINY (1x60)
3BM Television for BBC Timewatch 1999 .
About the largest wartime mutiny in British history.
“A fascinating documentary that poses one of the most difficult military questions: can soldiers ever have just cause for mutiny?” (Sunday Telegraph)
“Intricately plotted… splendidly written” (The Scotsman)
A LIVING HELL (3x60) BBC Science production, 1999
About the experience, diagnosis and treatment of clinical depression. Presenter: Prof Lewis Wolpert.
Series P/D and writer
“A nerve-touching... a textured, provocative piece.” (Independent)
THE FIFTY YEARS WAR (6x60) 1998
Brian Lapping Associates for BBC2, and 20+ others.
On the history of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
“A triumph” (Observer) “Enthralling” (Daily Mail)
“Documentary television at its best” (Independent)
At the BBC, 1989-1995
I worked as a producer/director at the BBC on Newsnight, Public Eye, three years on Panorama, where I made twelve films, 18 months on Timewatch, making four films.
Before moving to television, I worked as a barrister specializing in town planning law.
Languages: Conversational French and Italian; some German, some Spanish.
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Main Awards / Nominations:
IRAN AND THE WEST:
Winner: Grierson award, best documentary series
Winner: Peabody award (USA), television journalism
Winner: History Makers award (USA), best current affairs series
Winner: Banff award, best political programme
Winner: One World award, best documentary (ep 2)
Finalist: Grierson award, history documentary (ep 1)
Finalist: RTS award, history films (ep 1)
Finalist: FOCAL award for best use of archive.
WHY INTELLIGENCE FAILS
Winner: Golden Camera, US Film and TV awards
IF...THE LIGHTS GO OUT
Finalist: RTS Television Journalism award.
THE FALL OF MILOSEVIC
Winner: Gold Medal, New York Film Festival.
Finalist: Grierson awards, documentary series.
Finalist: BAFTA awards, Current Affairs series
Finalist: Amnesty International Documentary award.
Finalist: Broadcast awards, documentary series.
Finalist: Inde awards, Current Affairs
TIMOTHY LEARY, THE MAN WHO TURNED ON AMERICA
Finalist: Documentary award, Cologne Film Festival.
A LIVING HELL
Nominated: BMA Education award.
THE FIFTY YEARS WAR - ISRAEL AND THE ARABS
Winner: Broadcast award, documentary series.
Winner: Silver Spire, San Francisco Film Festival.
Finalist: RTS award, best documentary series.
HITLER'S DEATH: THE FINAL REPORT
Winner: US Golden Eagle award
Finalist: Inde awards, historical documentaries.
Finalist: New York Film Festival, documentary award.
MAYA ANGELOU IN CONCERT
Finalist: Emmy award for Best Live Performance
BELIEF IN ACTION
Winner: Sandford St Martin Award, best regional series.
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LECTURE on The Fall of Milosevic
Winner: RTS award for best presentation (2004)
