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Philip J Day
Philip J Day
Born
Harrogate, England, U.K.
Occupation(s)Documentarian Filmmaker, Founder and President of Edge West Productions, Writer, and Television producer

Philip J Day is a British Documentary film director and Peabody Award winner [1]. His documentary credits include, National Geographic Channel, Discovery, BBC TV, Channel Four (UK), The History Channel, TLC and PBS.

In 2006, he began his own production company ‘‘Edge West Productions’’. Over the years Day has developed a strong working relationship with National Geographic Channel. Between 2005 and 2009 Day wrote, produced, and directed twelve films for National Geographic and PBS. Seven of these films were produced by his company. Inside Rio Carnival, The Real Roswell, Tunnel to a Lost World, Lost Cities of the Amazon, The Skyjacker That Got Away, Great Escape: The Final Secrets, and the latest film Nasca Lines The Buried Secrets.

Day currently resides with his family in Santa Monica, California. In his spare time Day races in triathlons for children’s charity and teaches filmmaking to students.

Early life

Phil Day was born in Harrogate, England, United Kingdom. He and his family moved to Africa, when Phil was eleven years old. They lived in Kabwe, Zambia. This allowed Day to attend the international Peterhouse School in Marondera, Zimbabwe. Day was moved back to England to finish High School. He graduated from Ackworth School in West Yorkshire.

Family

Phil is son of Hazel Day, a notable actress and opera singer and Brian Day, a chartered accountant. Hazel is most well known for performances with the York light Opera company from 1963-1965. Her most popular performances were in Kiss Me Kate [2], Song Of Norway [3], and finally Kismet [4].

Philip Day is the youngest of three children. His brother, Martyn gained notoriety when the London Times cited him as one of the most powerful and influential lawyer’s in the UK [5]. The London Times has continued to write about his achievements each one more powerful than the next [6]. Martyn has also written his own articles for the UK Guardian [7] and for the Times [8]. Philip Day has one daughter, Kaya, born Nov 29th, 1993.

Education

While living in Zambia, Day attended the international Peterhouse School in the neighboring country of Marondera, Zimbabwe, but was moved back to England to finish High School at Ackworth School in West Yorkshire. Day continued his education by attending film school at Harrow College. He was graduated with Honors obtaining a B.A. in Photography, Film, and Television. The school is now known as Middlesex University.

Career

Philip J Day, sometimes credited, Phil Day or Philip Day, has well over one hundred credits as writer, producer or director on hour-long network TV documentaries. He has specialized in historical and social films using elaborate recreations and dynamic interviews to tell his stories. He is a well known and respected documentarian in the filmmaking world. He has worked with notable writer, director Robert Rodriguez appearing in the director’s well known BBC video Ten Minute Film School [9]. Day wrote and directed several TV Documentaries for National Geographic including a film about DB Cooper, [10] a man who has eluded the FBI for over thirty years [11]. Many of his documentaries explore the unknown mysteries of ancient civilizations, Day also works on more educational series. His documentary on ancient medicine explores the possible origins of plastic surgery 3,000 years before Hollywood. His documentary about the Luxor Massacre [12] [13] Massacre In Luxor [14] has been featured on PBS and BBC News.

InFocus Productions [15]has called Phil Day, "one of Britain's most prolific documentary film makers."

1980's

Day began his career as an editor working in television. His first job was for Channel Four (UK) called The Media Show, which was similar to the US current affairs radio program The Media Show. In 1989, Day wrote and directed his first full length documentary Japan Live Performance [16] for Channel 4 Television (UK) and the Arts Council of Great Britain–The film won the Golden Gate Award [17] for ‘Best of Category, Television: Fine Arts and Musical Variety’ at the San Francisco Golden Gate International Film Festival in 1990.

1990's

For more than a decade Day worked in London as a freelance director, writer and producer for BBC TV, Channel 4 and ITV. He produced and directed over sixty films in this time achieving many awards and receiving major press accolades. Moving Pictures for BBC TV won the prestigious UK Indies Award for Best Art Series. Day started producing and directing for PBS and the History Channel in 1997. Two years later he began a long-standing relationship with Discovery Channel.

2000's

In 2000, Day created an award winning series for The Learning Channel called Why Doctors Make Mistakes. In 2001, Day produced the highly successful documentary High Stakes: Bet Your Life on Vegas which partnered the director with Emmy Award winning actor Ray Liotta [18]. Day’s most notable films during this period include Hello Mr. President, which garnered him a prestigious Peabody Award, the 2001 International Emmy Award Nominee Challenger: Go For Launch, and The Johnson Tapes, winner of one News and Documentary Emmy Award and three nominations plus two New York Telly Awards.

Notable Collaborations

Day has worked with such individuals as Craig Ferguson in My Friend Hellman & Friday At The Dome, Alan Rickman Tango With Ninagawa, Ray Liotta High Stakes: Bet Your Life on Vegas, Brian Cox The Late Show, Peter Coyote National Geographic Explorer, Akiva Goldsman, & Ridley Scott Hollywood Inc., Morwenna Banks Signals, Jon Ronson The Ronson Mission, and Mick Jagger Passion, Pride & Penalties.

Documentaries

(As Director)

Awards

  • Golden Gate Award - 1991 "Japan Live Performance" – Best Arts Documentary
  • Best Short Comedy - 1995 "My Friend Hellman"
  • Best Music and Arts Series – UK Indie Awards, London 1997 "Moving Pictures"
  • Best Historical Documentary – Grierson Award Finalist, 1998 "Hello Mr. President"
  • Peabody Award Winner - New York 1998 "Hello Mr. President"
  • British Medical Association Certificate of Educational Merit, London 2000 - "Why Doctors Make Mistakes"
  • News and Documentary Emmy Nominee – New York 2000 "The Johnson Tapes"
  • Telly Awards – New York, 2000 "The Johnson Tapes"
  • Telly Awards – New York, 2002 "Challenger: Go For Launch"
  • News and Documentary Emmy Nominee – New York 2002 "Challenger: Go For Launch"
  • News and Documentary International Emmy Award– New York 2004 "The Johnson Tapes"

References

  1. ^ Director Philip J Day is awarded a Peabody for ‘Hello Mister President’”
  2. ^ “York Light Production 1964.”
  3. ^ “York Light Production 1965.”
  4. ^ “York Light Production 1966.”
  5. ^ “Martyn Day means business.”
  6. ^ “Martyn Day talks about the law.”
  7. ^ Big fee, no win: “Personal injury lawyers who cynically farm claimants and cream off their compensation are dragging a decent profession down.”
  8. ^ “A dangerous side-effect of withdrawing public funding. If drug claims never reach British courts, how will patients get restitution.”
  9. ^ “BBC Moving Pictures gives movie maverick, Robert Rodriguez, the opportunity to teach a class of film students everything there is to know about filmmaking in just ten minutes.”
  10. ^ “Sky Jacker vanishes without a trace.”
  11. ^ “Sky Jacker eludes FBI for over thirty years.”
  12. ^ “Insight: The Death of Innocents: The Luxor Massacre.”
  13. ^ BBC News: Friday, 6 December, 2002."Massacre in Luxor."
  14. ^ “”
  15. ^ "human interest, topical and historical documentaries for broadcast."
  16. ^ “Japan Live Performance on IMDB.”
  17. ^ “San Francisco Golden Gate International Film Festival 1990”
  18. ^ “High Stakes: Bet Your Life on Vegas”

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