James Jones (documentary maker)
James Jones is a British documentary filmmaker.[1]
Career
James Jones is an Emmy Award-winning and quadruple 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 films have won an Emmy, a Grierson, a DuPont, a Mind Media and a Rory Peck Award, and have been nominated four times at the BAFTAs, twice at the Royal Television Society Awards, and at the One World Media, Ilaria Alpi Award, and Prix Europa Awards.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Awards and Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Saudi Arabia Uncovered[8] | |
| 2015 | Children of the Gaza War | Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs |
| 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.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-james-jones-uncovered-a-rarely-seen-side-of-saudi-arabia/