John Edginton
Directing
John Edginton is an award-winning producer, writer and director of documentary films. He has made films for virtually every documentary strand on British TV as well as for the US channels HBO, A&E, the Sundance Channel, VH1. Notable investigative documentaries have included "Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?" for HBO - now available on itunes - and "Chappaquiddick" for the BBC and A&E . Music and arts docs include "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story" for the BBC and "Robyn Hitchcock- Sex, Food, Death ..and Insects" for the Sundance Channel and BBC4. John is also an executive producer and consultant on documentary projects .He has helped to guide projects as diverse as "Bellevue - Inside Out" for HBO and the Emmy-nominated series " Monty Python Almost the Truth - the Lawyers' Cut" for IFC channel in the US and the BBC in the UK. He was the production consultant on the BAFTA-nominated documentary ,"Freddie Mercury : The Great Pretender", shown in the Imagine series on the BBC in the UK. He is a regular speaker on the issues and process of documentary film-making at screenings, festivals and universities in the US and the UK.
Behind the camera
Genesis: Together and Apart
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Genesis: Together and Apart
Writer
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
Writer
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
Director
Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
Director
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New York
Director
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Director
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
Director
Syd Barrett: Under Review
Director
Battle for the Trees
Director
When the Canaries Stop Singing
Director
Who Killed Martin Luther King?
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