The documentary film Ron King - Alphabets, Bandits and Collaborations I made for Goldmark Films has been shortlisted for a ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY Award in the Factual Programme category. the film is shortlisted with a film by Jamie Knights called Nazi Megastructures: Americas War from Epic Studios and a BBC film by Martin Friend called White Van Gogh Man

2020 Royal Television Society Award nominated Best Factual . The RTS Awards are the gold standard of achievement in the television community. Each year our six awards recognise excellence across the entire range of programme making and broadcasting skills. The awards take place on Wednesday 4th March.

When a young boy sees a photo of the decapitated head of notorious Brazilian bandit Lampiгo in a book, it becomes an obsession and inspires him to create incredible multifaceted artworks in a life time journey that takes him from Brazil, to England, Canada and the United States as he struggles to have his work recognised and accepted. In this new Goldmark film, "Alphabets, Bandits & Collaborations", shot mostly on location in his studio in Sussex, Ron King talks about his life and inspiration; the development of his work and the founding of Circle Press as an ongoing collaboration with other artists. The film highlights his continuing relationship with the USA which was underlined in 2002 with the purchase of the Circle Press' complete output and archives by the Paul Mellon Foundation at The Yale Center for British Art. King also talks movingly in the film about the sudden death of his son, from cancer, aged only 15 and that of his second son from the same disease 30 years later and the profound effect the passing of his sons has had on his life and his work. Featuring interviews with writer, art historian and critic Mel Gooding and artist, designer and filmmaker John Christie, this latest Goldmark film provides a sensitive and revealing insight into the life of this extraordinarily inventive and energetic man.

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