It was sad news to hear about the death of artist Norman Ackroyd. I feel very privileged to have been able to work with Norman recently on a number of documentary film projects.
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I’m not sure how this has happened, but I’ve somehow won the FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR SUPREME CHAMPION AWARD in the Pro Moviemaker International Awards for a number of films I made with Jay Goldmark and Goldmark Films. Last year’s winners included a music video for the Pigeon Detectives (apparently they are still going), a documentary for The Daily Telegraph and promotional film for Ferrari, so I was shocked to be told that I’ve won the top prize from this years awards, which included 16 categories!
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Here’s my annual list of some of the great documentary films I’ve seen in 2023. I’m sure I’ve forgotten to mention a few and a number of these actually came out a few years ago, but here goes…
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Vanity Fair called potter Akiko Hirai a “Ceramicist Extraordinaire” and she is regarded by many as the worlds most famous potter. On January 1st 2024, the online premiere of the documentary I made with Goldmark filmsAkiko Hirai: 'Mark of the Pot' will go live on youtube and goldmark.tv.
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Simone Arnold-Liebster, whose story I told in the award winning documentary The Schoolgirl the Nazis and the Purple Triangles has been awarded The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Here’s my annual list of some of the great documentary films I’ve seen this year. I’m sure I’ve forgotten to mention a few and a number of these actually came out a few years ago, but here goes…
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I recently arrived back home after filming began in France for a new feature documentary. More news on this soon.
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Graham Boyd: A Life in Colour, the documentary film that I made with Goldmark Films and Goldmark.TV, has been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in the Factual Programme category alongside 3 BBC films.
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Documentary. The greatest art form of all. I’ve made and watched a lot of docs over the past 12 months, so here is a list of some of the best from this year, although some of them may have come out before 2021 and I’m sure there are more I’ve forgotten to add to this list, which is in no particular order. I’ve included trailers and links for you to watch these films for yourself on the Apple TV+, Netflix, BBC iPlayer etc. Enjoy…
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Two years in the making, this new Goldmark film finds 93 year old veteran of abstraction Graham Boyd at work in his Hertfordshire studio. He talks about his life and inspiration; the early development of his painting into pure abstraction, the impact on his work of his time spent in Africa and America and his continuing artistic journey.
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2020 was a great year for documentary films. Here is a list of some I’ve enjoyed making and watching…
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Goldmark TV now has an app/channel available to watch a selection of documentary films I produced for Goldmark Films. The apps are available on ROKU and AMAZON FIRE TV . Hopefully an Apple TV app will be available in the near future!
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I had the privilege of working on a number of films promoting the Ralph Steadman and Ceri Levy Critical Critters project that they have worked on with Goldmark Art. The project combines art with humour to raise awareness about extinct and critically endangered animals. Illustrator Ralph Steadman and filmmaker Ceri Levy recently appeared on Channel 4 News with Journalist Jon Snow
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My latest documentary for Goldmark is now available to watch online. RON KING: Alphabets, Bandits & Collaborations. When a young boy sees a photo of the decapitated head of notorious Brazilian bandit Lampião 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.
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The latest film I’ve made for Goldmark has it’s YouTube Premiere this Saturday. The brand new documentary tells the story of one of Japan's most respected studio potters, Ken Matsuzaki.
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The award winning documentary The Schoolgirl The Nazis And The Purple Triangles is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in USA and UK. This film is true story of a young girl's courageous stand against the nazis. Based on the Simone Arnold Liebster book Facing the Lion. Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe .
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The Ballymurphy Precedent directed by Callum Macrae in cinemas 31 August 2018 following the RTS award winning student documentary The Ballymurphy Massacre by Sean Reynolds, Kyle Gibbon and Jonny Lewis from 2012. Find out more …
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My latest feature film documentary Randy Johnston | An Expansive Vision is now online.
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Two new documentaries for Goldmark have recently been released. the first is short promo a film I shot in USA to promote the upcoming exhibition of Warren MacKenzie and Randy Johnston | Two Great American Potters. The second is Walter Keeler: Treasures of the Everyday. A documentary film about the famous UK potter.
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