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John Edginton

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
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.
Known For
  • Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
  • Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
  • Genesis: Together and Apart
  • Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
  • Who Killed Martin Luther King?
  • Syd Barrett: Under Review
  • Secret History
  • Horizon
  • Up from the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music
  • Timewatch

Filmography

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