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Phil Grabsky

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1964 (61 years)
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Phil Grabsky is a British documentary film-maker based in Brighton, East Sussex. His company Seventh Art Productions has produced documentaries for television and cinema.

Grabsky’s work such as I, Caesar, Spain - In the Shadow on the Sun, The Great Commanders and the Tim Marlow on... series, has been broadcast on various U.K. channels such as BBC, Channel 4, Five and Sky Arts, and internationally around the world.

His film The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan was released in cinemas in 2003 and tells the story of 8-year-old Mir and his family living in post-Taliban Afghanistan. The film has been shown across the globe and won 13 awards including the Gold Hugo in Chicago for Best Film and first prize at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Phil is continuing to film Mir and his family in Afghanistan.

2006 saw the completion of In Search of Mozart. The film illustrates the life and work of the composer through interviews and live performance. The film premiered at London’s Barbican concert hall. Subsequently it has gone on to become one of the top 100 grossing documentaries in Australia.

Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006) explores the Chernobyl nuclear disaster through Mario Petrucci’s poetry. Phil worked in conjunction with director David Bickerstaff for this project which went on to win Best Short Documentary at the Cinequest International Film Festival.

In 2007 Grabsky completed Escape from Luanda which tells the tale of three students at Angola’s only music school.

Phil Grabsky's most recent film In Search of Beethoven, focusing on the life and work of the German composer was released in 2009.

In addition to making films, Phil has released four books and often serves as a judge for various awards including BAFTA, Emmys, RTS and the One World awards.

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Known For

  • American Masters
  • Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World
  • In Search of Beethoven
  • In Search of Mozart
  • My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
  • Biography
  • Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story
  • The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
  • Terry Jones' Ancient Inventions
  • Exhibition on Screen: I, Claude Monet
  • In Search of Chopin
  • Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo Love and Death
  • Leonardo: The Works
  • The Boy Mir
  • The Surprising History of Sex and Love
  • The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
  • Exhibition on Screen: Young Picasso
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
  • Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
  • The Surprising History of Egypt
  • The Surprising History of Rome
  • Great Artists with Tim Marlow

Phil Grabsky Filmography

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2012
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2009
Marlow Meets (TV Series)
2009
2007
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1998
1994
Ancient Warriors (TV Series)
1987
Biography (TV Series)
1985
American Masters (TV Series)
1982
Timewatch (TV Series)

2026
2025
2024
My National Gallery · as Executive Producer
2024
2023
2023
Exhibition on Screen: Tokyo Stories · as Executive Producer
2023
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition · as Executive Producer
2023
2022
2021
2020
2020
2019
Leonardo: The Works · as Executive Producer
2019
Exhibition on Screen: Young Picasso · as Executive Producer
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
Renoir: Revered and Reviled · as Executive Producer
2015
2015
The Impressionists · as Executive Producer
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
EXHIBITION: Munch 150 · as Executive Producer
2012
2010
2009
2009
Marlow Meets (TV Series)
2009
2007
2006
2002
2002
Revealed (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2002
2002
2001
1998
Terry Jones' Ancient Inventions (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1994
Ancient Warriors (TV Series)
1987
Biography (TV Series)
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2021
The Life of Mir · as Narrator

2023
2022
2021
2020
Frida Kahlo · as Cinematographer
2020
Easter in Art · as Cinematographer
2019
Leonardo: The Works · as Cinematographer
2019
2017
Exhibition on Screen: I, Claude Monet · as Director Of Photography
2016
2016
Renoir: Revered and Reviled · as Director Of Photography
2015
Concerto: A Beethoven Journey · as Cinematographer
2014
In Search of Chopin · as Cinematographer
2012
In Search of Haydn · as Director Of Photography
2011
The Boy Mir · as Cinematographer
2010
2009
Making War Horse · as Cinematographer
2009
Marlow Meets (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2009
In Search of Beethoven · as Cinematographer
2007
Escape from Luanda · as Cinematographer
2006
In Search of Mozart · as Cinematographer
2006
Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl · as Cinematographer
2004
2003
The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow (TV Series) · as Co-Writer
2002
2001
2001
Great Artists with Tim Marlow (TV Series) · as Co-Writer
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Cinematographer

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