George Carey (filmmaker)
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George Carey (born 1943) is a British documentary filmmaker and television journalist.
Education[edit]
Carey was educated at Downside School, a boarding independent school for boys in the village of Stratton-on-the-Fosse in Somerset in South West England, followed by the University of Oxford.[1]
Life and career[edit]
As a director/editor at BBC News, Carey is credited with the creation of the Newsnight current affairs programme in 1980,[2][3] before going on to become Editor of BBC1’s Panorama during the Falklands War.[4] In 1988, he left the BBC to co-found an independent production company with Jenny Barraclough.[5] In 1997, Barraclough Carey Productions was acquired by Mentorn Films, and Carey became Creative Director of the new entity, now known as Mentorn Media.[6] As well as producing a series of prize-winning documentaries (see below), he secured the contract to produce the BBC’s weekly political discussion programme Question Time, and originated Channel 4’s Unreported World strand.[7] In 2005, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal Television Society.[8] In 2007, he returned to filmmaking himself, with a five part BBC series on Russia presented by Jonathan Dimbleby,[9] before shooting and directing several individual documentaries with producer Teresa Cherfas. These included Close Encounters in Siberia, A Long Weekend with the Son of God – both for Channel 4 – and Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones, The Spy Who Went into the Cold and Masterspy of Moscow: George Blake,[10] all for BBC Storyville.[11]
He served for four years as a board member for Conciliation Resources, an international non-governmental organization,[12] and for two years as Chairman of Trustees of the House of Illustration.
Filmography[edit]
Documentary Singles[edit]
- Terror in Moscow (Grierson prize)
- Babitsky's War (Amnesty International prize)
- The Valley (Prix Italia, Golden Nymph Monte Carlo)
- The Unforgiving (BAFTA)
- Hello Mr President (Peabody Award)
- Fall of Saigon
- The Killing of Kennedy
- Moonlanding
- Blood on their Hands
- Terror in the Mall
Documentary Series (General)[edit]
- Russia - A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby
- Century Road
- Testing God (Best Religious programme)
- Soul Searching
- Redemption Song
- Queen and Country
- Do you Believe in Magic?
- Visions of Heaven and Hell (Golden Spire, San Francisco)
- The White House Tapes
- The New Jerusalem
- The Tunnel
- Clintons: A Marriage of Power (Broadcast Award)
- Rebellion
- Scare Stories
- The Crimean War
- From Beirut to Bosnia
- Planet Islam
- The Poisoned Chalice
- Mad Cows and Englishmen
- Gunpower USA
- Men in Battle
Documentary Series (Science)[edit]
- The Plague (Royal Television Society Best Series)
- Knife to the Heart
- Cancer Wars
- The Babymakers (BMI Best Medical Series)
BBC Documentary Singles[edit]
- Marilyn: Say Goodbye to the President
- M.I.A.: We'll Keep You Forever
- The Trial of Klaus Barbie
- The Search for the Missing Marcos Millions (Emmy Award)
- Masterspy of Moscow – George Blake
- Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones
BBC Documentary Series[edit]
- An Ocean Apart
- Families at War (RTS Award)
- Comrades
- Frontiers (ACE Award)
References[edit]
- ^ "The Educational Backgrounds of Leading Journalists - Page 20: NEWS EDITORS/PRODUCERS (18)" (PDF). The Sutton Trust. 15 June 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Carey, George (21 January 2005). "Newsnight's difficult birth". BBC News.
- ^ "Gdansk strikes". BBC News. 21 January 2005.
- ^ | title=BBC TV's Panorama, Conflict Coverage and the 'Westminster Consensus' |
- ^ Jenny Barraclough, http://jennybarraclough.com
- ^ Billen, Andrew (31 March 2010). "True Stories: A Long Weekend with the Son of God; Cougar Town". The Sunday Times. London.
- ^ Channel 4, http://www.channel4.com/search/results.jsp?q=Mongolia&s=&site=channel4&start=81
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Jonathan Dimbleby: to Russia with love, http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_extracts/article3778952.ece
- ^ Birchenough, Tom (24 March 2015). "the Arts Desk". theartsdesk.com.
- ^ "Knocking on Heaven's Door - Space Race", BBC Four, 2012.
- ^ Conciliation Resources, http://www.c-r.org/about/board.php Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine