John Edginton
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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.
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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
June 26, 2012
Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
March 17, 2017
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
March 24, 2003
Genesis: Together and Apart
October 4, 2014
Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
March 1, 1998
Syd Barrett: Under Review
January 23, 2006
Who Killed Martin Luther King?
September 20, 1989
Battle for the Trees
April 12, 1992
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New York
June 5, 2009
Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
March 11, 2008
When the Canaries Stop Singing
January 14, 1992
Behind the camera11
- 2017Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul Director, Writer, Producer
- 2014Genesis: Together and Apart Director, Writer
- 2012Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here Director
- 2009Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New York Director
- 2008Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects Producer, Director
- 2006Syd Barrett: Under Review Director
- 2003The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story Director
- 1998Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? Writer, Director, Executive Producer
- 1992Battle for the Trees Director, Producer