John Edginton
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor
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.
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
Filmography
| 2022 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2003 | |
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| 1998 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1964 |
| 2017 | |
| 2003 | imagine... · as Consulting Producer |
| 2003 | |
| 1998 | Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1964 |
| 1964 | Horizon · as Narrator |
| 2019 | Up from the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music · as Consultant Producer |