Brian Woods

Brian Woods

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Brian Woods, documentary film-maker, founded and runs the independent production company True Vision, concentrating mainly on human rights subjects. Through the company he has been awarded or nominated for several international awards including six US Emmies, a BAFTA, two US Peabodies, The Amnesty International Documentary Award, two One World Awards, and three Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards. The company's films have been commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and HBO, and have been shown around the world.

With Kate Blewett, Brian Woods received the Amnesty International UK Media Awards in 2002 for photojournalism. Also with Blewett, he made a BBC documentary, "Kids Behind Bars" shown on 17 April 2005, showing the situation of juvenile prisoners in different parts of the world and exploring the problems of juvenile crime and justice; they also co-produced "The Dying Rooms".

With Deborah Shipley, Woods made "Orphans of Nkandla", a documentary about children orphaned by AIDS.

Woods is a founding trustee of the charity Care of China's Orphaned and Abandoned (COCOA) and a charitable theatre company.

References

* [http://www.truevisiontv.com/ True Vision]
* [http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/12633.shtml 11th Annual Media Awards]
* [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/2005/04/308341.html Human Rights Film Festival at Brookes]
* [http://www.cocoa.org.uk/ COCOA]
* [http://www.apextrust.com/ Apex Trust]


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