A very experienced, award-winning, documentary director (Secret Millionaire’ won Rose-D’or and BAFTA, won BAFTAs for ‘Wife Swap’; and BAFTA and Grierson for C4’s series ‘The Trust’ about QMC in Nottingham). Moving from making films for terrestrial tv broadcasters to his own feature docs. James’ first independent feature documentary started in 2018 was ‘Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments’, about a group of eccentric pipe organ enthusiasts saving instruments from closing churches. Shown at film and music festivals in US and UK, was bought and screened by BBC Christmas Eve 2023.
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James Dawson
Director