Education
University of Warwick.
University of Warwick.
After graduating with a degree in history from Warwick University, he found work on Mike Figgis" Stormy Monday, before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects, from sport to corporate videos. His Hollywood debut was Jiminy Glick in Lalawood starring Martin Short as his celebrity interviewing alter-ego, produced by Gold Circle films. The film also features Steve Martin and Kurt Russell as themselves.
lieutenant was selected as the closing gala at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.
Most recently he directed In the Land of the Free.. a feature documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. lieutenant tells the story of three men known as the Angola Three who among them have spent over a century in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State penitentiary.
lieutenant was nominated best documentary at the 2011 Evening Standard British Film Awards.