John Edginton

Biography

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.

Timeline

2017

  • Poster for Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul

    Producer

2014

  • Poster for Genesis: Together and Apart

    Writer

2012

  • Poster for Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

    Director

2009

  • Poster for Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New York

    Director

2008

  • Poster for Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects

    Producer

2006

  • Poster for Syd Barrett: Under Review

    Director

2003

  • Poster for The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story

    Director

1998

  • Poster for Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Executive Producer

1992

  • Poster for When the Canaries Stop Singing

    Director

  • Poster for Battle for the Trees

    Producer

1989

  • Poster for Who Killed Martin Luther King?

    Writer