Antony Thomas
Encyclopedia
Antony Thomas is an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning English
documentary film maker
, director
and author
who has made films for, amongst others, Channel 4
, the BBC
and HBO
.
Thomas was born in India
. When he was six years old, he moved to South Africa
. He moved again to England
in 1967, where he has written, directed and produced 40 major documentaries and dramas including Death of a Princess
.
Monday 14 June 2010 , saw the public release date of the documentary film For Neda by Thomas and with the help of Saeed Kamali Dehghan
, on the death of Iran
ian demonstrator Neda Agha-Soltan. Kamali Dehghan secretly filmed Neda's family and obtained footage of her life and death for HBO's documentary For Neda.
England
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documentary film maker
Documentary film
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, director
Film director
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and author
Author
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who has made films for, amongst others, Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, the BBC
BBC
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and HBO
Home Box Office
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.
Thomas was born in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. When he was six years old, he moved to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. He moved again to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1967, where he has written, directed and produced 40 major documentaries and dramas including Death of a Princess
Death of a Princess
Death of a Princess is a British 1980 drama-documentary, produced by ATV, produced in cooperation with WGBH in the United States. The drama, be based on the true story of Princess Masha'il, or Mish'al is the story of a young princess from Saudi Arabia Islamic nation and her lover who had been...
.
Monday 14 June 2010 , saw the public release date of the documentary film For Neda by Thomas and with the help of Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Saeed Kamali Dehghan is an award-winning Iranian journalist who writes for The Guardian. He has been named as the 2010 Journalist of the Year in Britain at the Foreign Press Association. He currently writes for The Guardian from London but and has worked as an Iran correspondent for The Guardian...
, on the death of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian demonstrator Neda Agha-Soltan. Kamali Dehghan secretly filmed Neda's family and obtained footage of her life and death for HBO's documentary For Neda.
External links
- Anthony Thomas' Productions Official website