Brian Woods
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Brian Woods is a BAFTA award-winning British
documentary film-maker, who founded and currently runs True Vision, an independent production company, which concentrates mainly on human rights
-related 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 Award 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 prison
ers 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 Orphan
s 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.
Woods was educated at Cambridge University, where he read Natural Sciences at Fitzwilliam College.
United Kingdom
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documentary film-maker, who founded and currently runs True Vision, an independent production company, which concentrates mainly on human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
-related subjects. Through the company he has been awarded or nominated for several international awards, including six US Emmies
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
, a BAFTA, two US Peabodies, The Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
Documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Award, two One World Awards, and three Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards. The company's films have been commissioned by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, 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...
, Discovery
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
and HBO, and have been shown around the world.
With Kate Blewett
Kate Blewett
Kate Blewett is a documentary film-maker in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her documentaries on human rights abuses, such as The Dying Rooms.- Life :...
, Brian Woods received the Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
UK Media Award in 2002 for photojournalism
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
. Also with Blewett, he made a BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
documentary, Kids Behind Bars, shown on 17 April 2005, showing the situation of juvenile prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
ers in different parts of the world and exploring the problems of juvenile crime and justice; they also co-produced The Dying Rooms
The Dying Rooms (1995 film)
The Dying Rooms is a 1995 television documentary film about Chinese state orphanages. It was directed by Kate Blewett and Brian Woods and produced by Lauderdale Productions.-Plot and production:...
.
With Deborah Shipley, Woods made Orphan
Orphan
An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan...
s of Nkandla, a documentary about children orphaned by AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
.
Woods is a founding trustee
Trustee
Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
of the charity
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
Care of China's Orphaned and Abandoned (COCOA) and a charitable theatre company.
Woods was educated at Cambridge University, where he read Natural Sciences at Fitzwilliam College.