Joshua Dugdale, FRSA is a British documentary film-maker. He studied economics at the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

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Dugdale made films around the world on drug barons, gangsters, police forces and revolutionaries. His 2002 film for the BBC

BBC

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, LAPD Blues won some of the highest ratings of that year for any documentary.

In 2005-2008 he made a three year biopic of the fourteenth Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...

 Tenzin Gyatso, The Unwinking Gaze. In this film he recorded the Dalai Lama as a leader of the Tibetan people, rather than making a portrait of him from being a spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...

 that is being done customarily.

Dugdale is the son of former Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 chairman Sir William Dugdale

William Dugdale (Aston Villa chairman)

Sir William Dugdale was the chairman of Aston Villa Football Club from 1975 to 1982, during the club's most successful period in modern times. Dugdale took over the position from Doug Ellis in 1975, before being replaced by the same man seven years later...

, and cousin of current Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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 David Cameron

David Cameron

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Filmography

Film	Year	Remark
Pepe and his Cuban Heels	?	On life in Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
The Tijuana Cartel	2001
LAPD Blues	2002	Reporter
The Unwinking Gaze	2008	Director/producer; biography of Tenzin Gyatso

External links

• Times, Article
• IMDB, profile
• BBC, LAPD blues
• Presskit, Unwinking Gaze