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.
8 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul | Director | Film |
| 2017 | Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul | Writer | Film |
| 2017 | Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul | Producer | Film |
| 2012 | Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here | Director | Film |
| 2003 | The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? | Writer | Film |
| 1998 | Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? | Executive Producer | Film |
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