John Battsek

John Battsek is a British film producer of documentary films. Battsek co-founded Passion Pictures, a two-time Oscar-winning and four-time Oscar nominated independent production company.

Battsek at the Montclair Film Festival, May 2015

In 2020, Battsek departed Passion Pictures to launch creative studio Ventureland with producers Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown and director Paul Hunter.[1]

Career and awards

In 1999, Battsek conceived and produced Academy Award winning One Day in September.[2]

He served as an executive producer on Academy Award winning Searching For Sugar Man, Academy Award nominated Restrepo & Winter On Fire and BAFTA award winning documentaries Hillsborough and The Imposter. [3]

In 2013 Battsek produced Greg Barker's Emmy Award winning documentary Manhunt: The Search For Bin Laden. In 2016 Battsek produced Peabody Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Listen to Me Marlon. In 2017 Battsek produced Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. In 2018 Battsek produced Emmy Award winning documentary Forever Pure. [4]

Battsek was nominated for a PGA Award in 2010 and in 2011 for Sergio and The Tillman Story, respectively. He was also nominated in 2015 for The Green Prince. In 2013 he received the Grierson Trust Trustees' Award.

In 2019, he produced the AACTA Award-winning Australian feature-length documentary, The Australian Dream.

Filmography

References

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