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John Edginton
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Biography
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. He is a regular speaker on the issues and process of documentary film-making at screenings, festivals and universities in the US and the UK.
Known for

Omnibus
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Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul
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Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
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The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
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Battle for the Trees
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
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Genesis: Together and Apart
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Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects
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Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New York
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Syd Barrett: Under Review
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Filmography
- 2017Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with SoulDirector
- 2014Genesis: Together and ApartDirector
- 2012Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were HereDirector
- 2009Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains In New YorkDirector
- 2008Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and InsectsDirector
- 2006Syd Barrett: Under ReviewDirector
- 2003The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett StoryDirector
- 1998Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?Director
- 1992Battle for the TreesDirector
- 1992When the Canaries Stop SingingDirector
- 1989Who Killed Martin Luther King?Director
- 1967OmnibusDirector
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