Margy Kinmonth
Margy Kinmonth is a film and television director whose credits include feature documentary Revolution: New Art for a New World (Foxtrot Films Ltd/Arts Alliance), marking the 1917 Russian Revolution, ''War Art with Eddie Redmayne'' ( 2015), which shows on ITV and Ovation, about artists of the First World War, Hermitage Revealed (Foxtrot Films Ltd/Arts Alliance, Moscow International Film Festival 2014[1]), Royal Paintbox with HRH the Prince of Wales (Foxtrot Films Ltd/ ITV, MIFF 2013[2]), Looking for Lowry with Ian McKellen, Noel Gallagher and Dame Paula Rego (Foxtrot Films/ ITV), "Mariinsky Theatre", "The Nutcracker Story" and BBC series Naked Hollywood, winner of BAFTA Best Documentary Series.[3]
Kinmonth’s other films include The Strange World of Barry Who? about Francis Bacon and Rudolph Nureyev, which won the Royal Television Society Best Arts Film Award,[4] The Secret World of Haute Couture, Smoking Diaries with Simon Gray, Dawn French, Steven Berkoff, Rubens- A Master in the Making (for The National Gallery) and Remember the Secret Policeman’s Ball? with John Cleese and Sting.
Kinmonth was the recipient of the Creative Originality Award at the Women in Film and Television Awards in 2009.[5][6] She is currently the director for Foxtrot Films Ltd.
Margy Kinmonth directed the film Parthenon to Hermitage for the British Museum.[7]
Awarded Likhachev Fellowship 2017
Drama credits include Casualty, Eastenders, Grange Hill, To the Western World and Baker’s Dozen.
Accolades
- Winner, Creative Originality Award at the Women in Film and Television Awards 2009
- Winner, Royal Television Society Arts Award 2002 'The Strange World of Barry Who?'
- BAFTA Best Factual Series Winner[8]
- Winner, Cable ACE Award for Best Documentary, 'Naked Hollywood'
- Winner, Chicago Film Festival Silver Hugo for Best Documentary, 'Naked Hollywood'
- Finalist, International Emmy Best Documentary, 'Naked Hollywood'
- Winner, European Community Award for 'To The Western World'
- Nominated, Grierson Award, Best Arts Documentary 2008 for 'Nutcracker Story'
- Nominated, Prix Italia 2007 for 'Secret World of Haute Couture'
- Nominated, Grierson Award Most Entertaining Documentary 2005 for 'Remember The Secret Policeman's Ball'
- Nominated, Rose D'Or 2005 for 'Remember The Secret Policeman's Ball?'
- Nominated, Cable Ace Comedy Special 1995 'Dawn French'
- Nominated, Finalist New York Film Festival 1991 for 'Steven Berkoff'
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | |||
| 2016 | Revolution: New Art for a New World | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature documentary |
| 2015 | War Art with Eddie Redmayne | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary film |
| 2014 | Hermitage Revealed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature documentary |
| 2013 | Royal Paintbox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature documentary |
| 2011 | Looking for Lowry with Ian McKellen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary film |
| 2008 | Mariinsky Theatre | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary film |
| 2007 | The Nutcracker Story | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV documentary |
| 2008 | Outback Art: The Gold Rush | Yes | No | No | TV documentary |
| 2007 | The Secret World of Haute Couture | Yes | No | Yes | TV movie |
| 2007 | Strange World of Barry Who | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV movie |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box | Yes | No | No | TV movie |
| 1994 | Dawn French on Big Women | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV documentary |
| 2004 | The Secret Policeman's Ball? | Yes | No | Yes | Documentary film |
| 1991 | Naked Hollywood | Yes | No | No | TV miniseries |
| Baker's Dozen (film) | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV movie | |
| 1981 | To The Western World (film) | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV series |
| 1991 | Casualty | Yes | No | No | 2 episodes |
| 1992 - 1993 | EastEnders | Yes | No | No | 11 episodes |
| 1998 | Grange Hill | Yes | No | No | 4 episodes |
| 1996 | London Bridge (TV series) | Yes | No | No | TV series |
References
- ↑ "Hermitage Revealed, MIFF 2014". www.moscowfilmfestival.ru.
- ↑ "Royal Paintbox, MIFF 2014". www.moscowfilmfestival.ru.
- ↑ "Naked Hollywood, BAFTA". http://awards.bafta.org. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "The Royal Television Society Award Winners 2002". www.rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.
- ↑ "Women in Film and Television Awards: full list of winners". www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Creative Originality Leads to Commission". www.wftv.org.uk.
- ↑ "Parthenon Sculpture Loan to the Hermitage". www.foxtrotfilms.com.
- ↑ Naked Hollywood, retrieved 2017-12-04