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.
In 2020, Battsek departed Passion Pictures to launch creative studio Ventureland with producers Kerstin Emhoff and Ali Brown.[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-winning Hillsborough.
Battsek produced Grammy nominated Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars and Peabody Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Listen to Me Marlon.
Battsek was nominated for a PGA Award in 2010 and in 2011 for Sergio and The Tillman Story, respectively. 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
- One Day in September (1999) – Producer
- The Game of Their Lives (2002) – Executive producer
- Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop (2003) – Producer
- Peace One Day (2004) – Co-producer
- Lila Says (Lila Dit Ca) (2004) – Co-producer
- A State of Mind (2004) – Producer
- Black Sun (2005) – Producer
- Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) – Producer
- Crossing the Line (2006) – Executive producer
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) – Executive producer
- My Kid Could Paint That (2007) – Executive producer
- In Prison My Whole Life (2007) – Co-producer
- Sergio (2009) – Producer
- The Age of Stupid (2009) – Executive producer
- Restrepo (2010) – Executive producer
- The Stones in Exile – (2010) – Producer
- The Tillman Story – (2010) – Producer
- Fire in Babylon – (2010) – Producer
- Project Nim – (2011) – Executive Producer
- Bob & the Monster – (2011) – Executive Producer
- Better This World – (2011) – Executive Producer
- Koran by Heart – (2011) – Producer
- The Imposter – (2012) – Executive Producer
- Searching for Sugar Man – (2012) – Executive Producer
- How I Live Now – (2013) – Producer
- Hillsborough – (2014) – Executive Producer
- Listen to Me Marlon – (2015) – Producer
- We Are X – (2016) – Producer
- Keep Quiet – (2016) – Executive Producer
- The Fall – (2016) – Executive Producer
- George Best – All by Himself – (2016) – Producer
- Forever Pure – (2016) – Executive Producer
- Five Came Back – 2017 – Producer
- Legion of Brothers – 2017 – Producer
- The Final Year – 2017 – Producer
- Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars – 2017 – Producer
- Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist – 2018 – Producer
- Studio 54 – 2018 – Producer
- If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynrd Skynrd – 2018 – Producer
- The Serengeti Rules – 2018 – Executive Producer
- Mike Wallace Is Here – 2019 – Producer
- The Australian Dream – 2019 – Producer
- Andy Murray: Resurfacing – 2019 – Producer
- Citizen K – 2019 – Producer
- Circus of Books – 2019 – Executive Producer
- Sid and Judy – 2019 – Producer
- Mystify: Micheal Hutchence – 2019 – Producer
- Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – 2019 – Executive Producer