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Brian Woods
Brian Woods
Born	Brian Edwards; 16 March 1963 (age 61); Lytham St Annes, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Education	Cambridge University
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker, producer
Spouse(s)	Deborah Shipley (1992 – died 2015); Dr Catherine Aiken (2017–present)

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Brian Edwards (born 16 March 1963 in Lytham St Annes) is a BAFTA award-winning^[1]^[2] British documentary filmmaker, who founded and currently runs True Vision, an independent production company, which concentrates mainly on human rights-related subjects. Through the company he has been awarded or nominated for several international awards, including six US Emmies, a BAFTA, two US Peabodies, The Amnesty International Documentary Award, two One World Awards, and three Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards. The company's films have been commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and HBO, and have been shown around the world.

Early life and career

Woods was educated at Cambridge University, where he read Natural Sciences at Fitzwilliam College.^[3]

Awards

With Kate Blewett, Brian Woods received the Amnesty International UK Media Award in 2002 for photojournalism. Also with Blewett, he made a BBC documentary, Kids Behind Bars, shown on 17 April 2005, showing the situation of juvenile prisoners in different parts of the world and exploring the problems of juvenile crime and justice; they also co-produced The Dying Rooms.

Other work

Woods is a founding trustee of the charity Care of China's Orphaned and Abandoned (COCOA) and a charitable theatre company.

References

^ "bafta.org". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.
^ "Television Awards Nominees and Winners in 2011". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.
^ "Brian Woods at 'Watersprite'". Fitzwilliam College. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

External links

[1] "bafta.org". Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.

[2] "Television Awards Nominees and Winners in 2011". bafta.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.

[woods1-3] "Brian Woods at 'Watersprite'". Fitzwilliam College. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

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