Richard Alwyn

Richard Alwyn

Work

Director
Young Margaret: Life, Love & Letters
1 x 90'
2013
October Films for BBC2
Producer Alexandra Henderson Director Richard Alwyn Writer Richard Alwyn

Documentary on the young Margaret Thatcher, based on Charles Moore's official biography

Catholics
3 x 60'
2012
Wingspan Productions for BBC4
Producer Archie Baron Director Richard Alwyn

Three films exploring the agonies and ecstasies of being Catholic in Britain today

Waterlog
2010
BBC Productions In development
Producer Hilary Salmon Director Richard Alwyn Writer Simon Beaufoy

Adaptation of Roger Deakin's book about free swimming across the United Kingdom

In Search Of Wabi Sabi
1 x 90'
2009
KEO Films for BBC4
Director Richard Alwyn

Marcel Theroux travels across Japan in an attempt to understand the elusive concept of Wabi Sabi

Talking to the Dead
1 x 60'
2009
Ronachan Films for Channel Four
Director Richard Alwyn

Acclaimed documentary examining belief, faith and the afterlife filmed at a Walthamstow spiritualist church

This World: Child Slavery
1 x 90'
2007
BBC Productions for BBC2
Producer Barbara Arvanitidis Director Richard Alwyn Starring Rageh Omaar

Documentary chronicling modern day child slavery throughout the world

Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man
1 x 60'
2006
October Films for BBC4
Producer Paul Kerr Director Richard Alwyn Writer Richard Alwyn Starring Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Drama documentary telling the story of Samuel Johnson and the creation of the first English dictionary

If We Stop Giving Aid To Africa
1 x 60'
2005
BBC Productions for BBC2
Producer Alan Eyres Director Richard Alwyn Writer Richard Alwyn Starring Emily Bruni & Aislinn Sands

Drama documentary imagining what would happen if the west ended its aid programmes in Africa

The Beslan Siege
1 x 120'
2005
October Films for Discovery Networks Europe
Producer Liana Pomeranzev Director Richard Alwyn

Award winning documentary exploring the Beslan school massacre.

This World: American Virgins
1 x 60'
2004
BBC Productions for BBC2
Director Richard Alwyn

Documentary about an American faith-based abstinence programme that promotes sexual purity rather than sex education.

Stopping Distance
1 x 65'
2003
BBC Films for BBC2
Producer Jamie Laurenson Director Richard Alwyn Writer Kate Gartside

Acclaimed teen drama depicting events leading up to and in the aftermath of a rape

The Secret Life of Japan: Suicide
1 x 60'
2001
MBC Productions for Channel 4
Director Richard Alwyn

Documentary portrait of a Japanese social phenomenon

Cheer Up Kevin Keegan!
1 x 60'
2000
Wark Clements for Channel 4
Director Richard Alwyn

The travails of manager Kevin Keegan as he attempts to shepherd his England team through the Euro 2000 qualifiers

Modern Times: Come On England!
1 x 60'
1998
BBC Productions for BBC2
Producer Stephen Lambert Director Richard Alwyn

Documentary following a group of boys in Liverpool supporting England in the 1998 World Cup

Modern Times: The Shrine
1 x 90'
1997
BBC Productions for BBC2
Producer Richard Alwyn Director Richard Alwyn

Highly acclaimed documentary depicting a nation in mourning in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana

Modern Times: A Pleasant Land
1 x 60'
1996
BBC Productions for BBC2
Director Richard Alwyn

Documentary chronicling life on a small Dartmoor farm throughout the BSE crisis

Writer
Plainsong
Feature
2012
Crossday Productions In development
Producer Pippa Cross & David Belton Writer Richard Alwyn

Adaptation of the best-selling novel by Kent Haruf about the interlocking lives of a rural community in Colorado

Writer and Director
A Bride for Marial
Feature
2009
CrossDay Productions for BBC Films In development
Producer Pippa Cross, Jamie Laurenson & David Thompson Director Richard Alwyn Writer Richard Alwyn

Against a back-drop of famine and war, a young herdsmen in South Sudan is determined to marry the girl of his dreams

Executive Producer & Co-writer original story
Shooting Dogs
Feature
2004
CrossDay Productions for BBC Films
Producer David Belton Director Michael Caton-Jones Writer David Wolstencroft Starring Hugh Dancy & John Hurt

Acclaimed film.  A Catholic priest and a young teacher provide sanctuary for Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.