Richard Alwyn works

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

More Info

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

More Info

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

More Info

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.

More Info

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

More Info

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

More Info

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

More Info

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

More Info

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.

More Info

Log in to Curtis Brown

Logout from Curtis Brown

Richard Alwyn

Work

Your PDF is on its way

Your PDF is on its way