James Jones (documentary maker)

James Jones is a British director who makes documentary films for international television and theatrical release.

Jones receiving a News and Documentary Emmy in New York in September 2015

Career

James Jones is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and five-time BAFTA-nominated director. His films are broadcast around the world, primarily on the BBC, Channel 4 and PBS Frontline.[1][2][3]

Jones has tackled difficult subjects like suicide in the military and homelessness. He has also made films in some of the most difficult places in the world, like North Korea and Saudi Arabia. His film Children of the Gaza War was broadcast on the BBC in July 2015 on the first anniversary of the 2014 Gaza war.[4] In 2016 he made the critically acclaimed feature-length documentary Unarmed Black Male about the murder trial of a police officer in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2017 he co-directed the Emmy-winning Mosul with Olivier Sarbil.

In 2019 he released a feature documentary on the drug war in the Philippines – On The President's Orders - for FRONTLINE PBS, Arte France, BBC Storyville and Bertha Doc Society. The film received rave reviews in Variety and other publications after playing at Hot Docs festival in Toronto. It played at the Sheffield DocFest[5] and Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York.

In 2022 his film Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes was broadcast on Sky Documentaries. It told the story of the Chernobyl disaster using personal interviews with people who were there and newly discovered, dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant, most of it never seen before in the West.

His films have won two Emmys, two DuPonts, a Grierson, a Rory Peck, a Royal Television Society, a Broadcast Award, two Overseas Press Club of America, two Golden Nymphs, and have been nominated five times at the BAFTAs.

Filmography

Year Title Awards and Nominations
2022 Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes[6][7]
2019 On The President's Orders
2017 Mosul Winner - The Edward R. Murrow Award at the Overseas Press Club Awards - Best Documentary

Winner - Golden Nymphs - Grand Jury Prize

Winner - Venice TV Award - Documentary

Nominated - BAFTA Craft Award - Cinematography

Nominated - One World Media Awards - Television Documentary

Nominated - Emmy - Outstanding Short Documentary

Winner - Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography

Winner - Broadcast Award - Best Documentary

Nominated - Grierson - Best Current Affairs Documentary

Nominated - AIBs - International Affairs Documentary

Nominated - Frontline Club Awards - Documentary

2016 Unarmed Black Male[8] Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs

Nominated - Royal Television Society

Nominated - Grierson - Best Single Documentary - International

2016 Saudi Arabia Uncovered[9] Winner - Royal Television Society

Winner - International Emmy - Current Affairs

Winner - Golden Nymphs - Grand Jury Prize

Nominated - Amnesty Media Award - Best Documentary

Shortlisted - Grierson - Best Current Affairs Documentary

2015 Children of the Gaza War Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs

Nominated - Grierson - Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme - International

Nominated - Radio Times' Faith Award

2014 Battle for Ukraine Winner - News and Documentary Emmys
2014 Syria's Second Front Winner - DuPont Award

Nominated - Rory Peck Award for Features

2013 Secret State of North Korea/North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State Winner - Rory Peck Award for Features

Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs

Nominated - One World Media - Television

Nominated - Ilario Alpi

Shortlisted - Grierson - Best Current Affairs Documentary

2013 Broken by Battle Nominated - Royal Television Society

Winner - Mind Media Award for Speaking Out

2013 Britain's Hidden Housing Crisis Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs

Nominated - Prix Europa - Best European Documentary

2012 Interviews Before Execution
2011 Vlad's Army
2011 Landlords from Hell
2011 Sex, Lies and Black Magic
2010 Secret Iraq Winner - Grierson - Best Documentary on a Contemporary Theme

Nominated - BAFTA - Current Affairs

Nominated - Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards

References

  1. "What's It Like to Make a Film About Life Under Kim Jong-un?". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. Hale, Mike (2014-01-13). "PBS 'Frontline' Looks Inside a Notoriously Closed Country". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  3. "NOMINEES FOR THE 36th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED". emmyonline.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. "BBC Two - Children of the Gaza War". BBC.
  5. Garner, Bianca. "Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: On The President's Orders". Filmotomy. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. Heritage, Stuart. "Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – stunning TV that is suddenly unmissable". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  7. "Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes". Sky Documentaries. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. "BBC Two - This World, Unarmed Black Male".
  9. "How James Jones Uncovered a Rarely Seen Side of Saudi Arabia".
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