David Belton
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David Belton is a director, writer, and film producer. His experiences as a BBC reporter covering the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
led him to write the original story and produce the film Shooting Dogs
, directed by Michael Caton-Jones
, which dramatizes the events at the Ecole Technique Officielle
. It was retitled Beyond the Gates for its 2007 U.S. release. He has directed documentaries (for the BBC, Simon Schama's Power of Art, and for PBS "God in America'" and "The Amish") and dramas ("Ten Days to War").
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
led him to write the original story and produce the film Shooting Dogs
Shooting Dogs
Shooting Dogs, released in the United States as Beyond the Gates, is a 2005 film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring John Hurt, Hugh Dancy and Claire-Hope Ashitey. It is based on the experiences of BBC news producer David Belton, who worked in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide...
, directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Michael Caton-Jones
Michael Caton-Jones is the director of such films as Scandal, Rob Roy, Memphis Belle and The Jackal...
, which dramatizes the events at the Ecole Technique Officielle
Ecole Technique Officielle
The École Technique Officielle was a Salesian secondary school in Kigali, Rwanda. On April 11, 1994, during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, over 2,500 Rwandans abandoned by the UN, in the school in which they set up base to supervise the peace between the Hutu and Tutsi, were murdered by extremist...
. It was retitled Beyond the Gates for its 2007 U.S. release. He has directed documentaries (for the BBC, Simon Schama's Power of Art, and for PBS "God in America'" and "The Amish") and dramas ("Ten Days to War").
Partial credits
- 1990, producer, BBC programme NewsnightNewsnightNewsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....
with Peter BarronPeter BarronPeter Barron is Google's head of public relations for Britain, Ireland and the Benelux countries.Immediately prior to his appointment in 2008 the Belfast-born journalist had for four years been editor of the BBC programme Newsnight.-References:...
in 1990. - 1997 Writer and Director, "Soldiers to Be" for BBC Documentaries.
- 2000 Writer and Director, "Lost Seoul", BBC Reputations documentary on Olympic sprinter, Ben Johnson.
- 2002, producer and director, NovaNOVA (TV series)Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...
episode, "Volcano's Deadly Warning". - 2003, deputy editor, BBC's This World, TV documentary, War Spin: Jessica LynchJessica LynchJessica Dawn Lynch is a former Private First Class in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. Lynch served in Iraq during the 2003 invasion by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003 she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces but was recovered on April 1 by U.S...
. - 2003, executive producer, "Exclusive to Al-Jazeera"
- 2003, executive producer, The Real Dr. Evil, BBC documentary about Kim Jong Il.
- 2005, Producer and co-writer, Shooting DogsShooting DogsShooting Dogs, released in the United States as Beyond the Gates, is a 2005 film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring John Hurt, Hugh Dancy and Claire-Hope Ashitey. It is based on the experiences of BBC news producer David Belton, who worked in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide...
, directed by Michael Caton-JonesMichael Caton-JonesMichael Caton-Jones is the director of such films as Scandal, Rob Roy, Memphis Belle and The Jackal...
and written by David WolstencroftDavid WolstencroftDavid Wolstencroft is a Scottish television writer and author. He is best known as creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV spy drama Spooks and its spin-off series, Spooks: Code 9. Wolstencroft was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1969 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, later going on to read history at...
with John HurtJohn HurtJohn Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...
, Hugh DancyHugh Dancy- Early life and career :Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and at the University of Texas at Austin. His mother, Sarah, is a publisher. His brother, Jack, is a co-director of the travel company, Trufflepig...
, Dominique HorwitzDominique HorwitzDominique Horwitz is a German film and television actor and singer.-Life:Dominique Horwitz grew up in Paris where his parents ran a delicatessen shop. In 1971 the family moved to Berlin. He attended a Franco-German grammar-school. He has a sister and a brother. About twenty years Horwitz was...
. - 2006, director, BBC's Simon Schama's Power of ArtSimon Schama's Power of ArtPower of Art is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama. The series was broadcast in October and November 2006 on BBC2...
Season 1 episode "Vincent Van GoghVincent van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
". - 2007, executive producer, Windscale: Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster, TV documentary narrated by Caroline CatzCaroline Catz-Biography:Born Caroline Caplan, Catz began acting in the early 1990s, initially playing minor roles. On registering with Equity, she discovered that an actress with the name Caroline Caplan was already registered, so she had to choose a different professional name.In 1994 she took a lead role in...
. - 2008, director, 10 Days to War10 Days to War10 Days to War was a series of eight short television dramas commissioned by Newsnight and broadcast on BBC Two between 10 March 2008 and 19 March 2008 to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War...
, written by Ronan Bennett, with Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stephenson, Tom Conti. - 2010, Series Director and writer, "God in America", with Michael Emerson and Toby Jones.
- 2011, Writer and Director of "The Amish", for PBS's American Experience.
Honours
- 2006, nomination, Carol Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer, BAFTA Awards
- 2008, nomination, Best Drama-Documentary, Ten Days to War, (Grierson Awards)
External links
- "Revisiting Rwanda", 2007 Interview in Christianity TodayChristianity TodayChristianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. It is the flagship publication of its parent company Christianity Today International, claiming circulation figures of 140,000 and readership of 290,000...