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| education = Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
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| alma_mater = Worcester College, Oxford
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| occupation = Film director, writer, producer
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Kosminsky was born in London in 1956 to [[Jews|Jewish]] parents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/interview-peter-kosminsky-1.20958|website=www.thejc.com|title=Interview: Peter Kosminsky -How the British lost their love for the Jews of Israel|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-led-uk-artists-boycott-greeted-with-derision/|title=Jewish-led UK artists' boycott greeted with derision|last=Frazer|first=Jenni|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jan/23/peter-kosminsky-palestine-mandate-drama|title=Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine|last=Cooke|first=Rachel|date=2011-01-23|work=The Observer|access-date=2019-06-18|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> He was educated at [[The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School]] and the [[University of Oxford]], where he studied chemistry under Dr John Danby of [[Worcester College, Oxford]] and was elected JCR President. He spent much of his time at the university involved in student theatre, where he was treasurer of the [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]]. He produced ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' for the [[OUDS]] which toured to northern France and starred a young [[Hugh Grant]].
Kosminsky was born in London in 1956 to [[Jews|Jewish]] parents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/interview-peter-kosminsky-1.20958|website=www.thejc.com|title=Interview: Peter Kosminsky -How the British lost their love for the Jews of Israel|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-led-uk-artists-boycott-greeted-with-derision/|title=Jewish-led UK artists' boycott greeted with derision|last=Frazer|first=Jenni|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jan/23/peter-kosminsky-palestine-mandate-drama|title=Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine|last=Cooke|first=Rachel|date=2011-01-23|work=The Observer|access-date=2019-06-18|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> He was educated at [[The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School]] and the [[University of Oxford]], where he studied chemistry under Dr John Danby of [[Worcester College, Oxford]] and was elected JCR President. He spent much of his time at the university involved in student theatre, where he was treasurer of the [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]]. He produced ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' for the [[OUDS]] which toured to northern France and starred a young [[Hugh Grant]].


On graduation in 1980, he joined the staff of the [[BBC]] in London as a general trainee, alongside [[Kevin Lygo]] (now head of studios at ITV), Dominic Cameron (former managing director of ITV.com) and [[Peter Salmon (producer)|Peter Salmon]] (former Controller of BBC1).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/kevin-lygo-the-art-of-television-485123.html|title=Kevin Lygo: The art of television|author=Ian Burrell|work=The Independent|date=28 February 2005|access-date=8 July 2010|location=London}}</ref>
On graduation in 1980, he joined the staff of the [[BBC]] in London as a general trainee, alongside [[Kevin Lygo]] (now head of studios at ITV), Dominic Cameron (former managing director of ITV.com) and [[Peter Salmon (producer)|Peter Salmon]] (former Controller of BBC1).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/kevin-lygo-the-art-of-television-485123.html|title=Kevin Lygo: The art of television|author=Ian Burrell|work=The Independent|date=28 February 2005|access-date=8 July 2010|location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


On finishing his training in 1982, Kosminsky became a script editor in the BBC Plays Department but was fired within three months of starting work. With the help of BBC2 Controller [[Brian Wenham]] with whom he had worked as a trainee, he moved sideways on short-term contract to the BBC Current Affairs Department in [[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove]] to work on programmes such as ''[[Nationwide (TV programme)|Nationwide]]'' and ''[[Newsnight]]'', before beginning his documentary directing career in earnest in 1985 under John Fairley and John Willis at [[Yorkshire Television]]. Programmes at YTV included ''[[The Falklands War: The Untold Story]]'', a two-hour documentary made with Michael Bilton to mark the 5th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands. In 1990, Kosminsky began work as a drama director, directing the four-hour ITV drama ''[[Shoot to Kill (1990 TV drama)|Shoot To Kill]]'', written by Mick Eaton and starring [[Jack Shepherd (actor)|Jack Shepherd]], for Yorkshire Television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0100603/|title=Shoot to Kill (TV Movie 1990) - IMDbPro|work=imdb.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> It was transmitted in the UK as two two-hour films on 3 and 4 June 1990, (RTS Best Single Drama – 1990). The programme was banned in [[Northern Ireland]].
On finishing his training in 1982, Kosminsky became a script editor in the BBC Plays Department but was fired within three months of starting work. With the help of BBC2 Controller [[Brian Wenham]] with whom he had worked as a trainee, he moved sideways on short-term contract to the BBC Current Affairs Department in [[Lime Grove Studios|Lime Grove]] to work on programmes such as ''[[Nationwide (TV programme)|Nationwide]]'' and ''[[Newsnight]]'', before beginning his documentary directing career in earnest in 1985 under John Fairley and John Willis at [[Yorkshire Television]]. Programmes at YTV included ''[[The Falklands War: The Untold Story]]'', a two-hour documentary made with Michael Bilton to mark the 5th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands. In 1990, Kosminsky began work as a drama director, directing the four-hour ITV drama ''[[Shoot to Kill (1990 TV drama)|Shoot To Kill]]'', written by Mick Eaton and starring [[Jack Shepherd (actor)|Jack Shepherd]], for Yorkshire Television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0100603/|title=Shoot to Kill (TV Movie 1990) - IMDbPro|work=imdb.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> It was transmitted in the UK as two two-hour films on 3 and 4 June 1990, (RTS Best Single Drama – 1990). The programme was banned in [[Northern Ireland]].


In 1995, Kosminsky was fired from YTV by incoming managing director [[Bruce Gyngell]] and set up his own company, Stonehenge Films Ltd, to act as a vehicle for his television dramas. His first independent drama as producer and director was ''[[No Child of Mine (1997 film)|No Child of Mine]]'', written by [[Guy Hibbert]] and starring [[Brooke Kinsella]] for [[Meridian Broadcasting]]/[[ITV Network|ITV]]. The programme, transmitted in the UK on 25 February 1997, was a factually-based depiction of sexual abuse at home and in care and provoked considerable controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119795/|title=No Child of Mine (TV Movie 1997)|author=lmackay36|date=25 February 1997|work=IMDb|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Its string of awards included the [[BAFTA]] Award for Best Single Drama – 1997 and the FIPA D'Or in Biarritz.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/fipa/2010/jury-and-awards-drama.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108150934/http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/fipa/2010/jury-and-awards-drama.htm |archive-date=8 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1995, Kosminsky was fired from YTV by incoming managing director [[Bruce Gyngell]] and set up his own company, Stonehenge Films Ltd, to act as a vehicle for his television dramas. His first independent drama as producer and director was ''[[No Child of Mine (1997 film)|No Child of Mine]]'', written by [[Guy Hibbert]] and starring [[Brooke Kinsella]] for [[Meridian Broadcasting]]/[[ITV Network|ITV]]. The programme, transmitted in the UK on 25 February 1997, was a factually-based depiction of sexual abuse at home and in care and provoked considerable controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119795/|title=No Child of Mine (TV Movie 1997)|author=lmackay36|date=25 February 1997|work=IMDb|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Its string of awards included the [[BAFTA]] Award for Best Single Drama – 1997 and the FIPA D'Or in Biarritz.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/fipa/2010/jury-and-awards-drama.htm |title=fipa, 2010, jury-and-awards-drama |access-date=27 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108150934/http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/fipa/2010/jury-and-awards-drama.htm |archive-date=8 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 1999, Kosminsky teamed up with writer Leigh Jackson<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2895387.stm | work=BBC News | title=Award-winning writer Jackson dies | date=28 March 2003}}</ref> and producer [[Nigel Stafford-Clark]] to make ''[[Warriors (TV series)|Warriors]]'' (1999), a two-part drama for [[BBC Television]] which told the harrowing story of the first British peacekeeping deployment to central [[Bosnia]] in 1992-3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0119873/|title=Warriors (TV Movie 1999) - IMDbPro|work=imdb.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Starring the at the time unknown actors [[Ioan Gruffudd]], [[Matthew Macfadyen]] and [[Damian Lewis]], the films were shown on [[BBC1]] to considerable acclaim. BAFTA Best Drama Serial – 1999, [[Royal Television Society]] Best Single Drama – 1999 and the [[Prix Italia]] for Best Fiction Serial – 1999. It transmitted in the UK across two nights on BBC1 in November 1999.
In 1999, Kosminsky teamed up with writer Leigh Jackson<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2895387.stm | work=BBC News | title=Award-winning writer Jackson dies | date=28 March 2003}}</ref> and producer [[Nigel Stafford-Clark]] to make ''[[Warriors (TV series)|Warriors]]'' (1999), a two-part drama for [[BBC Television]] which told the harrowing story of the first British peacekeeping deployment to central [[Bosnia]] in 1992-3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0119873/|title=Warriors (TV Movie 1999) - IMDbPro|work=imdb.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Starring the at the time unknown actors [[Ioan Gruffudd]], [[Matthew Macfadyen]] and [[Damian Lewis]], the films were shown on [[BBC1]] to considerable acclaim. BAFTA Best Drama Serial – 1999, [[Royal Television Society]] Best Single Drama – 1999 and the [[Prix Italia]] for Best Fiction Serial – 1999. It transmitted in the UK across two nights on BBC1 in November 1999.
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Kosminsky's collaboration with Leigh Jackson continued with ''[[The Project (2002 television programme)|The Project]]'' (2002), a two-part drama for BBC1, about [[New Labour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/theproject/|title=BBC - Drama - The Project|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> The first film – "Opposition" – deals with the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s attempt to reform itself into New Labour, as seen through the eyes of a group of student supporters. The second film – "Government" – shows what happens to the same characters when Labour comes to power in 1997. Revealing for the first time some of the tactics used by Labour to bring to an end 18 years of Tory rule, the films were immensely controversial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/05_may/28/the_project.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - The Project|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Leigh Jackson fell ill with cancer during the making of the programmes, but survived to see them transmitted in November 2002.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/29/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Maggie | last=Brown | title=Obituary: Leigh Jackson | date=29 March 2003}}</ref>
Kosminsky's collaboration with Leigh Jackson continued with ''[[The Project (2002 television programme)|The Project]]'' (2002), a two-part drama for BBC1, about [[New Labour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/theproject/|title=BBC - Drama - The Project|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> The first film – "Opposition" – deals with the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]'s attempt to reform itself into New Labour, as seen through the eyes of a group of student supporters. The second film – "Government" – shows what happens to the same characters when Labour comes to power in 1997. Revealing for the first time some of the tactics used by Labour to bring to an end 18 years of Tory rule, the films were immensely controversial.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/05_may/28/the_project.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - The Project|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Leigh Jackson fell ill with cancer during the making of the programmes, but survived to see them transmitted in November 2002.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/mar/29/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Maggie | last=Brown | title=Obituary: Leigh Jackson | date=29 March 2003}}</ref>


In July 2003, Kosminsky began his collaboration with [[Channel 4]] and [[David Aukin]]'s [[Daybreak Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975100?refcatid=14 | work=Variety | first=Adam | last=Dawtrey | title=Kosminsky pacts with Daybreak | date=31 October 2007}}</ref> Aukin encouraged Kosminsky to write the films he directed and three programmes have so far resulted. ''[[The Government Inspector (television drama)|The Government Inspector]]'' (2005), starred [[Mark Rylance]] and told the story of the death of biological weapons inspector Dr [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]] and the search for [[weapons of mass destruction]] in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-government-inspector|title=The Government Inspector|work=Channel 4|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> It was transmitted in the UK on Channel 4 on 17 March 2005 and won a series of awards including BAFTAs for Best Single Drama, Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Best Writer (Kosminsky).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/|title=BAFTA Awards|work=bafta.org|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Next came ''[[Britz (TV serial)|Britz]]'' (2007), starring [[Riz Ahmed]] and Manjinder Virk. In the wake of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|7/7 bombings]] in London, the two 100-minute films examined what it meant to be second-generation [[Muslim]] living in Britain today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britz|title=Britz|work=Channel 4|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Transmitted on Channel 4 as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations on 30 and 31 October 2007, the films won Best Drama Serial of 2007 at BAFTA and at the [[Royal Television Society]].<ref name="rts.org.uk">http://www.rts.org.uk/award-winners</ref><ref>[https://rts.org.uk/award/programme-awards-winners-2008 Programme Awards Winners 2008] ''rts.org.uk'', accessed 27 September 2019</ref>
In July 2003, Kosminsky began his collaboration with [[Channel 4]] and [[David Aukin]]'s [[Daybreak Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975100?refcatid=14 | work=Variety | first=Adam | last=Dawtrey | title=Kosminsky pacts with Daybreak | date=31 October 2007}}</ref> Aukin encouraged Kosminsky to write the films he directed and three programmes have so far resulted. ''[[The Government Inspector (television drama)|The Government Inspector]]'' (2005), starred [[Mark Rylance]] and told the story of the death of biological weapons inspector Dr [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]] and the search for [[weapons of mass destruction]] in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-government-inspector|title=The Government Inspector|work=Channel 4|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> It was transmitted in the UK on Channel 4 on 17 March 2005 and won a series of awards including BAFTAs for Best Single Drama, Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Best Writer (Kosminsky).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/|title=BAFTA Awards|work=bafta.org|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Next came ''[[Britz (TV serial)|Britz]]'' (2007), starring [[Riz Ahmed]] and Manjinder Virk. In the wake of the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|7/7 bombings]] in London, the two 100-minute films examined what it meant to be second-generation [[Muslim]] living in Britain today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britz|title=Britz|work=Channel 4|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Transmitted on Channel 4 as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations on 30 and 31 October 2007, the films won Best Drama Serial of 2007 at BAFTA and at the [[Royal Television Society]].<ref name="rts.org.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/award-winners |title=Award Winners &#124; Royal Television Society |access-date=14 May 2011 |archive-date=19 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319122310/http://www.rts.org.uk/award-winners |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://rts.org.uk/award/programme-awards-winners-2008 Programme Awards Winners 2008] ''rts.org.uk'', accessed 27 September 2019</ref><ref>[https://rts.org.uk/award/programme-awards-winners-2008 Programme Awards Winners 2008] ''DRAMA SERIAL: Britz A Daybreak Pictures Production for Channel 4'' at ''rts.org.uk'', accessed 17 January 2022</ref>


The latest collaboration between Kosminsky and David Aukin for [[Channel 4]] is ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' (2011), a 4 x 100-minute serial written and directed by Kosminsky which was transmitted across four Sundays in February 2011. It stars [[Claire Foy]] and [[Christian Cooke]] and is shot entirely on location in the Middle East. Eight years in the making, it tells the story of British soldiers stationed in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] during the [[British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument)|Mandate]] period 1945–1948 and the impact of those events on the current situation in Israel/Palestine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-promise|title=The Promise|work=Channel 4|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> The programme was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial of 2010/11 in April 2011<ref name="bafta.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/winners-nominees-2011,1766,BA.html |title=Television Awards Nominees and Winners in 2011 Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612170120/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/winners-nominees-2011,1766,BA.html |archive-date=12 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and nominated for Best Drama Serial of 2011 by the [[Royal Television Society]] in February 2012.<ref name="rts.org.uk1">{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/rts-announces-shortlist-programme-awards-2011 |title=RTS Announces Shortlist For The Programme Awards 2011 Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180012/http://www.rts.org.uk/rts-announces-shortlist-programme-awards-2011 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''The Promise'' was dubbed and transmitted by [[Canal+]] in France in four parts as ''Le Serment'', commencing 21 March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalplus.fr/c-series/pid3740-c-le-serment.html?vid=435791|title=THE PROMISE : LE SERMENT - Peter Kosminsky présente la série|author=Canal+|work=Canalplus.fr|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
The latest collaboration between Kosminsky and David Aukin for [[Channel 4]] is ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' (2011), a 4 x 100-minute serial written and directed by Kosminsky which was transmitted across four Sundays in February 2011. It stars [[Claire Foy]] and [[Christian Cooke]] and is shot entirely on location in the Middle East. Eight years in the making, it tells the story of British soldiers stationed in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] during the [[Mandate for Palestine|Mandate]] period 1945–1948 and the impact of those events on the current situation in Israel/Palestine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-promise|title=The Promise|work=Channel 4|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> The programme was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial of 2010/11 in April 2011<ref name="bafta.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/winners-nominees-2011,1766,BA.html |work=www.bafta.org |title=Television Awards Nominees and Winners in 2011 (Archived copy) |access-date=2011-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612170120/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/winners-nominees-2011,1766,BA.html |archive-date=12 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and nominated for Best Drama Serial of 2011 by the [[Royal Television Society]] in February 2012.<ref name="rts.org.uk1">{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/rts-announces-shortlist-programme-awards-2011 |work=www.rts.org.uk |title=RTS Announces Shortlist For The Programme Awards 2011 (Archived copy) |access-date=2015-11-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180012/http://www.rts.org.uk/rts-announces-shortlist-programme-awards-2011 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''The Promise'' was dubbed and transmitted by [[Canal+]] in France in four parts as ''Le Serment'', commencing 21 March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalplus.fr/c-series/pid3740-c-le-serment.html?vid=435791|title=THE PROMISE : LE SERMENT - Peter Kosminsky présente la série|author=Canal+|work=Canalplus.fr|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>


Kosminsky has directed two feature films, ''[[Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights|Wuthering Heights]]'' (1992), (with ([[Ralph Fiennes]] and [[Juliette Binoche]]), for [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0467225/|title=Peter Kosminsky|work=imdb.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> and ''[[White Oleander (film)|White Oleander]]'' (2002), (with [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], [[Renée Zellweger]], [[Robin Wright|Robin Wright Penn]] and [[Alison Lohman]]), for [[Warner Bros.]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whiteoleander.warnerbros.com/teaser.html|title=White Oleander (Widescreen) DVD|work=www.WBShop.com}}</ref> He has been a member of the Policy Council of [[Liberty (pressure group)|Liberty]], the campaigner for human rights,<ref>[http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/structure/agm-resolutions/list-of-council-members-2011.pdf CURRENT POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS] ''www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk'', accessed 27 September 2019</ref> a past Council member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the [[Royal Television Society]], a founding board member of [[Directors UK]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.directors.uk.com/|title=DirectorsUK|work=directors.uk.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> (the body representing working film and TV directors in the United Kingdom) and a winner of the BAFTA Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV.<ref name="rts.org.uk"/>
Kosminsky has directed two feature films, ''[[Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights|Wuthering Heights]]'' (1992), (with ([[Ralph Fiennes]] and [[Juliette Binoche]]), for [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0467225/|title=Peter Kosminsky|work=imdb.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> and ''[[White Oleander (film)|White Oleander]]'' (2002), (with [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], [[Renée Zellweger]], [[Robin Wright|Robin Wright Penn]] and [[Alison Lohman]]), for [[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whiteoleander.warnerbros.com/teaser.html|title=White Oleander (Widescreen) DVD|work=www.WBShop.com}}</ref> He has been a member of the Policy Council of [[Liberty (pressure group)|Liberty]], the campaigner for human rights,<ref>[http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/about/structure/agm-resolutions/list-of-council-members-2011.pdf CURRENT POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS] ''www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk'', accessed 27 September 2019</ref> a past Council member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the [[Royal Television Society]], a founding board member of [[Directors UK]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.directors.uk.com/|title=DirectorsUK|work=directors.uk.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> (the body representing working film and TV directors in the United Kingdom) and a winner of the BAFTA Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV.<ref name="rts.org.uk"/>


Kosminsky directed ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (TV, 2015) for the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/kosminsky-rylance-bbc-wolf-hall-adaptation|title=Peter Kosminsky and Mark Rylance team up for BBC's Wolf Hall adaptation|author=Maggie Brown|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Based on the Booker Prize winning novels [[Wolf Hall]] and [[Bring Up the Bodies]] by [[Hilary Mantel]], the six-part serial was written by [[Peter Straughan]] and stars [[Mark Rylance]] as Cromwell, [[Damian Lewis]] as Henry VIII and [[Claire Foy]] as Anne Boleyn. The serial was transmitted on BBC Two in January and February 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gfy02| title = Wolf Hall| date = 28 February 2015| access-date = 15 October 2015| publisher = BBC TV}}</ref> and on [[Masterpiece (TV series)]] in the United States later the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/wolf-hall/|title=Wolf Hall on PBS}}</ref> It received eight [[Emmy]] nominations<ref name="67th Emmy Nominations Announced">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/video/67th-emmy-awards-nominations-announcement|title=67th Emmy Nominations Announced}}</ref> and ten [[BAFTA]] programme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-07/bafta-television-awards-2016--nominees-in-full|title=Bafta Nominees Announced 2016}}</ref> and craft nominations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/tvcraft|title=Bafta Craft Nominations 2016}}</ref> going on to win the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award at the [[Golden Globes]];<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees|title=Golden Globe Winners 2016}}</ref> a [[Peabody Award]] and Baftas for Best Drama and Best Actor ([[Mark Rylance]]),<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/house-of-fraser-british-academy-television-awards-winners-in-2016|title=Bafta TV Award Winners 2016}}</ref> together with Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) and Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) at the Bafta Craft Awards.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/tvcraft|title=Bafta Craft Winners 2016}}</ref>
Kosminsky directed ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (TV, 2015) for the BBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/11/kosminsky-rylance-bbc-wolf-hall-adaptation|title=Peter Kosminsky and Mark Rylance team up for BBC's Wolf Hall adaptation|author=Maggie Brown|work=The Guardian|date=11 October 2013|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Based on the Booker Prize winning novels ''[[Wolf Hall]]'' and ''[[Bring Up the Bodies]]'' by [[Hilary Mantel]], the six-part serial was written by [[Peter Straughan]] and stars [[Mark Rylance]] as Cromwell, [[Damian Lewis]] as [[Henry VIII]] and [[Claire Foy]] as [[Anne Boleyn]]. The serial was transmitted on BBC Two in January and February 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gfy02| title = Wolf Hall| date = 28 February 2015| access-date = 15 October 2015| publisher = BBC TV}}</ref> and on [[Masterpiece (TV series)]] in the United States later the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/wolf-hall/|title=Wolf Hall on PBS|website=[[PBS]]|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122075609/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/wolf-hall/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It received eight [[Emmy]] nominations<ref name="67th Emmy Nominations Announced">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/video/67th-emmy-awards-nominations-announcement|title=67th Emmy Nominations Announced |date=16 July 2015 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=www.emmys.com}}</ref> and ten [[BAFTA]] programme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-05-07/bafta-television-awards-2016--nominees-in-full|title=Bafta Nominees Announced 2016 |date=7 May 2016 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=www.radiotimes.com}}</ref> and craft nominations,<ref name=Bafta2016>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2016/tvcraft|title=Bafta Craft Nominations 2016 |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=awards.bafta.org}}</ref> going on to win the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award at the [[Golden Globes]];<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/wolf-hall|title=Winners & Nominees: Wolf Hall (Golden Globe 2016) |access-date=17 January 2022 |work=www.goldenglobes.com)}}</ref> a [[Peabody Award]] and Baftas for Best Drama and Best Actor ([[Mark Rylance]]),<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/house-of-fraser-british-academy-television-awards-winners-in-2016 |work=www.bafta.org |title=Bafta TV Award Winners 2016|date=30 March 2016}}</ref> together with Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) and Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) at the Bafta Craft Awards.<ref name=Bafta2016/>


In 2009 Kosminsky was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts from [[Bournemouth University]]<ref>[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/graduationceremony/honorary_graduates/2009/peter_kosminsky.pdf Citation for Honorary Degree], [[Bournemouth University]]<br />[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/newsandevents/News/2009/nov/ne011_kosminsky_doctorate.html?srclnk=home Film-maker urges graduates to shake up TV], Bournemouth University, 16 November 2009</ref> and profiled on ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' by [[Melvyn Bragg]].<ref>[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/thesouthbankshow/ep8peterkosminskywk22/default.html Programme information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525014633/http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/TheSouthBankShow/Ep8PeterKosminskyWk22/default.html |date=25 May 2009 }}, ''[[South Bank Show]]'', series 35 programme 9, 24 May 2009.</ref> In September 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by [[University College Falmouth|University College, Falmouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-university-college-falmouth-5/media-releases-47/class-of-2011-3954.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085313/http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-university-college-falmouth-5/media-releases-47/class-of-2011-3954.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2012, Kosminsky was elected by BFI members to the Board of Governors of the [[British Film Institute]]. His term lasted four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/peter-kosminsky-joins-bfis-board-of-governors/5038105.article|title=Peter Kosminsky joins BFI's Board of Governors|work=screendaily.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> In June 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by his old college, [[Worcester College, Oxford]].
In 2009 Kosminsky was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts from [[Bournemouth University]]<ref>[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/graduationceremony/honorary_graduates/2009/peter_kosminsky.pdf Citation for Honorary Degree], [[Bournemouth University]]<br />[http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/newsandevents/News/2009/nov/ne011_kosminsky_doctorate.html?srclnk=home Film-maker urges graduates to shake up TV], Bournemouth University, 16 November 2009</ref> and profiled on ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' by [[Melvyn Bragg]].<ref>[http://www.itv.com/presscentre/thesouthbankshow/ep8peterkosminskywk22/default.html Programme information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525014633/http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/TheSouthBankShow/Ep8PeterKosminskyWk22/default.html |date=25 May 2009 }}, ''[[South Bank Show]]'', series 35 programme 9, 24 May 2009.</ref> In September 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by [[University College Falmouth|University College, Falmouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-university-college-falmouth-5/media-releases-47/class-of-2011-3954.html |work=www.falmouth.ac.uk |title=class-of-2011 (Archived copy) |access-date=14 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085313/http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/151/news-from-university-college-falmouth-5/media-releases-47/class-of-2011-3954.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2012, Kosminsky was elected by BFI members to the Board of Governors of the [[British Film Institute]]. His term lasted four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/peter-kosminsky-joins-bfis-board-of-governors/5038105.article|title=Peter Kosminsky joins BFI's Board of Governors|work=screendaily.com|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> In June 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by his old college, [[Worcester College, Oxford]].


In December 2011, the [[British Film Institute]] mounted a season celebrating Kosminsky's 30 years in film and television.<ref>http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/december_seasons/peter_kosminsky_making_mischief</ref> ''(broken link)'' The programme included several examples of Kosminsky's early documentary work as well as more recent dramas. 13 December saw [[Francine Stock]] interview Kosminsky about his career so far in front of a National Film Theatre audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/856|title=Peter Kosminsky in Conversation|work=BFI|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Writing about the season in the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', Jasper Rees wrote "Peter Kosminsky has earned that rare accolade for a director of television drama: a retrospective at the BFI".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8914040/Peter-Kosminsky-on-his-groundbreaking-TV-dramas.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Jasper | last=Rees | title=Peter Kosminsky on his groundbreaking TV dramas | date=25 November 2011}}</ref> Describing him as "Britain's most controversial television director" and "a pretty much unique figure in contemporary television who has devoted his career to giving the powerful sleepless nights", Rees quotes Kosminsky as saying "I'd be nervous if I were clubbable. It would be deeply dodgy if I was in there hugging and kissing all the great and the good. It would mean that what I was doing was a game. It's not a game. I've devoted my life to it. I've spent month after month after month sitting in a small room trying to achieve this. I don't expect to be loved or admired or patted on the back or become a cuddly figure of dissent who's been in some way neutered by being absorbed into the body politic. I want to be on the outside shouting, sometimes rather shrilly, about things that upset me and annoy. That was my upbringing, that was my training, and that's what I'll do till I drop."
In December 2011, the [[British Film Institute]] mounted a season celebrating Kosminsky's 30 years in film and television.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/december_seasons/peter_kosminsky_making_mischief |title=Peter Kosminsky: Making Mischief &#124; BFI |access-date=25 November 2011 |archive-date=21 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221054554/http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/december_seasons/peter_kosminsky_making_mischief |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://printstore.bfi.org.uk/bfi-southbank-posters/poster-peter-kosminsky-season-bfi-southbank-5851655.html Poster Print of Poster for Peter Kosminsky Season at BFI Southbank (2 -22 December 2011)] ''printstore.bfi.org.uk'', accessed 17 January 2022</ref> The programme included several examples of Kosminsky's early documentary work as well as more recent dramas. 13 December saw [[Francine Stock]] interview Kosminsky about his career so far in front of a National Film Theatre audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/856|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803062142/http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/856|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2012|title=Peter Kosminsky in Conversation|work=BFI|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref> Writing about the season in the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', Jasper Rees wrote "Peter Kosminsky has earned that rare accolade for a director of television drama: a retrospective at the BFI".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8914040/Peter-Kosminsky-on-his-groundbreaking-TV-dramas.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Jasper | last=Rees | title=Peter Kosminsky on his groundbreaking TV dramas | date=25 November 2011}}</ref> Describing him as "Britain's most controversial television director" and "a pretty much unique figure in contemporary television who has devoted his career to giving the powerful sleepless nights", Rees quotes Kosminsky as saying "I'd be nervous if I were clubbable. It would be deeply dodgy if I was in there hugging and kissing all the great and the good. It would mean that what I was doing was a game. It's not a game. I've devoted my life to it. I've spent month after month after month sitting in a small room trying to achieve this. I don't expect to be loved or admired or patted on the back or become a cuddly figure of dissent who's been in some way neutered by being absorbed into the body politic. I want to be on the outside shouting, sometimes rather shrilly, about things that upset me and annoy. That was my upbringing, that was my training, and that's what I'll do till I drop."


On 8 May 2016, after ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' won [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series]] at the [[2016 British Academy Television Awards]], Kosminsky, who directed the show, made a speech about defending the [[BBC]] and [[Channel 4]] from government interference. This earned him a roaring standing ovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/08/wolf-hall-wins-best-drama-at-the-bafta-television-awards/|title=Wolf Hall wins TV Bafta for Best Drama – and its director Peter Kosminsky says the Government is trying to 'eviscerate' the BBC|date=8 May 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]]|access-date=9 May 2016}}</ref>
On 8 May 2016, after ''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' won [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series]] at the [[2016 British Academy Television Awards]], Kosminsky, who directed the show, made a speech about defending the [[BBC]] and [[Channel 4]] from government interference. This earned him a roaring standing ovation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/08/wolf-hall-wins-best-drama-at-the-bafta-television-awards/|title=Wolf Hall wins TV Bafta for Best Drama – and its director Peter Kosminsky says the Government is trying to 'eviscerate' the BBC|date=8 May 2016|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=9 May 2016}}</ref>


== Director – filmography ==
== Director – filmography ==
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* ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]'' (TV, 2015)
* ''[[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|Wolf Hall]]'' (TV, 2015)
* ''[[The State (2017 TV serial)|The State]]'' (TV, 2017)
* ''[[The State (2017 TV serial)|The State]]'' (TV, 2017)
* ''[[The Undeclared War]]'' (TV, 2022)


== Producer – filmography ==
== Producer – filmography ==
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* ''[[The Government Inspector (television drama)|The Government Inspector]]'' (2005), TV
* ''[[The Government Inspector (television drama)|The Government Inspector]]'' (2005), TV
* ''[[Britz (TV serial)|Britz]]'' (2007), TV
* ''[[Britz (TV serial)|Britz]]'' (2007), TV
* ''[[:fr:L'École_du_pouvoir|L'École du pouvoir]]'' (TV, 2009)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-01-16 |title=L'ENA, l'école du pouvoir |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2009/01/16/l-ena-l-ecole-du-pouvoir_1142425_3236.html |access-date=2022-10-26}}</ref>
* ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' (2011), TV
* ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' (2011), TV
* ''[[The State (2017 TV serial)|The State]]'' (2017), TV
* ''[[The State (2017 TV serial)|The State]]'' (2017), TV
* ''[[The Undeclared War]]'' (TV, 2022)


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
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**[[Banff World Television Festival]] – Nomination, Best Mini-Series – 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photo-my-lens.blogspot.com//2011/04/mara-clara-is-nominated-at-2011-banff.html|title=carla abellana}}</ref>
**[[Banff World Television Festival]] – Nomination, Best Mini-Series – 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photo-my-lens.blogspot.com//2011/04/mara-clara-is-nominated-at-2011-banff.html|title=carla abellana}}</ref>
*''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (TV, 2015)
*''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]'' (TV, 2015)
**[[BAFTA]] - Best Drama - 2015; Best Actor (Mark Rylance) - 2015;<ref name="auto1"/> Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) - 2015; Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) - 2015<ref name="auto2"/>
**[[BAFTA]] - Best Drama - 2015; Best Actor (Mark Rylance) - 2015;<ref name="auto1"/> Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) - 2015; Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) - 2015<ref name=Bafta2016/>
**[[Golden Globes]] - Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award 2015<ref name="auto"/>
**[[Golden Globes]] - Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award 2015<ref name="auto"/>
**[[Peabody Award]] - 2016
**[[Peabody Award]] - 2016
**UK [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] – Best Drama Series – 2015; Best Actor ([[Mark Rylance]]) - 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpgawards/bpg-awards-2016/|title=Broadcast Press Guild Awards 2016}}</ref>
**UK [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] – Best Drama Series – 2015; Best Actor ([[Mark Rylance]]) - 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpgawards/bpg-awards-2016/|title=Broadcast Press Guild Awards 2016|date=12 March 2016}}</ref>
**[[Primetime Emmys]] - Eight nominations - 2015 including Outstanding Limited Series - 2015; Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie ([[Mark Rylance]]) - 2015; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie ([[Damian Lewis]]) - 2015; Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special (Peter Kosminsky) - 2015; Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special ([[Peter Straughan]]) - 2015 and Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Special ([[Nina Gold]]) - 2015<ref name="67th Emmy Nominations Announced"/>
**[[Primetime Emmys]] - Eight nominations - 2015 including Outstanding Limited Series - 2015; Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie ([[Mark Rylance]]) - 2015; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie ([[Damian Lewis]]) - 2015; Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special (Peter Kosminsky) - 2015; Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special ([[Peter Straughan]]) - 2015 and Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Special ([[Nina Gold]]) - 2015<ref name="67th Emmy Nominations Announced"/>
* ''[[The State (2017 TV serial)|The State]]'' (TV, 2017)
* ''[[The State (2017 TV serial)|The State]]'' (TV, 2017)
**[[Royal Television Society]] – Nomination, Best Mini-Series<ref>https://www.rts.org.uk/article/nominations-rts-programme-awards-2018-announced</ref>
**[[Royal Television Society]] – Nomination, Best Mini-Series<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rts.org.uk/article/nominations-rts-programme-awards-2018-announced|title=Nominations for RTS Programme Awards 2018 announced|date=6 March 2018}}</ref>
**UK [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] – Nomination, Best TV Drama Series<ref>http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2018/02/broadcasting-press-guild-awards-2018-television-nominations/</ref>
**UK [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] – Nomination, Best TV Drama Series<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/2018/02/broadcasting-press-guild-awards-2018-television-nominations/|title = Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018 – Television nominations|date = 15 February 2018}}</ref>
**[[BAFTA]] – Nomination, Best Mini-Series<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-05-13/bafta-television-awards-2018-nominees/</ref>
**[[BAFTA]] – Nomination, Best Mini-Series<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-05-13/bafta-television-awards-2018-nominees/|title = Bafta Television Awards 2018: Who are the nominees?}}</ref>


== Special awards ==
== Special awards ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140803191529/http://www.dochouse.org/audio-recordings-and-transcript/Peter-Kosminsky-Masterclass/3 Peter Kosminsky masterclass], DocHouse, Riverside Studios, 21 September 2007
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140803191529/http://www.dochouse.org/audio-recordings-and-transcript/Peter-Kosminsky-Masterclass/3 Peter Kosminsky masterclass], DocHouse, Riverside Studios, 21 September 2007
* [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jun/10/1 Portrait of the artist: Peter Kosminsky, film-maker], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 10 June 2008
* [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jun/10/1 Portrait of the artist: Peter Kosminsky, film-maker], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 10 June 2008
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xia56s_rencontre-exceptionnelle-avec-peter-kosminsky-createur-de-the-promise-vo_shortfilms Interview with Peter Kosminsky] (video), Séries Mania, Forum des Images, 12 April 2011
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xia56s_rencontre-exceptionnelle-avec-peter-kosminsky-createur-de-the-promise-vo_shortfilms Interview with Peter Kosminsky] (video), [[Series Mania]], Forum des Images, 12 April 2011
* [http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/theartsdesk-qa-director-peter-kosminsky-part-1 Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 1], The Arts Desk website, 3 December 2011
* [http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/theartsdesk-qa-director-peter-kosminsky-part-1 Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 1], The Arts Desk website, 3 December 2011
* [http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/theartsdesk-qa-director-peter-kosminsky-part-2 Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 2], The Arts Desk website, 10 December 2011
* [http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/theartsdesk-qa-director-peter-kosminsky-part-2 Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 2], The Arts Desk website, 10 December 2011
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8914040/Peter-Kosminsky-on-his-groundbreaking-TV-dramas.html Peter Kosminsky on his groundbreaking TV dramas], ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 25 November 2011
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8914040/Peter-Kosminsky-on-his-groundbreaking-TV-dramas.html Peter Kosminsky on his groundbreaking TV dramas], ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 25 November 2011
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/856 Interview by Francine Stock during BFI Season – December 2011], BFI Website, 9 January 2012
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120803062142/http://www.bfi.org.uk/live/video/856 Interview by Francine Stock during BFI Season – December 2011], BFI Website, 9 January 2012
* [http://guru.bafta.org/peter-kosminsky-big-questions-video Guru Big Questions], BAFTA, January 2012
* [http://guru.bafta.org/peter-kosminsky-big-questions-video Guru Big Questions], BAFTA, January 2012


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Peter Kosminsky
Born (1956-04-21) 21 April 1956 (age 68)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationHaberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Film director, writer, producer

Peter Kosminsky (born 21 April 1956) is a British writer, director and producer. He has directed Hollywood movies such as White Oleander and television films like Warriors, The Government Inspector, The Promise, Wolf Hall and The State.

Biography

Kosminsky was born in London in 1956 to Jewish parents.[1][2][3] He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and the University of Oxford, where he studied chemistry under Dr John Danby of Worcester College, Oxford and was elected JCR President. He spent much of his time at the university involved in student theatre, where he was treasurer of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. He produced Twelfth Night for the OUDS which toured to northern France and starred a young Hugh Grant.

On graduation in 1980, he joined the staff of the BBC in London as a general trainee, alongside Kevin Lygo (now head of studios at ITV), Dominic Cameron (former managing director of ITV.com) and Peter Salmon (former Controller of BBC1).[4]

On finishing his training in 1982, Kosminsky became a script editor in the BBC Plays Department but was fired within three months of starting work. With the help of BBC2 Controller Brian Wenham with whom he had worked as a trainee, he moved sideways on short-term contract to the BBC Current Affairs Department in Lime Grove to work on programmes such as Nationwide and Newsnight, before beginning his documentary directing career in earnest in 1985 under John Fairley and John Willis at Yorkshire Television. Programmes at YTV included The Falklands War: The Untold Story, a two-hour documentary made with Michael Bilton to mark the 5th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands. In 1990, Kosminsky began work as a drama director, directing the four-hour ITV drama Shoot To Kill, written by Mick Eaton and starring Jack Shepherd, for Yorkshire Television.[5] It was transmitted in the UK as two two-hour films on 3 and 4 June 1990, (RTS Best Single Drama – 1990). The programme was banned in Northern Ireland.

In 1995, Kosminsky was fired from YTV by incoming managing director Bruce Gyngell and set up his own company, Stonehenge Films Ltd, to act as a vehicle for his television dramas. His first independent drama as producer and director was No Child of Mine, written by Guy Hibbert and starring Brooke Kinsella for Meridian Broadcasting/ITV. The programme, transmitted in the UK on 25 February 1997, was a factually-based depiction of sexual abuse at home and in care and provoked considerable controversy.[6] Its string of awards included the BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama – 1997 and the FIPA D'Or in Biarritz.[7]

In 1999, Kosminsky teamed up with writer Leigh Jackson[8] and producer Nigel Stafford-Clark to make Warriors (1999), a two-part drama for BBC Television which told the harrowing story of the first British peacekeeping deployment to central Bosnia in 1992-3.[9] Starring the at the time unknown actors Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Macfadyen and Damian Lewis, the films were shown on BBC1 to considerable acclaim. BAFTA Best Drama Serial – 1999, Royal Television Society Best Single Drama – 1999 and the Prix Italia for Best Fiction Serial – 1999. It transmitted in the UK across two nights on BBC1 in November 1999.

Kosminsky's collaboration with Leigh Jackson continued with The Project (2002), a two-part drama for BBC1, about New Labour.[10] The first film – "Opposition" – deals with the Labour Party's attempt to reform itself into New Labour, as seen through the eyes of a group of student supporters. The second film – "Government" – shows what happens to the same characters when Labour comes to power in 1997. Revealing for the first time some of the tactics used by Labour to bring to an end 18 years of Tory rule, the films were immensely controversial.[11] Leigh Jackson fell ill with cancer during the making of the programmes, but survived to see them transmitted in November 2002.[12]

In July 2003, Kosminsky began his collaboration with Channel 4 and David Aukin's Daybreak Pictures.[13] Aukin encouraged Kosminsky to write the films he directed and three programmes have so far resulted. The Government Inspector (2005), starred Mark Rylance and told the story of the death of biological weapons inspector Dr David Kelly and the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.[14] It was transmitted in the UK on Channel 4 on 17 March 2005 and won a series of awards including BAFTAs for Best Single Drama, Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Best Writer (Kosminsky).[15] Next came Britz (2007), starring Riz Ahmed and Manjinder Virk. In the wake of the 7/7 bombings in London, the two 100-minute films examined what it meant to be second-generation Muslim living in Britain today.[16] Transmitted on Channel 4 as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations on 30 and 31 October 2007, the films won Best Drama Serial of 2007 at BAFTA and at the Royal Television Society.[17][18][19]

The latest collaboration between Kosminsky and David Aukin for Channel 4 is The Promise (2011), a 4 x 100-minute serial written and directed by Kosminsky which was transmitted across four Sundays in February 2011. It stars Claire Foy and Christian Cooke and is shot entirely on location in the Middle East. Eight years in the making, it tells the story of British soldiers stationed in Palestine during the Mandate period 1945–1948 and the impact of those events on the current situation in Israel/Palestine.[20] The programme was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial of 2010/11 in April 2011[21] and nominated for Best Drama Serial of 2011 by the Royal Television Society in February 2012.[22] The Promise was dubbed and transmitted by Canal+ in France in four parts as Le Serment, commencing 21 March 2011.[23]

Kosminsky has directed two feature films, Wuthering Heights (1992), (with (Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche), for Paramount Pictures[24] and White Oleander (2002), (with Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright Penn and Alison Lohman), for Warner Bros.[25] He has been a member of the Policy Council of Liberty, the campaigner for human rights,[26] a past Council member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, a founding board member of Directors UK,[27] (the body representing working film and TV directors in the United Kingdom) and a winner of the BAFTA Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV.[17]

Kosminsky directed Wolf Hall (TV, 2015) for the BBC.[28] Based on the Booker Prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, the six-part serial was written by Peter Straughan and stars Mark Rylance as Cromwell, Damian Lewis as Henry VIII and Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn. The serial was transmitted on BBC Two in January and February 2015.[29] and on Masterpiece (TV series) in the United States later the same year.[30] It received eight Emmy nominations[31] and ten BAFTA programme[32] and craft nominations,[33] going on to win the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award at the Golden Globes;[34] a Peabody Award and Baftas for Best Drama and Best Actor (Mark Rylance),[35] together with Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) and Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) at the Bafta Craft Awards.[33]

In 2009 Kosminsky was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts from Bournemouth University[36] and profiled on The South Bank Show by Melvyn Bragg.[37] In September 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by University College, Falmouth.[38] In January 2012, Kosminsky was elected by BFI members to the Board of Governors of the British Film Institute. His term lasted four years.[39] In June 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by his old college, Worcester College, Oxford.

In December 2011, the British Film Institute mounted a season celebrating Kosminsky's 30 years in film and television.[40][41] The programme included several examples of Kosminsky's early documentary work as well as more recent dramas. 13 December saw Francine Stock interview Kosminsky about his career so far in front of a National Film Theatre audience.[42] Writing about the season in the Daily Telegraph, Jasper Rees wrote "Peter Kosminsky has earned that rare accolade for a director of television drama: a retrospective at the BFI".[43] Describing him as "Britain's most controversial television director" and "a pretty much unique figure in contemporary television who has devoted his career to giving the powerful sleepless nights", Rees quotes Kosminsky as saying "I'd be nervous if I were clubbable. It would be deeply dodgy if I was in there hugging and kissing all the great and the good. It would mean that what I was doing was a game. It's not a game. I've devoted my life to it. I've spent month after month after month sitting in a small room trying to achieve this. I don't expect to be loved or admired or patted on the back or become a cuddly figure of dissent who's been in some way neutered by being absorbed into the body politic. I want to be on the outside shouting, sometimes rather shrilly, about things that upset me and annoy. That was my upbringing, that was my training, and that's what I'll do till I drop."

On 8 May 2016, after Wolf Hall won Best Drama Series at the 2016 British Academy Television Awards, Kosminsky, who directed the show, made a speech about defending the BBC and Channel 4 from government interference. This earned him a roaring standing ovation.[44]

Director – filmography

Producer – filmography

Writer – filmography

Awards

Special awards

  • Royal Television Society – Fellowship – 2006
  • BAFTA – Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV – 1999[52]
  • FIPA, Biarritz – EuroFipa d'Honneur – 2005
  • BFI – Special Award for Television Achievement – 1988/89

References

  1. ^ "Interview: Peter Kosminsky -How the British lost their love for the Jews of Israel". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ Frazer, Jenni. "Jewish-led UK artists' boycott greeted with derision". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ Cooke, Rachel (23 January 2011). "Peter Kosminsky: Britain's humiliation in Palestine". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  4. ^ Ian Burrell (28 February 2005). "Kevin Lygo: The art of television". The Independent. London. Retrieved 8 July 2010.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Shoot to Kill (TV Movie 1990) - IMDbPro". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ^ lmackay36 (25 February 1997). "No Child of Mine (TV Movie 1997)". IMDb. Retrieved 21 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "fipa, 2010, jury-and-awards-drama". Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Award-winning writer Jackson dies". BBC News. 28 March 2003.
  9. ^ "Warriors (TV Movie 1999) - IMDbPro". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  10. ^ "BBC - Drama - The Project". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  11. ^ "BBC - Press Office - The Project". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  12. ^ Brown, Maggie (29 March 2003). "Obituary: Leigh Jackson". The Guardian. London.
  13. ^ Dawtrey, Adam (31 October 2007). "Kosminsky pacts with Daybreak". Variety.
  14. ^ "The Government Inspector". Channel 4. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  15. ^ "BAFTA Awards". bafta.org. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Britz". Channel 4. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Award Winners | Royal Television Society". Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  18. ^ Programme Awards Winners 2008 rts.org.uk, accessed 27 September 2019
  19. ^ Programme Awards Winners 2008 DRAMA SERIAL: Britz A Daybreak Pictures Production for Channel 4 at rts.org.uk, accessed 17 January 2022
  20. ^ "The Promise". Channel 4. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  21. ^ a b "Television Awards Nominees and Winners in 2011 (Archived copy)". www.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  22. ^ a b "RTS Announces Shortlist For The Programme Awards 2011 (Archived copy)". www.rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  23. ^ Canal+. "THE PROMISE : LE SERMENT - Peter Kosminsky présente la série". Canalplus.fr. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  24. ^ "Peter Kosminsky". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  25. ^ "White Oleander (Widescreen) DVD". www.WBShop.com.
  26. ^ CURRENT POLICY COUNCIL MEMBERS www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk, accessed 27 September 2019
  27. ^ "DirectorsUK". directors.uk.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  28. ^ Maggie Brown (11 October 2013). "Peter Kosminsky and Mark Rylance team up for BBC's Wolf Hall adaptation". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  29. ^ "Wolf Hall". BBC TV. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  30. ^ "Wolf Hall on PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  31. ^ a b "67th Emmy Nominations Announced". www.emmys.com. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  32. ^ "Bafta Nominees Announced 2016". www.radiotimes.com. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  33. ^ a b c "Bafta Craft Nominations 2016". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  34. ^ a b "Winners & Nominees: Wolf Hall (Golden Globe 2016)". www.goldenglobes.com). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  35. ^ a b "Bafta TV Award Winners 2016". www.bafta.org. 30 March 2016.
  36. ^ Citation for Honorary Degree, Bournemouth University
    Film-maker urges graduates to shake up TV, Bournemouth University, 16 November 2009
  37. ^ Programme information Archived 25 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, South Bank Show, series 35 programme 9, 24 May 2009.
  38. ^ "class-of-2011 (Archived copy)". www.falmouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  39. ^ "Peter Kosminsky joins BFI's Board of Governors". screendaily.com. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  40. ^ "Peter Kosminsky: Making Mischief | BFI". Archived from the original on 21 December 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  41. ^ Poster Print of Poster for Peter Kosminsky Season at BFI Southbank (2 -22 December 2011) printstore.bfi.org.uk, accessed 17 January 2022
  42. ^ "Peter Kosminsky in Conversation". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  43. ^ Rees, Jasper (25 November 2011). "Peter Kosminsky on his groundbreaking TV dramas". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  44. ^ "Wolf Hall wins TV Bafta for Best Drama – and its director Peter Kosminsky says the Government is trying to 'eviscerate' the BBC". The Daily Telegraph. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  45. ^ "L'ENA, l'école du pouvoir". Le Monde.fr (in French). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  46. ^ "Awards".
  47. ^ "carla abellana".
  48. ^ "Broadcast Press Guild Awards 2016". 12 March 2016.
  49. ^ "Nominations for RTS Programme Awards 2018 announced". 6 March 2018.
  50. ^ "Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018 – Television nominations". 15 February 2018.
  51. ^ "Bafta Television Awards 2018: Who are the nominees?".
  52. ^ British Academy Television Awards 2000

External links

Articles

Retrospective interviews

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