Antony Thomas

Antony Thomas at the 70th Peabody Awards , 2011

Antony Thomas (born July 26, 1940 in Calcutta , India ) is a British documentary filmmaker and journalist .

Life

At the age of six, his family emigrated from India to South Africa. In 1967 he moved to England. Thomas works as a documentary filmmaker in the UK. He has produced films for British television networks such as Channel 4 , BBC and HBO .

Works (selection)

Death of a princess , 1980
For Neda , 2010
The Vatican Conspiracy , 2014

Prizes and awards (selection)

Emmy Award
Grierson Award for Best British Documentation
George Foster Peabody Award (twice)
The Foreign Press Association's "Documentary of the Year" Award
The Foreign Press Association's "Journalist of the Year" Award, (together with Saeed Kamali Dehghan )
International Documentary Association Award
International Film Critics Award
Royal Television Society Award

Web links

Antony Thomas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Anthony Thomas' Productions Official website of Thomas Antony

Individual evidence

^ The Guardian: How I secretly filmed the For Neda documentary
^ Frankfurter Rundschau: Behind the Church ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Thomas, Antony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British documentary filmmaker and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calcutta , India

[1] The Guardian: How I secretly filmed the For Neda documentary

[2] Frankfurter Rundschau: Behind the Church ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )