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Stuart
Bamforth
Stuart
Shahid Bamforth is a BAFTA-winning film & TV director specialising
in documentaries and factual programmes.
He has more than 15 years of terrestrial TV experience, having worked
across many genres, ranging from the award-winning documentary Child
Of Bethlehem about growing up in Palestine's Occupied Territories, to
MTV's most successful format ever, Pimp My Ride!
He picked up a BAFTA
for the ground-breaking youth news programme Nick News which broke the
story of the boy who found the Brixton Nail Bomb, and reported with
remarkable sensitivity on the plight of young Kosovan refugees making
a new life in the UK.
Stuart's passion
lies in making original, accessible, relevant documentary films that
empower their audience with their understanding of social history.
Stuart is currently
making films for the international
charity Save
The Children, working extensively in emergency situations in locations
such as Afghanistan, post-earthquake Haiti, Gaza and South Sudan.
Contact: stuart@dekkoproductions.co.uk
or call 07956 830398
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Child Of
Bethlehem
2000 years after the birth of local boy Jesus Christ, what's it
like growing up on the mean streets of Bethlehem today? Impeccably
shot by Palestinian children themselves, these self-directed vignettes
show what it's like to fall in love, fly a kite, and build a garden
in a refugee camp. Refraining from sensationalism, this film shows
the human side of growing up in a war zone.
Watch
Child of Bethlehem at Culture Unplugged
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Winner
Best Documentary at Real To Reel Int. Film Festival |
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Kalbe's
World
Observational documentary about an 18 year-old, 2nd generation
Pakistani boy growing up on a housing estate in East London, as
the only male in an all-female household.
It tackles with both humour and honesty issues around ethnic and
male identity, sexuality, adult responsibility, drug addiction,
crime, religion (Islam) and language. |
Winner
Audience Award, Raindance East Film Festival |
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Pimp
My Ride UK
Top rating extreme car-makeover series presented by legendary
DJ Tim Westwood. MTV's most successful show ever. Commissioned by
Channel 5. Holler! |
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Orange
Playlist
'Desert
Island Discs for TV'. Beautifully shot, amazing treatment of archive,
and presenter Jayne Middlemiss probes guests - inc. Juliette Lewis,
Scissor Sisters, Enrique Iglesias, Shane Richie and David Gest
- about the tracks of their lives.
Initial/Endemol for ITV1.
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Watch
Scissor Sisters episode |
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Get
In The Picture
Documentary
looking at under-represented ethnic minorities in the British film
industry. Presented by Channel 4's June Sarpong, and featuring Gurinder
Chadha, David Oyewolo (pictured), Naomie Harris & Nitin Sawhney.
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UK
Film Council/Working Title Films. |
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Elvis
Mania
4
short documentary films about the life of Elvis Presley as part
of a Saturday night show (+7 millions viewers) for ITV1. |
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A
Forum With Tony Blair: Is War The Answer?
A
history of the build-up to the then imminent war with Iraq. Broadcast
on MTV worldwide on the eve of the declaration of war. |
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De-Coded:
The Making Of Matrix Reloaded
Documentary
on the Matrix phenomenon, its hidden meanings, cultural significance,
and the long awaited sequel. Interviews with Keanu Reeves, Laurence
Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, etc. The highest rating show of the
year (after Michael Jackson interview) on Channel 5. |
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Boundary
Boys
1-hour
observational documentary about life on an East End estate through
the eyes of a gang of Bangladeshi Muslim youth. Commissioned by
Richard Klein for BBC2. |
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India
Rocks
A
revelationary fly-on-the-road radio documentary looking at the rock
scene in contemporary India. Sony Gold Award winner Bobby Friction
comes to terms with the biggest, heaviest and hairiest of Indian
rockers! |
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