Phil Grabsky

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Phil Grabsky is a British documentary filmmaker based in Brighton East Sussex His company Seventh Art Productions has produced documentaries for television and cinema Grabskys work such as I Caesar Spain In the Shadow on the Sun The Great Commanders and the Tim Marlow on series has been broadcast on various UK channels such as BBC Channel 4 Five and Sky Arts and internationally around the world His film The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan was released in cinemas in 2003 and tells the story of 8yearold Mir and his family living in postTaliban Afghanistan The film has been shown across the globe and won 13 awards including the Gold Hugo in Chicago for Best Film and first prize at the Valladolid International Film Festival Phil is continuing to film Mir and his family in Afghanistan 2006 saw the completion of In Search of Mozart The film illustrates the life and work of the composer through interviews and live performance The film premiered at Londons Barbican concert hall Subsequently it has gone on to become one of the top 100 grossing documentaries in Australia Heavy Water A Film for Chernobyl 2006 explores the Chernobyl nuclear disaster through Mario Petruccis poetry Phil worked in conjunction with director David Bickerstaff for this project which went on to win Best Short Documentary at the Cinequest International Film Festival In 2007 Grabsky completed Escape from Luanda which tells the tale of three students at Angolas only music school Phil Grabskys most recent film In Search of Beethoven focusing on the life and work of the German composer was released in 2009 In addition to making films Phil has released four books and often serves as a judge for various awards including BAFTA Emmys RTS and the One World awards Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Grabsky licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia