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 ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Promise'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Kosminsky was born in London in 1956 to

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parents. He was educated at the

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and the

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, where he studied chemistry under John Danby of

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and was elected JCR President. He spent much of his time at the university involved in student theatre, where he was treasurer of the

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. He produced ''

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'' for the OUDS which toured to northern France and starred a young

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. On graduation in 1980, he joined the staff of the

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in London as a general trainee, alongside

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(now head of studios at ITV), Dominic Cameron (former managing director of ITV.com) and Peter Salmon (former Controller of BBC1). 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 ''

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'', before beginning his documentary directing career in earnest in 1985 under John Fairley and John Willis at

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. 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. 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

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. In 1995, Kosminsky was fired from YTV by incoming managing director

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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 ''

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'', written by

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and starring Brooke Kinsella for

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/ 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. Its string of awards included the

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Award for Best Single Drama – 1997 and the FIPA D'Or in Biarritz. In 1999, Kosminsky teamed up with writer Leigh Jackson and producer Nigel Stafford-Clark to make ''

'' (1999), a two-part drama for

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which told the harrowing story of the first British peacekeeping deployment to central

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in 1992-3. Starring the at the time unknown actors Ioan Gruffudd,

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and

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, the films were shown on

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to considerable acclaim. BAFTA Best Drama Serial – 1999,

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Best Single Drama – 1999 and the

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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

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. 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. Leigh Jackson fell ill with cancer during the making of the programmes, but survived to see them transmitted in November 2002. In July 2003, Kosminsky began his collaboration with

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and

David Aukin David Aukin (born 12 February 1942) is an English theatrical and executive producer as well as a qualified solicitor. He has been nominated for multiple British Academy Television Awards and has won twice for producing films about Tony Blair: '' ...

's Daybreak Pictures. Aukin encouraged Kosminsky to write the films he directed and three programmes resulted. ''

'' (2005), starred

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and told the story of the death of biological weapons inspector Dr David Kelly and the search for

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in Iraq. 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). 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

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living in Britain today. 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

. The final collaboration between Kosminsky and David Aukin for

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

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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

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during the Mandate period 1945–1948 and the impact of those events on the current situation in Israel/Palestine. The programme was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial of 2010/11 in April 2011 and nominated for Best Drama Serial of 2011 by the

in February 2012. ''The Promise'' was dubbed and transmitted by Canal+ in France in four parts as ''Le Serment'', commencing 21 March 2011. Kosminsky has directed two feature films, ''

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'' (1992), (with (

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and

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), for

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and '' White Oleander'' (2002), (with

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and Alison Lohman), for

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He has been a member of the Policy Council of

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, the campaigner for human rights, a past Council member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the

, a founding board member of

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, (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. Kosminsky directed ''

'' (TV, 2015) for the BBC. Based on the Booker Prize winning novels ''

'' and '' Bring Up the Bodies'' by

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, the six-part serial was written by

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and stars

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as King

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and

as Queen

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. The serial was transmitted on BBC Two in January and February 2015. and on

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in the United States later the same year. It received eight

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nominations and ten

programme and craft nominations, going on to win the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award at the Golden Globes; a

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and Baftas for Best Drama and Best Actor (

), together with Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) and Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) at the Bafta Craft Awards. In 2024 Kosminsky directed a six-part television dramatisation of ‘The Mirror & the Light’ for the BBC, the final part of the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy. It again stars Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as Henry VIII. In 2009 Kosminsky was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts from

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and profiled on '' The South Bank Show'' by

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. In September 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by University College, Falmouth. In January 2012, Kosminsky was elected by BFI members to the Board of Governors of the

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. His term lasted four years. In June 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by his old college,

. In December 2011, the

mounted a season celebrating Kosminsky's 30 years in film and television. 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. Writing about the season in the ''

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'', Jasper Rees wrote "Peter Kosminsky has earned that rare accolade for a director of television drama: a retrospective at the BFI". 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 ''

'' won Best Drama Series at the 2016 British Academy Television Awards, Kosminsky, who directed the show, made a speech about defending the

and

from government interference. This earned him a roaring standing ovation.

Director – filmography

* '' The Falklands War: the Untold Story'' (TV, 1987) * '' Afghantsi'' (TV, 1988) * '' One Day in the Life of Television'' (TV, 1989) * '' Shoot to Kill'' (TV, 1990) * ''

Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights ''Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights'' is a 1992 historical film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights'' directed by Peter Kosminsky. It marked Ralph Fiennes's film debut. This particular film is notable for including the ...

'' (1992) * '' 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight'' (TV, 1993) * '' The Dying of the Light'' (TV, 1994) * ''

'' (TV, 1997) * ''

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'' (TV, 1999) * ''

'' (TV, 1999) * '' Innocents'' (TV, 2000) * '' The Project'' (TV, 2002) * '' White Oleander'' (2002) * ''

'' (TV, 2005) * '' Britz'' (TV, 2007) * '' The Promise'' (TV, 2011) * ''

'' (TV, 2015; 2024) * ''

'' (TV, 2017) * '' The Undeclared War'' (TV, 2022) * '' Grenfell'' (TV, TBA)

Producer – filmography

* '' The Falklands War: the untold story'' (1987), TV – Joint credit * '' Afghantsi'' (1988), TV * '' One Day in the Life of Television'' (TV, 1989) * '' 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight'' (1993), TV * '' The Dying of the Light'' (1994), TV * ''

'' (1997), TV * ''

'' (1999), TV * '' Innocents'' (2000), TV * ''

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'' (2020), TV

Writer – filmography

* ''

'' (2005), TV * '' Britz'' (2007), TV * '' L'École du pouvoir'' (TV, 2009) * '' The Promise'' (2011), TV * ''

'' (2017), TV * '' The Undeclared War'' (TV, 2022)

Awards

* '' The Falklands War: The Untold Story'' (1987), TV **

– Special Jury Commendation – 1987 **

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– Finalist, Documentary category – 1987 ** Banff World Television Festival – Best documentary – 1987 ** BFI – Award for Archival Achievement – 1987 **UK

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– Best Single Documentary – 1987 **Rheims Festival, France – Special Jury Prize – 1987 **World TV Festival, Tokyo – Tokyo Prize for Best Documentary – 1988 **Montreal – Selection for inclusion in "Documentaries of The Decade" Festival – 1989 *''Cambodia: Children of the Killing Fields'' (1989), TV **New York Film and TV Festival – Finalist – 1988 **Paters, Australia – Best National or International Current Affairs Programme – 1988 ** One World Broadcasting Trust – Best Documentary – 1988 * '' Afghantsi'' (1988), TV **

– Best International Current Affairs Programme – 1988 **

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– Nymphe d'Or for Best Factual Programme and Critics' Prize – 1988 **

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, Berlin (formerly Prix Futura) – Best Documentary – 1988 **

– Best Documentary – 1988 **

– ITV entry for Best Documentary – 1989 **Festival di Popoli, Florence – Best Ethnographic Documentary – 1988/89 **New York Film and TV Festival – Finalist – 1989 * '' Shoot To Kill'' (1990), TV **

– Nomination, Best Single Drama – 1990 **

– Best Single Drama – 1990 **UK

– Best Single Drama – 1990 **Rheims Festival, France – Prix de la Meilleure Fiction – 1990 * '' 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight'' (1993), TV **

– ITV nomination, Best Single Drama – 1993 **San Francisco International Film Festival – Certificate of Merit, Feature – 1994 Golden Gate Awards **

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– Media Prize – 1993 **

, Berlin – The Special Prize – 1994 **Golden Chest Awards, Bulgaria – Best Film – 1994 **New York Film & Television Festival – Silver Medal – 1994 * '' The Dying of the Light'' (1994), TV **

– Nomination, Best Single Drama – 1994 ** Banff World Television Festival – Nomination, Best Film – 1994 * ''

'' (1997), TV **

– Best Single Drama – 1997 **Munich Film Festival – In Competition – 1997 **

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– Official Selection – 1997 ** AFI, Los Angeles – Grand Jury, Special Commendation – 1997 **Golden Chest Awards, Bulgaria – Brooke Kinsella, Best Child Actress – 1997 **Mental Health Media Awards – Overall Winner – 1997 ** RTS – Best Sound – 1997 ** FIPA, Biarritz – Winner – 1997 **Chicago International Television Festival – Certificate of Merit – 1997 **Tromsco Film Festival, Norway – Official selection – 1998 **Singapore Film Festival – In Competition – 1998 ** Cinéma Tous Ecrans, Geneva – Grand Prix – 1998 **50th International Human Rights Festival, Belgium – Selected – 1998 * ''

'' (1999), TV **

– Best Drama Serial – 1999 **

– Best Single Film, Best Score, Best Costume, Best Sound, nominations for Best Actor, Best Writer, Best Team – 1999 **

– Best Fiction Serial – 1999 **UK

– Best Single Film – 1999 ** South Bank Show Awards – Best Television Drama – 1999 ** FIPA, Biarritz – FIPA D'OR – 2000 **

– Nymphe d'Or, Best Mini Series – 1999. **Amsterdam – Nombre d'Or, Best Drama – 1999 **

, New York – Nomination, Best Drama – 1999 **Birmingham Film & TV Festival – Samuelson Television Award, Best TV Drama – 1999 * '' White Oleander'' (2002) **

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– Nomination, Best Supporting Actress, Michelle Pfeiffer – 2003 **Golden Satellite Awards – Nomination, Best Supporting Actress, Renée Zellweger – 2003 **Kansas City Film Critics Circle – Best Supporting Actress, Michelle Pfeiffer – 2003 **San Diego Film Critics Society – Best Supporting Actress, Michelle Pfeiffer – 2003 **Young Artist Awards – Best Supporting Young Actor, Marc Donato – 2003 * ''

'' (2005), TV **

– Best Single Drama, Best Actor (Mark Rylance), Best Writer (PK), Nomination for Best Original Score (Jocelyn Pook) – 2005 **

– Best Single Drama – 2005 **UK

– Nomination, Best Single Drama – 2005 * '' Britz'' (2007), TV **

– Best Drama Serial – 2007 **

– Best Drama Serial – 2007 **UK

– Nomination, Best Single Drama − 2007 ** Banff World Television Festival – Nomination, Best Mini-Series – 2007 **

– Nomination, Best TV Movie/Mini-Series – 2007 **Broadcast Magazine Awards – Nomination, Best Drama Series or Serial – 2007 * '' The Promise'' (2011), TV ** One World Media – Winner, Best Drama – 2010/11 **

– Nomination, Best Drama Serial – 2010/11 **

– Nomination, Best Drama Serial – 2011 ** Banff World Television Festival – Nomination, Best Mini-Series – 2011 *''

'' (TV, 2015) **

- Best Drama - 2015; Best Actor (Mark Rylance) - 2015; Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) - 2015; Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) - 2015 ** Golden Globes - Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award 2015 **

- 2016 **UK

– Best Drama Series – 2015; Best Actor (

) - 2015 ** Primetime Emmys - Eight nominations - 2015 including Outstanding Limited Series - 2015; Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie (

) - 2015; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (

) - 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 (

) - 2015 and Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Special ( Nina Gold) - 2015 * ''

'' (TV, 2017) **

– Nomination, Best Mini-Series **UK

– Nomination, Best TV Drama Series **

– Nomination, Best Mini-Series

Special awards

– Fellowship – 2006 *

– Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV – 1999 British Academy Television Awards 2000 * FIPA, Biarritz – EuroFipa d'Honneur – 2005 * BFI – Special Award for Television Achievement – 1988/89

References

External links

* *

Articles

* The Promise
The Missing Memorial

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* The Promise
Britain's humiliation in Palestine

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* The Promise
A Film-maker's Eye

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* Britz
Split Screen

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* The Government Inspector
The Answer Is No

* Making Mischief
Making Mischief

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Retrospective interviews

Peter Kosminsky masterclass
DocHouse, Riverside Studios, 21 September 2007
Portrait of the artist: Peter Kosminsky, film-maker
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'', 10 June 2008
Interview with Peter Kosminsky
(video), Series Mania, Forum des Images, 12 April 2011
Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 1
The Arts Desk website, 3 December 2011
Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 2
The Arts Desk website, 10 December 2011

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'', 25 November 2011
Interview by Francine Stock during BFI Season – December 2011
BFI Website, 9 January 2012
Guru Big Questions
BAFTA, January 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosminsky, Peter People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford English people of Polish-Jewish descent English film directors English screenwriters English people of Austrian-Jewish descent English male screenwriters English television writers Writers from London Prix Italia winners 1956 births Living people British male television writers Jewish English writers Governors of the British Film Institute