David Belton is a director, writer, and film producer. His experiences as a BBC reporter covering the 1994

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Gre ...

led him to write the original story and produce the film '' Shooting Dogs'', directed by

Michael Caton-Jones Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957) is a Scottish director and producer of film and television. Biography Caton-Jones grew up in Broxburn, near Edinburgh. He moved to London and squatted in Stoke Newington. He attend ...

, which dramatizes the events at the Ecole Technique Officielle. It was retitled ''Beyond the Gates'' for its 2007 U.S. release. He has directed documentaries (for the BBC, ''Simon Schama's Power of Art'', "The Silent War") and drama-documentaries and documentaries for PBS (''God in America'' and ''The Amish'') and dramas for the BBC (''Ten Days to War''). His book, ''When the Hills Ask for Your Blood'' was published in January 2014 by Doubleday.

Partial credits

* 1990, producer, BBC programme ''

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'' with Peter Barron in 1990. * 1997 Writer and Director, "Soldiers to Be" for BBC Documentaries. * 2000 Writer and Director, "Lost Seoul", BBC Reputations documentary on Olympic sprinter, Ben Johnson. * 2002, producer and director, ''

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'' episode, "Volcano's Deadly Warning". * 2003, deputy editor, BBC's This World, TV documentary, ''War Spin:

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''. * 2003, executive producer, "Exclusive to

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" * 2003, executive producer, ''The Real Dr. Evil'', BBC documentary about

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. * 2005, Producer and co-writer, '' Shooting Dogs'', directed by

and written by

David Wolstencroft David Wolstencroft (born 16 July 1969) is an American-born British screenwriter and author. He is best known as creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV spy drama '' Spooks'' and its spin-off series '' Spooks: Code 9''. Early life Wolstencroft was b ...

with

John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in Cinema of the United Kingdom, Britain", he was described by David Ly ...

Hugh Dancy Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of ''David Copperfield'' (2000) as well as for roles in feature films as Kurt Schmid ...

Dominique Horwitz Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a French film and television actor and singer. Life Horwitz was born on 23 April 1957 in Paris, France, to German Jewish refugee parents, who had both fled Nazi Germany. In 1971 the family moved to Berl ...

. * 2006, director, BBC's ''

Simon Schama's Power of Art ''Simon Schama's Power of Art'' is an eight-part BBC TV mini-series examining the works of eight artists, the context surrounding one of their works and the message they intended to convey with these. It was written, created, narrated, and presen ...

'' Season 1 episode "

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". * 2007, executive producer, '' Windscale: Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster'', TV documentary narrated by

Caroline Catz Caroline Catz (born Caroline Caplan; 19 October 1969) is a British film, television, and theatre actress and narrator. She is best known for her role as Louisa Glasson in ''Doc Martin'' (2004–2022). Her other major roles have included August ...

. * 2008, director, ''

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'', written by Ronan Bennett, with Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stephenson, Tom Conti. * 2010, Series Director and writer, " God in America", with Michael Emerson and Toby Jones. The Amish", for PBS's American Experience.[ur
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* 2014, Author "When The Hills Ask For Your Blood" [url=http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/when-the-hills-ask-for-your-blood/9780385615648 * 2014 Book Review, The Independent * 2015 Writer/Director, BBC2 "Nelson In His Own Words".Radio Times 26 February-6 March 2015 * 2016 Writer/Director, Netflix, "

Captive Captive or Captives may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Captive'' (1980 film), a sci-fi film, starring Cameron Mitchell and David Ladd * ''Captive'' (1986 film), a British-French film starring Oliver Reed * ''Captive'' (1991 ...

". * 2018 Writer/Director, Amazon, " This is Football". * 2021 Writer/Director, BBC, " Blair and Brown: the New Labour Revolution".https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/04/blair-brown-the-new-labour-revolution-review-the-ruthless-rise-of-no-10s-odd-couple * 2021 Writer/Director, MSNBC Films, " Memory Box - Echoes of 9/11" * 2023 Writer/Director, Canal+, " Ukrainian Storybox, Voices of War"

Honours

* 2006, nomination, Carol Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer,

BAFTA Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best Cinema of the United Kingdom, British and Worl ...

* 2008, nomination, Best Drama-Documentary, Ten Days to War, (Grierson Awards) * 2012, nomination, Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking,

Primetime Emmy Awards The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the P ...

http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/EmmyNoms64-Press-Release-6.pdf * 2022, nomination, Best History Documentary, Memory Box - Echoes of 9/11, (Grierson Awards)

References

External links

"Revisiting Rwanda", 2007 Interview
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