Uri Fruchtmann (; born 1955) is an Israeli human rights activist, film producer, and director.
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Career
He serves as the non-executive Director of
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in west London, England. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on th ...
and co-founder of
Fragile Films
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in west London, England. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on th ...
, an independent film production company based in the United Kingdom.
Board memberships
Fruchtmann has served on the boards of several charities. In 2008 he co-founded the UK human rights charity
Videre Est Credere (Latin for "To see is to believe"). Videre describes itself as "give
nglocal activists the equipment, training and support needed to safely capture compelling video evidence of human rights violations. This captured footage is verified, analysed and then distributed to those who can create change." Fruchtmann is currently the Chairman of the Board along with film-maker
Terry Gilliam
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, Executive Director of Greenpeace UK
John Sauven
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and music producer
Brian Eno
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.
Personal life
Fruchtmann was Scottish singer
Annie Lennox
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's second husband. They have two daughters,
Lola and
Tali. A son, Daniel, was stillborn in 1988.
Filmography
As a producer
*''One Family: The Price of Bread'' (TV documentary, 1991).
*''Obi'' (1991).
*''All in the Family'' (1992).
*''Stir it up'' (1994).
*''The Atlantic Records Story'' (1994).
*''
Spice World'' (1997).
*''
An Ideal Husband'' (1999).
*''
High Heels and Low Lifes'' (2001).
*''
The Importance of Being Earnest
''The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...
'' (2002).
*''
Galoot'' (documentary, 2003).
*''
Hope Springs'' (2003).
*''Grasp the Nettle'' (documentary, 2013).
*''Tawai'' (documentary, 2017).
As a director
*''Stir it up'' (1994).
*''The Atlantic Records Story'' (1994).
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Israeli film producers
Israeli film directors
Israeli human rights activists
British human rights activists
Israeli expatriates in the United Kingdom