Edward  

McGown

Documentary Director

I’m a Grierson-shortlisted director with credits for BBC, Netflix, Sky and Channel 4. I am passionate about making intelligent, sensitive documentaries with memorable characters and cinematic flair.

From shooting with torture victims in Kenya, to filming in some of the world’s most lawless prisons, I bring a strong narrative confidence to all my work and excel at negotiating complex – and often controversial – subject matter, frequently using archive. 

Recent credits include ‘The Abercrombie Guys: the Dark Side of Cool’ for BBC1; ‘A Very British Way of Torture’ (★★★★★ – Mail on Sunday, Winner – British Journalism Award); Gods of Snooker for BBC2 (‘a masterpiece’ – New Statesman, Grierson nominee 2021); ‘Diana: the Interview that Shocked the World’ (‘a huge cut above most backward looking royal docs’ – The Guardian); and Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons (Netflix).

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