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Leslie Woodhead

Directing • 1937-01-01

James Leslie John Woodhead, OBE is a British documentary filmmaker. For his National Service commencing in 1956, he served in Fife at the Joint Services School for Linguists where he was taught Russian. He was posted to West Berlin to monitor the communications of Soviet pilots flying in and out of East Germany.

Known For

Television

Television

1985

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

2019

Children of Beslan

Children of Beslan

2005

9/11: The Day That Changed the World

9/11: The Day That Changed the World

2011

Endurance

Endurance

1999

The Day Kennedy Died

The Day Kennedy Died

2013

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Filmography

2019
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those ThingsFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2017
Diana: The Day Britain CriedFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2017
Diana: The Day We Said GoodbyeFilm
Director
2015
The Day They Dropped The BombFilm
Director
★ 6.0
2013
The Day Kennedy DiedFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2012
The Hunt For Bin LadenFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2011
9/11: The Day That Changed the WorldFilm
Director
★ 8.3
2011
Histoire ImmédiateTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
2009
How the Beatles Rocked the KremlinFilm
Director
★ 6.5
2006
Godless in AmericaFilm
Director
★ 6.0
2005
Children of BeslanFilm
Director
★ 6.8
2005
Srebrenica: Never Again?Film
Director
2003
Star Wars DreamsFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2003
My Life As A SpyFilm
Director
2002
A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan MilosevicFilm
Director
★ 6.0
2002
Here is New YorkFilm
Director
2000
The Holocaust on TrialFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1999
EnduranceFilm
Director
★ 6.4
1999
A Cry from the GraveFilm
Director
★ 6.9
1998
444 DaysFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1997
StoryvilleTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
1996
Tony Bennett's New YorkFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1994
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's AmericaFilm
Director
1993
The Last Soviet CitizenFilm
Director
1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1989
Under the SunTV
Director • 1 episodes
1987
The Lau of MalaitaFilm
Director
1985
TelevisionTV
Director • 13 episodes
★ 8.0
1981
Strike: The Birth of SolidarityFilm
Director
1980
InvasionFilm
Director
★ 9.5
1976
Three Days in SzczecinFilm
Director
1974
NOVATV
Director • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1969
The Stones in the ParkFilm
Director
★ 7.7
1967
ITV PlayhouseTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1963
World in ActionTV
Director • 7 episodes
★ 7.0