Phil Grabsky

Directing·Jan 1, 1964

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phil Grabsky is a British documentary film-maker based in Brighton, East Sussex. His company Seventh Art Productions has produced documentaries for television and cinema. Grabsky’s work such as I, Caesar, Spain - In the Shadow on the Sun, The Great Commanders and the Tim Marlow on... series, has been broadcast on various U.K. channels such as BBC, Channel 4, Five and Sky Arts, and internationally around the world. His film The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan was released in cinemas in 2003 and tells the story of 8-year-old Mir and his family living in post-Taliban Afghanistan. The film has been shown across the globe and won 13 awards including the Gold Hugo in Chicago for Best Film and first prize at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Phil is continuing to film Mir and his family in Afghanistan. 2006 saw the completion of In Search of Mozart. The film illustrates the life and work of the composer through interviews and live performance. The film premiered at London’s Barbican concert hall. Subsequently it has gone on to become one of the top 100 grossing documentaries in Australia. Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006) explores the Chernobyl nuclear disaster through Mario Petrucci’s poetry. Phil worked in conjunction with director David Bickerstaff for this project which went on to win Best Short Documentary at the Cinequest International Film Festival. In 2007 Grabsky completed Escape from Luanda which tells the tale of three students at Angola’s only music school. Phil Grabsky's most recent film In Search of Beethoven, focusing on the life and work of the German composer was released in 2009. In addition to making films, Phil has released four books and often serves as a judge for various awards including BAFTA, Emmys, RTS and the One World awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Grabsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
James McNeill Whistler2026 · Producer	Producer
Turner & Constable2026 · Producer	Producer
Caravaggio2025 · Director	Director
Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 18742025 · Producer	Producer
Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers2024 · Producer	Producer
My National Gallery, London2024 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger2024 · Producer	Producer
Klimt & The Kiss2023 · Producer	Producer
Hopper: An American Love Story2022 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Pissarro: Father of Impressionism2022 · Director	Director
Raphael Revealed2021 · Director	Director
My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Easter in Art2020 · Director	Director
Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait2019 · Producer	Producer
Leonardo: The Works2019 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Young Picasso2019 · Director	Director
Rembrandt: From the National Gallery, London and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam2018 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
Cézanne: Portraits of a Life2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts2017 · Director	Director
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism2017 · Director	Director
EEl fascinante mundo de El Bosco2017 · Director	Director
I, Claude Monet2017 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch2016 · Director	Director
Renoir: Reviled and Revered2016 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse2016 · Producer	Producer
Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood2016 · Writer	Writer
Concerto: A Beethoven Journey2015 · Director	Director
The Impressionists: And the Man Who Made Them2015 · Director	Director
Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing2015 · Director	Director
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis2015 · Producer	Producer
Matisse2014 · Director	Director
In Search of Chopin2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Vermeer and Music2013 · Director	Director
Manet: Portraying Life2013 · Director	Director
Leonardo: From the National Gallery, London2012 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
In Search of Haydn2012 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
TThe Boy Mir2011 · Director	Director
Making War Horse2009 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
In Search of Beethoven2009 · Director	Director
EEscape from Luanda2007 · Director	Director
Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl2007 · Writer	Writer
In Search of Mozart2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Boy who plays On The Buddhas Of Bamiyan2004 · Director	Director
The Surprising History of Sex and Love2002 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Hidden History of Egypt2002 · Director	Director
The Hidden History of Rome2002 · Director	Director
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World2001 · Director	Director
Nero's Golden House2001 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director