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Writer/Director/Producer of this 90 minute drama-doc biopic. Made for BBC2 and starring Chris Langham as Orwell. Winner, EMMY award Winner, Grierson Award Winner, New York Film Festival Nominated, Royal Television Society Awards Nominated, BANFF TV Festival Award Nominated for three BAFTA Craft Awards
Only a few seconds of video footage of George Orwell is known to exist – walking across a field while at Eton – so writer and director Chris Durlacher had to start from scratch with this dramatised biography.
I’m a producer, director, writer, executive producer and showrunner of one-off documentaries and entire series. I started out making oral history films. As I toured the country in search of old train drivers, truckers and boat builders I realised what I wanted to do with my working life.
Jun 14, 2003 · George Orwell: A Life in Pictures: Directed by Chris Durlacher. With Chris Langham, Michael Fenton Stevens, Tom Goodman-Hill, Andrew Bone. Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
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- Documentary, Drama
- Chris Durlacher
- 2003-06-14
May 24, 2021 · Chris is a multiple award-winning filmmaker with decades of experience working for major broadcasters. He’s made genre-defining programmes and series in both documentary and docu-drama. He likes to delve deep into his subjects searching for something new, even in well-trodden ground.
Nov 14, 2018 · Directed by Chris Durlacher, The Final Hours tells this story as dramatically as it can, within the bounds of taste. We’re led through the story as it happened, in an almost thrillerish,...
