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Roger Graef(1936-2022)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Roger Graef is one of Britain's leading television documentary-makers, often using 'fly-on-the-wall' techniques. He is particularly renowned for his documentaries involving police forces and issues of criminality, as well as a focus on youth and children's issues.
BornApril 18, 1936
DiedMarch 2, 2022(85)
BornApril 18, 1936
DiedMarch 2, 2022(85)
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  • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 4 wins & 5 nominations total

Known for

One of Them Is Named Brett (1965)
One of Them Is Named Brett
Short
  • Director
  • 1965
Decision: British Communism
  • Director
  • 1978
The Creative Person
TV Series
  • Producer
Closing Ranks
  • Director
  • 1988

Credits

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Producer

  • Extinction Rebellion: For Life (2022)
    Extinction Rebellion: For Life
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Conscientious Protectors: A Story of Rebellion Against Extinction (2022)
    Conscientious Protectors: A Story of Rebellion Against Extinction
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Panorama (1953)
    Panorama
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2010–2019
  • Inside the American Embassy (2018)
    Inside the American Embassy
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • The Confession (2016)
    The Confession
    • executive producer
    • 2016
  • Young, Clever & Libyan (2016)
    Young, Clever & Libyan
    • consulting producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • ITV Exposure (2011)
    ITV Exposure
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • First Cut (2007)
    First Cut
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Amnesty! When They Are All Free
    • executive producer
    • 2011
  • Dispatches (1987)
    Dispatches
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2007–2011
  • The Trouble with Pirates
    • executive producer
    • 2010
  • Requiem for Detroit? (2010)
    Requiem for Detroit?
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2010
  • The Truth About Crime
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Cutting Edge (1990)
    Cutting Edge
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009

Director

  • Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (2014)
    Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • The Planning Wars (2009)
    The Planning Wars
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2009
  • Closing Ranks
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Summer Season (1985)
    Summer Season
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • The Secret Policeman's Private Parts (1984)
    The Secret Policeman's Private Parts
    • Director
    • 1984
  • The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
    The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
    • Director
    • 1982
  • The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
    The Secret Policeman's Ball
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Decision: British Communism
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
    The Mermaid Frolics
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1977
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1976
  • Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
    Pleasure at Her Majesty's
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1976
  • The Creative Person
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • The Life and Times of John Huston, Esq.
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1967
  • The Flying Alberts
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1965
  • One of Them Is Named Brett (1965)
    One of Them Is Named Brett
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1965

Writer

  • Closing Ranks
    • writer
    • 1988
  • The Creative Person
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • The Life and Times of John Huston, Esq.
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1967

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • BFI_profile
    • British Entertainment History Project interview
  • Alternative name
    • Roger Graeff
  • Born
    • April 18, 1936
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 2, 2022
    • UK
  • Spouses
      Susan Mary Richards1986 - March 2, 2022 (his death)
  • Other works
    He directed Tennessee Williams' play, "A Period of Adjustment", at the Royal Court Theatre in an English Stage Company production with Bernard Braden, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Carmen Munroe and Neil McCallum in the cast.

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    He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to the film industry.

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