Charlie Phillips (producer)

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Charles R. Phillips
BornNovember 27, 1980 (1980-11-27)
Leeds
NationalityBritish
Occupation
  • Head of video, The Guardian

Charlie Phillips is a British documentary producer and filmmaker. He was head of documentary acquisition and production at The Guardian until 2019, and a former deputy director of Sheffield Doc/Fest in the United Kingdom. [1]

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Early life and career

Phillips was born in Leeds, UK. After working at various jobs in the TV and film industry, Phillips set up a short film night in London. [2] He became the editor of Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning online documentary channel, FourDocs. [3]

In 2008 he joined Doc/Fest [4] as marketplace director, organising the annual MeetMarket pitching event. [5] [6] After seeing 5 Broken Cameras pitched in Tel Aviv in 2010, Phillips brought it to the MeetMarket. It went on to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Phillips is a proponent of crowdfunding and digital distribution for documentaries. [7] [8] In 2012 Phillips led a successful crowdfunding campaign for Sheffield Doc/Fest. He was promoted to deputy director in 2013. [4] At the 2012 Doc/Fest, Phillips participated in a panel discussion about corporate funding of documentaries. He has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme. [9]

In September, 2014, Phillips left his position at Doc/Fest to work for The Guardian, as head of its documentary acquisition and production department. [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "ITVS commissioner Aguilar joins Sheffield Doc/Fest". ReelScreen, December 12, 2014 by Manori Ravindran
  2. ↑ Tamsin Crimmens, Arts head: Charlie Phillips, deputy director, Sheffield Doc/Fest, The Guardian, 10 June 2014, retrieved 4 August 2014
  3. ↑ "My First 5 Jobs: Charlie Phillips". This is Central Station.
  4. 1 2 Adam Benzine, Sheffield Doc/Fest ups Phillips, Currimbhoy, realscreen.com, 26 September 2013, retrieved 16 January 2014
  5. ↑ "Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket draws record pitches". Screen Daily. 2 April 2013 | By Michael Rosser
  6. ↑ Julie Farmer, ‘Centre Stage’, ’’First For Business’’, 1 June 2013
  7. ↑ Stand Out From The Crowd – Part 1, moviescopemag.com, 28 June 2012, retrieved 21 January 2014
  8. ↑ "Alt.Doc.Funding: Feature docs. The public and the critics love them. But who will pay to get them made?". Point of View . By Peter Wintonick • November 13th, 2012 • Issue 87, Fall 2012
  9. ↑ The film Programme, bbc.co.uk, 5 June 2011, retrieved 21 January 2014
  10. ↑ "Charlie Phillips Leaves Sheffield Doc/Fest" Archived 2015-05-29 at the Wayback Machine . September 9, 2014
  11. ↑ Doc/Fest exec joins Guardian as head of docs". Broadcast Now.8 September 2014 | By Michael Rosser
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