Daryl Goodrich is a British born director, filmmaker and motion graphic designer. Winner of the International Emmy Awards 2024 for his work as director on the Disney+ series 'Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story'.
He has worked for major television networks specialising in sports production, and was responsible for producing the opening animations for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016. He has also produced and directed sports documentaries features including Ferrari: Race to Immortality, True Grit and Make It or Die Trying – the Frank Warren Story, winner of best sports documentary of the year 2021. [1]
Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire to parents Roy and Myra Goodrich, he is the second child of three, in between brothers Mark and Damon. He was raised in Yorkshire in the market town of Bingley, [2] attending Ladderbanks Middle school in Baildon, then Salts Grammar school in Shipley, where his fascination with film and sports began. He subsequently attended Bradford College of Art and Design [3] [4] [5] before studying graphic design and design communications at Suffolk Art College. [6] [7]
In 1988, Goodrich became a graphic designer for Cheerleader Productions responsible for design and motion graphics, covering all of their broadcast television shows including American Football and Sumo on Channel 4.
In 1994, he joined North One Television, formerly Chrysalis Television, as creative director. Goodrich was responsible for all the design and visual identity for their global television shows including Formula One for ITV for ten years, NBA and Football Italia on Channel 4, Rugby Special on BBC Two.
In 2004, Goodrich was commissioned to design and produce the opening animations for the World Television feed for Athens Olympic Games. Further commissions followed for Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, 2012 London Olympics.
Goodrich also won commissions for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, [8] [9] the 2016 Rio Summer Games, and for Qatar on their successful campaign to host the 2022 World Cup.
Goodrich directed Make Britain Proud and Inspiration, [10] two official London Olympic bid films that helped win the 2012 games. [11] [12] The winning film was noted for its powerful imagery and strong messaging. [13] London Mayor Ken Livingstone said the film Inspiration 'won us the Olympics' [14] and Goodrich was named among the top ten key players who helped London win the Games ( The Observer , 10 July 2005). [15]
Goodrich was commissioned to design and direct the Olympic film Inside The Race, a film exhibited at the Olympic museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. [16] For the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games Goodrich was commissioned by Channel 4 television to direct the story of 7/11 survivor Martine Wright The Journey. [17]
Alongside his work as a creative director, Goodrich directs commercials as part of advertising campaigns for global brands. Clients include Adidas, British Airways, Coca-Cola, Sony, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Panasonic, Pepsi and Sony. In 2014, Goodrich left North One to establish his own creative agency, Dunlop Goodrich Creative. [18]
Goodrich has directed various sport documentaries, including Diamonds and Tiaras for ITV, a behind-the-scenes look at David and Victoria Beckham World Cup party. In 2017, Goodrich directed the documentary feature film Ferrari: Race to Immortality [19] released by Universal Pictures - described as "One of the best sporting films for years" by Rick Broadbent in The Times . [20]
Goodrich followed this success with True Grit in 2018 for BT Sport Films, a film looking at the world of speedway, and described in The Daily Telegraph as "a powerful and sad story, bravely and sentimentally told". [21]
In 2021, Daryl released his third major sports documentary Win or Die Trying – The Frank Warren Story which won 'best sports documentary of the year', [22] likened by the Telegraph to a Guy Ritchie film. [23]
In 2023, Daryl produced and directed the biopic documentary Sheene, his fourth major feature documentary release. Daryl was also commissioned as Series Director on a four part unscripted documentary series for Disney+ featuring Keanu Reeves, BrawnGP: The Impossible Formula One Story.
In 2024, Daryl won an International Emmy [24] for Best Sports Documentary for Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story.
Year | Title | Distributor |
---|---|---|
2016 | Ref - Stories from the Weekend | BT Sport Films |
2017 | Ferrari: Race to Immortality | Universal Pictures |
2018 | True Grit | BT Sport Films |
2021 | Win or Die Trying - The Frank Warren Story | BT Sport Films |
2023 | SHEENE | BT Sport Films |
2023 | BRAWN: The Impossible Formula 1 Story | Disney+ |
Michael Kenneth Mann is an American film director, screenwriter, author, and producer, best known for his stylized crime dramas. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. His most acclaimed works include the films Thief (1981), Manhunter (1986), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), The Insider (1999), Ali (2001), Collateral (2004), Public Enemies (2009), and Ferrari (2023). He is also known for his role as executive producer on the popular TV series Miami Vice (1984–90), which he adapted into a 2006 feature film.
Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, a record which was tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020. At the time of his retirement, Schumacher held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155), while he maintains the record for most fastest laps (77), among others.
James Harrison Coburn III was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
Graeme Murray Walker was an English motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula One coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, and for ITV between 1997 and 2001.
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British racing driver, currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota. Button competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2017, and won the World Drivers' Championship in 2009 with Brawn; he won 15 Grands Prix across 18 seasons.
Frank Wilton Marshall is an American film producer and director. He often collaborates with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company Amblin Entertainment, along with Steven Spielberg. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of President of Lucasfilm, Marshall has been Kennedy/Marshall's sole principal.
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (202), among others.
Ross James Brawn is a British Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director. He is a former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal, and has worked for a number of Formula One teams. Teams with Brawn in an essential role have won eight constructors' championships and eight drivers' championships in total. Serving as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton and Ferrari teams, he earned fame as the "mastermind" behind Michael Schumacher's seven world championship titles. He took a sabbatical in 2007 and returned to F1 for the 2008 season as team principal of Honda.
Nicholas Richard Fry is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, having previously served in similar roles at previous incarnations of the company.
Steve Matchett is a commentator for American TV network Fox Sports on its Formula E programming. He formerly co-hosted live Formula One practices, qualifying sessions, and races alongside David Hobbs and Bob Varsha.
James Allen is a British former TV commentator and journalist who is the president, Motorsport Business, and F1 Liaison of Motorsport Network. He worked as Formula One commentator for ITV from 2000 to 2008, and subsequently as BBC Radio 5 Live's Formula One commentator, Formula One correspondent for the BBC and the Financial Times, and presenter for Ten Sport in Australia. He presents the podcast James Allen on F1 on the Autosport podcast network. Allen has been a trustee of the Grand Prix Trust, F1's benevolent fund, for over 25 years.
Mary Carillo is an American sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is an analyst for Tennis on NBC and a reporter for NBC Olympic broadcasts.
The Formula One Group is a group of companies responsible for the promotion of the FIA Formula One World Championship, and the exercising of the sport's commercial rights.
The Ferrari F2005 is a Formula One racing car used by Ferrari for the 2005 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne, Ignazio Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, John Iley and Marco de Luca with Ross Brawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Technical Director and Paolo Martinelli assisted by Giles Simon leading the engine design and operations.
The Ferrari F2002 was a racing car used by Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro as its entry for competition in the 2002 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne, Ignazio Lunetta, Aldo Costa, Marco Fainello, Nikolas Tombazis and James Allison and Paolo Martinelli, assisted by Giles Simon leading the engine design and operations, under the overall leadership of Ross Brawn who was the team's Technical Director and Jean Todt the team Manager. It won fifteen Grands Prix, from a total of nineteen races in 2002 and 2003. It is widely regarded as one of the most successful Formula One car designs of all time, as Michael Schumacher drove it to a then record-equaling fifth world drivers' title in 2002, while easily clinching the 2002 constructors' title with as many points as all other teams put together.
Steven Frayne, better known by his stage name Dynamo, is a British magician born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His television show Dynamo: Magician Impossible ran from July 2011 to September 2014, and saw him win the Best Entertainment Programme award at the 2012 and 2013 Broadcast Awards. Dynamo has toured the world, and his Seeing Is Believing arena tour was seen by over 750,000 people across the UK, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
Brawn GP was a Formula One constructor which competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team was formed in 2009 by a management buyout led by Ross Brawn of the Honda Racing F1 Team, after Honda announced their withdrawal from the sport in December 2008 due to the global financial crisis. The team started development of their car in early 2008, when still owned by Honda. For the 2009 season, Honda provided a $100 million budget, while Mercedes provided engines under a customer relationship.
The Brawn BGP 001 is a Formula One world championship winning racing car, the design of which was started by Honda Racing, and completed and then built by the team after it was renamed to Brawn GP. It was the first and only Formula One car constructed by the Brawn GP team, and was used to contest the 2009 Formula One season. The car won eight out of the seventeen Grands Prix it competed in. It was notable for its unusual double diffuser, and its legality was disputed, though it was ultimately deemed legal by the FIA.
Rush is a 2013 biographical sports film centred on the rivalry between two Formula One drivers, Briton James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda, during the 1976 motor-racing season. It was written by Peter Morgan, directed by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda. The film premiered in London on 2 September 2013 and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival before its United Kingdom release on 13 September 2013. The film received positive reviews from critics for Hemsworth and Brühl's performances, Howard's direction, the racing sequences, and Hans Zimmer's musical score.
Jon Weinbach is an American film and television writer and producer. He is currently President of Skydance Sports and was previously the executive producer and executive vice president for Mandalay Sports Media, a media and production company that focuses on sports entertainment programming.