Film work
From 1990 to 1998 he was Head of Film at Channel 4, during which time he commissioned over 100 feature films including Trainspotting , The Madness of King George , Secrets & Lies , Shallow Grave , Four Weddings and a Funeral , Brassed Off , and films by Ken Loach, Peter Greenaway, Tony Harrison and many others. In 2005, Aukin was the executive producer of The Government Inspector , a television drama about the death of David Kelly. The film was described by Rupert Smith in The Guardian as "...television drama in excelsis, hitting all the right buttons – action, comedy, pathos, satire – as well as having shedloads of righteous political anger...", [6] though Mark Lawson criticised its portrayal of Tony Blair strumming a guitar while "sending men to their deaths on the telephone". [7] Aukin responded by insisting that the scene had been misinterpreted. [8] The film went on to win the 2005 BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama. [2] At the 2007 BAFTA awards, two of Aukin's works were nominated: The Trial of Tony Blair for Best Single Drama and Britz which won Best Drama Serial. [9]
He executive produced Endgame which won a 2009 Peabody Award. [10] He also produced or executive produced The Promise , The Hamburg Cell , A Very Social Secretary , Mrs Henderson Presents , Hyde Park on Hudson , and True History of the Kelly Gang . [11]
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