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John Saul Adrian Battsek (born September 1963) [1] is a British film producer of documentary films. In 2020, Battsek co-founded [2] production company Ventureland with producers Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown, and director Paul Hunter. [3]
He has produced [4] a number of feature documentaries, including One Day in September and Searching for Sugar Man, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Battsek is the son of Micha Battsek, a godson of Albert Einstein. He attended Highgate School until 1977. [5] [1] In 1999 he conceived and produced Academy Award winning One Day in September . [6]
He served as an executive producer on Academy Award-winning Searching For Sugar Man, Academy Award nominated Restrepo & Winter On Fire and BAFTA award-winning documentaries Hillsborough and The Imposter. [2]
In 2013 Battsek produced Greg Barker's Emmy Award-winning documentary Manhunt: The Search For Bin Laden. In 2016 Battsek produced Peabody Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Listen to Me Marlon . In 2017 Battsek produced Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. In 2018 Battsek produced Emmy Award-winning documentary Forever Pure. [7]
Battsek was nominated for a PGA Award in 2010 and in 2011 for Sergio and The Tillman Story , respectively. He was also nominated in 2015 for The Green Prince. In 2013 he received the Grierson Trust Trustees' Award.
In 2019, he produced the AACTA Award-winning Australian feature-length documentary, The Australian Dream .
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