Biography

Roy Ackerman is a multi-award winning Executive Producer, Producer, Format Creator and Leader of creative production companies including Jamie Oliver's Fresh One Productions. Amongst his major credits are:

Pre-Production . Paid In Full (2024) . It's Gotta Happen (musical) Documentaruy . (2021) How Racist is the Church: (BBC, Best Religious Programme Sandford St Martin Awards) . (2019) David Harewood, Psychosis and Me: (BBC, Nominated BAFTA Best Documentary) . (2017) The King: (Director Eugene Jarecki) . (2014): Mad Dog Inside the Secret World of Muammar Gaddafi (BBC/Showtime) . (2013) Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (Director Marina Zenovich, Winner NAACP Image Award) . (2012) The House I Live In (Director Eugene Jarecki, winner Sundance Grand Jury Award) . (2011) Reagan ((Director Eugene Jarecki , Emmy Award winner, Peabody Award winner) . (2008) Gonzo, The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson: (dir. Alex Gibney) . (2005); Why We Fight (Director Eugene Jarecki, winner Sundance Grand Jury Award) . (2000) 100% White (Director: Leo Regan - BAFTA, RTS award winner) . (2005) Tsunami: Seven Hours on Boxing Day (BAFTA Award Nominee) . (2005) After the War: Conquering Germany (RTS Award winner) . (2003): Calais: The Last Border (Winner Berlin Film Festival, Best Documentary, Shortlisted Grierson Awards . (2002): The House of War, Battling the Taliban (Winner, Rory Peck Award, RTS Award, Edgar Murrow Award, Broadcast Award . (2002) The Trials of Henry Kissinger: (directors: Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki) . (2020) Black in Space, Breaking the Color Barrier: (Smithsonian Channel, winner Telly Award) . (2001) Battlecentre: (Director: Leo Regan, BAFTA Award nominee, Winner RTS Craft Award) . (2000) The Gambler . (2002) DAM/AGE: A Film with Arundhati Roy (One World Media Awards Winner, Women's Achievement Award . (2000) Seconds to Impact: Confessions of a BASE Jumper (winner Internationales Berg & Abenteuer Filmfestival Graz Winner, Gold, Adventure) . (1999) The Phil: (Winner, International Emmy) Series and Formats . (2020) The Curious Life and Death Of (Smithsonian Channel) (2020) The Sound of TV with Neil Brand . (2019) Sound of Movie Musicals . (2015) The Men Who Made Us Fat (BBC) . (2014) Don't Stop the Music - hit music formats, sold globally . (2013) The Sound of Musicals . (2013/14) Dream School - C4, Sundance TV: UK, China, South Africa. RTS Award Winner . (2013) The Men Who Made Us Thin (BBC) . (2013) The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music (BBC) . (2012) The Men Who Made Us Fat (BBC) . (2012) How Clubbing Changed the World: Winner Focal International Awards . (2011) Idris Elba: How Hip Hop Changed the World . (2010/12) Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (ABC): Emmy winner, Emmy Nominee . (2010) Fat Man in A White Hat (BBC) . (2010) Orchestra United . (2006/7) Shalom in the Home: hit format for TLC, two seasons . (2006/7) Codex (history quiz format shot at the British Museum) . (2007) Last Chance Kids (RTS Education Award winner) . (2006) Ballet Changed My Life . (2006-12): Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls: the show that launched Bear Grylls . (2004) Musicality . (2003) Operatunity (winner Prix Italia, Royal TV Society, Broadcast Awards) Scripted . (2013) Spies of Warsaw - BBC, BBC America, France TV . (2010) Mrs Mandela - with David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo; (BBC/PBS) BAFTA Nominee . (2003) Killing Hitler: Royal Television Society Programme Awards: Best History Programme
- IMDb mini biography by: Roy Ackerman