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David Hugh Malone (born March 1962) is a British
independent filmmaker An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in ...
,
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
politician, and author of ''The Debt Generation''. He has directed
television documentaries Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film. *Television documentary series, sometimes called d ...
on
philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
,
science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
and
religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...
, originally broadcast in the
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by the
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and
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
. Malone lives in
Scarborough, North Yorkshire Scarborough () is a seaside town in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough is located on the North Sea coastline. Historic counties of England, Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10 ...
, and was the Green Party's parliamentary candidate for Scarborough and Whitby in the
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general elections.


Documentary career

David Malone was born in
North Shields North Shields () is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. Since 1974, it has been in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wea ...
and grew up in 1970s
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. His father,
Adrian Malone Hugh Adrian Malone (3 February 1937 – 13 March 2015) was a British documentary filmmaker who produced and directed a number of documentaries, including ''The Ascent of Man'' (1973), '' The Age of Uncertainty'' (1977), and '' Cosmos: A Personal ...
, was also a documentary filmmaker, who produced ''
The Ascent of Man ''The Ascent of Man'' is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who ...
'' with
Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski (18 January 1908 – 22 August 1974) was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He was known to friends and professional colleagues alike by the nickname Bruno. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to sc ...
and directed '' Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'' with
Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ext ...
. Malone spent nine years in America and studied
biological anthropology Biological anthropology, also known as physical anthropology, is a scientific discipline concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their extinct hominin ancestors, and related non-human primates, particularly from an e ...
at
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in
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before joining the
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Science Department and working there for nine years. He ended up joining the production team for ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'', a regular documentary series on science and philosophy. Malone then left and started his own documentary company, I-330 Films, and moved to
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
. I-330 Films was set up in 1995 by David Malone and his brother James Malone. Malone was also listed as one of three Directors of becauseyouthink.tv, alongside David Paterson and Jan Klimkowski. Malone's ''Testing God'' was shortlisted for the
Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...
's best documentary series award in 2002. He is currently a member of the
University of Bradford The University of Bradford is a Public university, public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be creat ...
's Film and Media Professional Advisory Board, which ensures the courses and operations of the department remain up-to-date. In 2016, Malone produced, directed, and co-presented the four-part documentary series ''Why Are We Here?'' The programmes followed Malone and his co-presenter Ard Louis as they met scientists and philosophers including
Frank Wilczek Frank Anthony Wilczek (; born May 15, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and Nobel laureate. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Direct ...
,
Roger Penrose Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fello ...
,
Gregory Chaitin Gregory John Chaitin ( ; born 25 June 1947) is an Argentine-American mathematician and computer scientist. Beginning in the late 1960s, Chaitin made contributions to algorithmic information theory and metamathematics, in particular a computer-t ...
, and
Jane Goodall Dame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Seen as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best know ...
as they attempted to reconcile questions of meaning and purpose with science.


Political career

In 2008 Malone began commenting on the financial pages of ''The Guardian'''s website about the
credit crunch A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze, credit tightening or credit crisis) is a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks. A credit cr ...
and the ensuing
financial crisis A financial crisis is any of a broad variety of situations in which some financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many financial crises were associated with banking panics, and man ...
under the pseudonym
Golem XIV ''Golem XIV'' is a book written by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1981. It is a philosophical essay in the format of science fiction, presented as a part of the lecture course given by a superintelligent computer, Gol ...
, the name of a military supercomputer in a novel of the same name by the Polish science fiction writer
Stanisław Lem Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical ...
. Malone became a fierce critic of the bank bailouts arguing that they would lead to massive cuts in
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. In November 2010 his book about the crisis, ''The Debt Generation'', was published in the UK by Level Press. It had been edited by Mark Tanner from the different writings he had done in ''The Guardians comments section, which had totaled 600 pages of material. In 2013 he was also interviewed over his book by
Ross Ashcroft Ross Ashcroft is a British filmmaker, broadcaster and entrepreneur. He is the host of the weekly programme Renegade Inc. Early life and education Ashcroft was born in Liverpool and grew up in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. He attended St ...
on his 'Renegade Economist' talk show. Malone has stood for election several times at various levels in Scarborough as a
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
candidate: * 2009 County Council election, in Falsgrave and Stepney division, coming third with 21% of the vote * 2011 Scarborough Borough Council election, stood in Falsgrave ward coming fourth with 11% of the vote. * 2013 County Council election, in Falsgrave and Stepney division, coming fourth with 17% of the vote. * 2015 general election, in Scarborough and Whitby, coming fourth with 4.6% of the vote, 2,185 votes. * 2015 Scarborough Borough Council election, in Stepney Ward. * 2017 County Council election, in Falsgrave and Stepney division, coming second with 32% of the vote. * 2017 general election, in Scarborough and Whitby, coming fifth with 1.8% of the vote, 915 votes. In 2016, Malone stood in the Green Party leadership election, following the announcement that incumbent leader
Natalie Bennett Natalie Louise Bennett, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (born 10 February 1966) is a Australian-British politician and journalist who served as Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016. Bennett was given a peerage in ...
would not be standing. He was running his campaign to encourage the party to focus more on finance and economics. During the campaign, he attended hustings and gave interviews to various news outlets covering the election. ''
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'' speculated that "he is likely to win the support of many not backing the Bartley-Lucas ticket" and "to come in the top three." Voting took place from 25 July to 25 August, and the result was announced on 2 September at the party's Autumn Conference. The result was a victory for
Jonathan Bartley Jonathan Charles Bartley (born 16 October 1971) is a British politician and was Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, a position he shared with Caroline Lucas and then, from 4 September 2018, with Siân Berry. He was the Green Par ...
and
Caroline Lucas Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who has twice led the Green Party of England and Wales and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Pavilion since the 2010 general election. She was re-elected ...
, who won as a job share candidacy with 86% of the vote. Malone came second with 956 votes, which equated to 6.1% of the vote.


Works


Books

* ''The Debt Generation'' (edited by Mark Tanner, Level Press,
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: 2010),


Documentaries

* ''Fossil Heroes'' (for the
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's ''
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''; 1992) * ''Wot U Lookin' At?'' (for Horizon; 1993) * ''The Far Side - a 30th anniversary special'' (for ''Horizon''; 1994) * ''Death Wish: The Untold Story'' (for ''Horizon''; 1994) * ''Icon Earth'' (for ''Horizon''; 1995) * ''Tibet: The Ice Mother'' (for ''Horizon''; 1995) * ''Inside the Internet'' (for the BBC's ''Computers Don't Bite''; 1997) * ''The Flow of Time'' (1999) * ''Secrets of the Incas'' (2000) * ''Testing God'' (2001), in three episodes: *:''Killing the Creator'' *:''Darwin and the Divine'' *:''Credo Ergo Sum'' * ''Soul Searching'' (2003), in two episodes: *:''Know Thyself'' *:''The Undiscovered Country'' * ''What We Still Don't Know'' (2004), in three episodes: *:''Are We Alone?'' *:''Why Are We Here?'' *:''Are We Real?'' * ''Stems Cells: The Promise'' (2005) * ''Voices In My Head'' (2006) * ''Dangerous Knowledge'' (2007) * ''High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos'' (2008) * ''The Secret Life of Waves'' (2011) * ''Heart vs Mind: What Makes Us Human?'' (2012) * ''Metamorphosis: The Science of Change'' (2013) * ''Why are we here?'' (2016), in 4 episodes: *:''Meaning Seeking Beings'' *:''The Reality of Ideas'' *:''The Animal Within'' *:''The Moral Compass''


References


External links

*
''The Debt Generation'' website

''The Debt Generation'' book quotes
on Blocl Radical's digest
Golem XIV blogWhy Are We Here?
website
Official candidate website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, David 1962 births Living people British television producers Green Party of England and Wales parliamentary candidates People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire Politics of the Borough of Scarborough