Geoff Deehan is a film and television producer who has worked on projects such as '' The Heist'' and ''

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Early life

Geoff Deehan was born on 14 June 1952 in Norton, County Durham. He left in 1970 to study electronics engineering at Sussex University.

Career

Deehan spent 15 years working for the

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as a television and radio producer and Head of Science Programmes during which time he developed such strands as Science Now and Medicine Now. In his role as Head of Factual Programmes with Union Pictures, which he joined in 1990, he produced a string of successful television documentaries for Horizon and Equinox at the BBC and Channel Four respectively. He produced a four-part series on the exotic people, places and animals of the Indonesian Archipelago which was aired on Sky and is the producer of Plane Crash, a documentary in which an international team of scientists, experts and elite pilots deliberately crash land a 170-seat Boeing 727 passenger jet to study the mechanics of a plane crash in real time. The Plane Crash received viewer figures of over 4 million and was nominated for a BAFTA in the Specialist Factual category in 2013. Deehan is a former 'Science Writer of the Year' and a Sony Award winner for his BBC programme, Medicine Now. As Executive Producer, he also won a

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Award for his documentary, 'Losing it' about the effect of mental attitude upon sports performance. Deehan is the successful author of two books, 'The Descent of Mind' and 'The Keys to Creativity,' considered by many to be the seminal publication on the subject. He is also the founder of The Media Training Company, a training organisation which coaches people to get the best out of media encounters and PR crises.

Personal life

Deehan lives in Cheshire with his wife, Amanda.

References

External links

The Media Training CompanySiren Media
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deehan, Geoff Living people Alumni of the University of Sussex English film producers English television producers People from Norton, County Durham 1952 births