George Carey (born 1943) is a British documentary filmmaker and television journalist.

Education

Carey was educated at

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, a boarding

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for boys in the village of Stratton-on-the-Fosse in

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, followed by the

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Life and career

As a director/editor at

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, Carey is credited with the creation of the '' Newsnight'' current affairs programme in 1980, before going on to become Editor of BBC1’s ''

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'' during the

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. In 1988, he left the BBC to co-found an independent production company with

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. In 1997, Barraclough Carey Productions was acquired by Mentorn Films, and Carey became Creative Director of the new entity, now known as Mentorn Media. As well as producing a series of prize-winning documentaries (see below), he secured the contract to produce the BBC’s weekly political discussion programme '' Question Time'', and originated

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’s ''

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'' strand. In 2005, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the

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. In 2007, he returned to filmmaking himself, with a five part BBC series on

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presented by

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, before shooting and directing several individual documentaries with producer Teresa Cherfas. These included ''Close Encounters in Siberia'', ''A Long Weekend with the Son of God'' – both for Channel 4 – and ''Knocking on Heaven’s Door'', ''Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones'', ''The Spy Who Went into the Cold'' and ''Masterspy of Moscow: George Blake'', all for BBC '' Storyville''. He served for four years as a board member for Conciliation Resources, an international non-governmental organization,Conciliation Resources, http://www.c-r.org/about/board.php and for two years as Chairman of Trustees of the

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Filmography

Documentary Singles

*''Terror in Moscow''
Grierson
prize) *''Babitsky's War'' (

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prize) *''The Valley'' ( Prix Italia, Golden Nymph Monte Carlo) *''The Unforgiving'' ( BAFTA) *''Hello Mr President'' (

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) *''Fall of Saigon'' *''The Killing of Kennedy'' *''Moonlanding'' *''Blood on their Hands'' *''Terror in the Mall''

Documentary Series (General)

*''Russia - A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby'' *''Century Road'' *''Testing God'' (Best Religious programme) *''Soul Searching'' *''Redemption Song'' *''Queen and Country'' *''Do you Believe in Magic?'' *''Visions of Heaven and Hell'' (Golden Spire, San Francisco) *''The White House Tapes'' *''The New Jerusalem'' *''The Tunnel'' *''Clintons: A Marriage of Power'' (Broadcast Award) *''Rebellion'' *''Scare Stories'' *''The Crimean War'' *''From Beirut to Bosnia'' *''Planet Islam'' *''The Poisoned Chalice'' *''Mad Cows and Englishmen'' *''Gunpower USA'' *''Men in Battle''

Documentary Series (Science)

*''The Plague'' (

Best Series) *''Knife to the Heart'' *''Cancer Wars'' *''The Babymakers'' (BMI Best Medical Series)

BBC Documentary Singles

*''Marilyn: Say Goodbye to the President'' *''M.I.A.: We'll Keep You Forever'' *''The Trial of Klaus Barbie'' *''The Search for the Missing Marcos Millions'' (

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) *''Masterspy of Moscow – George Blake'' *''Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones''

BBC Documentary Series

*''An Ocean Apart'' *''Families at War'' (RTS Award) *''Comrades'' *''Frontiers'' (ACE Award)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, George 1943 births Living people BBC newsreaders and journalists People educated at Downside School