James Gay-Rees is a British

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. He has been involved in the production of numerous films, including critically acclaimed documentaries '' Senna'' (2010) and '' Amy'' (2015), for which he won numerous awards and nominations. Graduating from the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

, Gay-Rees started his film career working for

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in London. He subsequently moved to New York for a year and later started working as a head of development in Los Angeles-based Orbit Productions. Gay-Rees eventually decided to pursue his career in documentary production; his first movie is ''

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'' (2010) which was nominated for the

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. His second film, '' Senna'' (2010), also received critical acclaim, and won a

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. In 2015, he produced '' Amy'', which was nominated for numerous awards, including BAFTA awards for Best Documentary and Outstanding British Film, as well as

at the

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Filmography

* ''

'' (2010) * '' Senna'' (2010) * '' McCullin'' (2012) * '' The Wedding Video'' (2012) * '' The Quiet Ones'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Amy'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Oasis: Supersonic'' (2016) * '' Maradona'' (2018) * ''Make Us Dream'' (2018) * '' Formula 1: Drive to Survive'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2023) * '' Full Swing'' (2023)

Awards and nominations

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, Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures , , , - ! scope="row" rowspan="5", 2016 ,

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, Outstanding Documentary Series – Serialized , '' Formula 1: Drive to Survive'' , ,

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* Living people Alumni of the University of Southampton BAFTA winners (people) British film producers Grammy Award winners Producers of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners Sports Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-film-bio-stub