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Peter Kosminsky (born 21 April 1956) is a British writer, director and producer. He has directed Hollywood movies such as ''
White Oleander ''White Oleander'' is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) who is separated from her mother (Ingrid) and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book ...
'' and television films like ''
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'', ''
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'', '' The Promise'', ''
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'' and ''
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''.


Biography

Kosminsky was born in London in 1956 to
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parents. He was educated at
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and the
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, where he studied chemistry under Dr John Danby of
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and was elected JCR President. He spent much of his time at the university involved in student theatre, where he was treasurer of the
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. He produced ''
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'' for the
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which toured to northern France and starred a young
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. On graduation in 1980, he joined the staff of the
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...
in London as a general trainee, alongside
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(now head of studios at ITV), Dominic Cameron (former managing director of ITV.com) and Peter Salmon (former Controller of BBC1). On finishing his training in 1982, Kosminsky became a script editor in the BBC Plays Department but was fired within three months of starting work. With the help of BBC2 Controller
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with whom he had worked as a trainee, he moved sideways on short-term contract to the BBC Current Affairs Department in Lime Grove to work on programmes such as '' Nationwide'' and ''
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'', before beginning his documentary directing career in earnest in 1985 under John Fairley and John Willis at
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. Programmes at YTV included '' The Falklands War: The Untold Story'', a two-hour documentary made with Michael Bilton to mark the 5th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands. In 1990, Kosminsky began work as a drama director, directing the four-hour ITV drama '' Shoot To Kill'', written by Mick Eaton and starring Jack Shepherd, for Yorkshire Television. It was transmitted in the UK as two two-hour films on 3 and 4 June 1990, (RTS Best Single Drama – 1990). The programme was banned in
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. In 1995, Kosminsky was fired from YTV by incoming managing director
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and set up his own company, Stonehenge Films Ltd, to act as a vehicle for his television dramas. His first independent drama as producer and director was ''
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'', written by
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and starring
Brooke Kinsella Brooke Kinsella (born 17 July 1983) is a British actress, author and anti-knife crime campaigner. A graduate of the Anna Scher Theatre School, Kinsella has been acting since childhood. She has had various roles on television and in film. Her mos ...
for
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/
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. The programme, transmitted in the UK on 25 February 1997, was a factually-based depiction of sexual abuse at home and in care and provoked considerable controversy. Its string of awards included the BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama – 1997 and the FIPA D'Or in Biarritz. In 1999, Kosminsky teamed up with writer Leigh Jackson and producer
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to make ''
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'' (1999), a two-part drama for
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which told the harrowing story of the first British peacekeeping deployment to central
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in 1992-3. Starring the at the time unknown actors
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, Matthew Macfadyen and
Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', which earned him a Golden Globe nomination ...
, the films were shown on
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to considerable acclaim. BAFTA Best Drama Serial – 1999,
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Best Single Drama – 1999 and the
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for Best Fiction Serial – 1999. It transmitted in the UK across two nights on BBC1 in November 1999. Kosminsky's collaboration with Leigh Jackson continued with '' The Project'' (2002), a two-part drama for BBC1, about
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. The first film – "Opposition" – deals with the Labour Party's attempt to reform itself into New Labour, as seen through the eyes of a group of student supporters. The second film – "Government" – shows what happens to the same characters when Labour comes to power in 1997. Revealing for the first time some of the tactics used by Labour to bring to an end 18 years of Tory rule, the films were immensely controversial. Leigh Jackson fell ill with cancer during the making of the programmes, but survived to see them transmitted in November 2002. In July 2003, Kosminsky began his collaboration with
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and
David Aukin David Aukin (born 12 February 1942) is a theatrical and executive producer as well as a qualified solicitor. He has been nominated many times for British Academy Television Awards and has won twice for producing films about Tony Blair: ''The Gove ...
's Daybreak Pictures. Aukin encouraged Kosminsky to write the films he directed and three programmes have so far resulted. ''
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'' (2005), starred
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and told the story of the death of biological weapons inspector Dr David Kelly and the search for
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in Iraq. It was transmitted in the UK on Channel 4 on 17 March 2005 and won a series of awards including BAFTAs for Best Single Drama, Best Actor (Mark Rylance) and Best Writer (Kosminsky). Next came ''
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'' (2007), starring
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and Manjinder Virk. In the wake of the 7/7 bombings in London, the two 100-minute films examined what it meant to be second-generation
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living in Britain today. Transmitted on Channel 4 as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations on 30 and 31 October 2007, the films won Best Drama Serial of 2007 at BAFTA and at the
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. The latest collaboration between Kosminsky and David Aukin for
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is '' The Promise'' (2011), a 4 x 100-minute serial written and directed by Kosminsky which was transmitted across four Sundays in February 2011. It stars
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and Christian Cooke and is shot entirely on location in the Middle East. Eight years in the making, it tells the story of British soldiers stationed in
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during the Mandate period 1945–1948 and the impact of those events on the current situation in Israel/Palestine. The programme was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Serial of 2010/11 in April 2011 and nominated for Best Drama Serial of 2011 by the
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in February 2012. ''The Promise'' was dubbed and transmitted by
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in France in four parts as ''Le Serment'', commencing 21 March 2011. Kosminsky has directed two feature films, ''
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'' (1992), (with (
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and
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), for
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and ''
White Oleander ''White Oleander'' is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) who is separated from her mother (Ingrid) and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book ...
'' (2002), (with
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,
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,
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and
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), for
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He has been a member of the Policy Council of
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, the campaigner for human rights, a past Council member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the
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, a founding board member of
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, (the body representing working film and TV directors in the United Kingdom) and a winner of the BAFTA Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV. Kosminsky directed ''
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'' (TV, 2015) for the BBC. Based on the Booker Prize winning novels ''
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'' and ''
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'' by
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, the six-part serial was written by
Peter Straughan Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, ''Bones'' and ''Noir''. Both o ...
and stars
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as Cromwell,
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as
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and
Claire Foy Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series ''The Crown'' (2016–2017) for which she won a Primetime Emmy Aw ...
as
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. The serial was transmitted on BBC Two in January and February 2015. and on
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in the United States later the same year. It received eight
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nominations and ten BAFTA programme and craft nominations, going on to win the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award at the
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; a
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and Baftas for Best Drama and Best Actor (
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), together with Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) and Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) at the Bafta Craft Awards. In 2009 Kosminsky was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts from
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and profiled on ''
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'' by
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. In September 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by University College, Falmouth. In January 2012, Kosminsky was elected by BFI members to the Board of Governors of the
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. His term lasted four years. In June 2016, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by his old college,
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. In December 2011, the
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mounted a season celebrating Kosminsky's 30 years in film and television. The programme included several examples of Kosminsky's early documentary work as well as more recent dramas. 13 December saw
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interview Kosminsky about his career so far in front of a National Film Theatre audience. Writing about the season in the ''
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'', Jasper Rees wrote "Peter Kosminsky has earned that rare accolade for a director of television drama: a retrospective at the BFI". Describing him as "Britain's most controversial television director" and "a pretty much unique figure in contemporary television who has devoted his career to giving the powerful sleepless nights", Rees quotes Kosminsky as saying "I'd be nervous if I were clubbable. It would be deeply dodgy if I was in there hugging and kissing all the great and the good. It would mean that what I was doing was a game. It's not a game. I've devoted my life to it. I've spent month after month after month sitting in a small room trying to achieve this. I don't expect to be loved or admired or patted on the back or become a cuddly figure of dissent who's been in some way neutered by being absorbed into the body politic. I want to be on the outside shouting, sometimes rather shrilly, about things that upset me and annoy. That was my upbringing, that was my training, and that's what I'll do till I drop." On 8 May 2016, after ''
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'' won Best Drama Series at the
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, Kosminsky, who directed the show, made a speech about defending the
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...
and
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from government interference. This earned him a roaring standing ovation.


Director – filmography

* '' The Falklands War: the Untold Story'' (TV, 1987) * '' Afghantsi'' (TV, 1988) * ''
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'' (TV, 1989) * '' Shoot to Kill'' (TV, 1990) * ''
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights ''Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights'' is a 1992 feature film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights'' directed by Peter Kosminsky. This was Ralph Fiennes's film debut. This particular film is notable for including the oft- ...
'' (1992) * '' 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight'' (TV, 1993) * '' The Dying of the Light'' (TV, 1994) * ''
No Child of Mine ''No Child of Mine'' is a 1997 British docudrama-television film on ITV starring Brooke Kinsella. It documents the true case of a girl named Kerry who was sexually abused throughout her childhood. It premiered on Tuesday, February 25, 1997 in ...
'' (TV, 1997) * ''
Walking on the Moon "Walking on the Moon" is a song by British rock band the Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, ''Reggatta de Blanc'' (1979). The song was written by the band's lead vocalist and bassist Sting. It went on to bec ...
'' (TV, 1999) * ''
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'' (TV, 1999) * '' Innocents'' (TV, 2000) * '' The Project'' (TV, 2002) * ''
White Oleander ''White Oleander'' is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) who is separated from her mother (Ingrid) and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book ...
'' (2002) * ''
The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pla ...
'' (TV, 2005) * ''
Britz Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the sit ...
'' (TV, 2007) * '' The Promise'' (TV, 2011) * ''
Wolf Hall ''Wolf Hall'' is a 2009 historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, ''Wolf Hall'' is a symp ...
'' (TV, 2015) * ''
The State A state is a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory. There is no undisputed definition of a state. One widely used definition comes from the German sociologist Max Weber: a "stat ...
'' (TV, 2017)


Producer – filmography

* '' The Falklands War: the untold story'' (1987), TV – Joint credit * '' Afghantsi'' (1988), TV * ''
One Day in the Life of Television ''One Day in the Life of Television'' is a documentary that was broadcast on ITV on 1 November 1989. Filmed by over fifty crews exactly one year earlier, it was a huge behind-the-scenes look at a wide range of activities involved in the producti ...
'' (TV, 1989) * '' 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight'' (1993), TV * '' The Dying of the Light'' (1994), TV * ''
No Child of Mine ''No Child of Mine'' is a 1997 British docudrama-television film on ITV starring Brooke Kinsella. It documents the true case of a girl named Kerry who was sexually abused throughout her childhood. It premiered on Tuesday, February 25, 1997 in ...
'' (1997), TV * ''
Walking on the Moon "Walking on the Moon" is a song by British rock band the Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, ''Reggatta de Blanc'' (1979). The song was written by the band's lead vocalist and bassist Sting. It went on to bec ...
'' (1999), TV * '' Innocents'' (2000), TV * ''
Honour Honour (British English) or honor (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of socia ...
'' (2020), TV


Writer – filmography

* ''
The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pla ...
'' (2005), TV * ''
Britz Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the sit ...
'' (2007), TV * '' L'École du pouvoir'' (TV, 2009) * '' The Promise'' (2011), TV * ''
The State A state is a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory. There is no undisputed definition of a state. One widely used definition comes from the German sociologist Max Weber: a "stat ...
'' (2017), TV


Awards

* '' The Falklands War: The Untold Story'' (1987), TV **
Prix Italia The Prix Italia is an international Television, Radio-broadcasting and Web award. It was established in 1948 by RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana (in 1948, RAI had the denomination RAI – Radio Audizioni Italiane) in Capri and is honoured with the ...
– Special Jury Commendation – 1987 **
International Emmy The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sc ...
– Finalist, Documentary category – 1987 **
Banff World Television Festival The Banff World Media Festival (formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world ...
– Best documentary – 1987 **
BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ...
– Award for Archival Achievement – 1987 **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Best Single Documentary – 1987 **Rheims Festival, France – Special Jury Prize – 1987 **World TV Festival, Tokyo – Tokyo Prize for Best Documentary – 1988 **Montreal – Selection for inclusion in "Documentaries of The Decade" Festival – 1989 *''Cambodia: Children of the Killing Fields'' (1989), TV **New York Film and TV Festival – Finalist – 1988 **Paters, Australia – Best National or International Current Affairs Programme – 1988 ** One World Broadcasting Trust – Best Documentary – 1988 * '' Afghantsi'' (1988), TV **
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 ...
– Best International Current Affairs Programme – 1988 **
Monte-Carlo Television Festival The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Monaco, Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Prince Albert II of Monaco. The opening ceremony ...
– Nymphe d'Or for Best Factual Programme and Critics' Prize – 1988 **
Prix Europa {{notability, Events, date=March 2021 PRIX EUROPA – The European Broadcasting Festival – is the Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. The event takes place in the third week of October in Berlin, Germany. PRIX E ...
, Berlin (formerly Prix Futura) – Best Documentary – 1988 **
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 ...
– Best Documentary – 1988 **
Prix Italia The Prix Italia is an international Television, Radio-broadcasting and Web award. It was established in 1948 by RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana (in 1948, RAI had the denomination RAI – Radio Audizioni Italiane) in Capri and is honoured with the ...
– ITV entry for Best Documentary – 1989 **Festival di Popoli, Florence – Best Ethnographic Documentary – 1988/89 **New York Film and TV Festival – Finalist – 1989 * '' Shoot To Kill'' (1990), TV ** BAFTA – Nomination, Best Single Drama – 1990 **
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 ...
– Best Single Drama – 1990 **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Best Single Drama – 1990 **Rheims Festival, France – Prix de la Meilleure Fiction – 1990 * '' 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight'' (1993), TV **
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 ...
– ITV nomination, Best Single Drama – 1993 **San Francisco International Film Festival – Certificate of Merit, Feature – 1994 Golden Gate Awards **
Howard League for Penal Reform The Howard League for Penal Reform is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest penal reform organisation in the world, named after John Howard. It was founded as the Howard Association in 1866 and changed its name in 1921, ...
– Media Prize – 1993 **
Prix Europa {{notability, Events, date=March 2021 PRIX EUROPA – The European Broadcasting Festival – is the Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. The event takes place in the third week of October in Berlin, Germany. PRIX E ...
, Berlin – The Special Prize – 1994 **Golden Chest Awards, Bulgaria – Best Film – 1994 **New York Film & Television Festival – Silver Medal – 1994 * '' The Dying of the Light'' (1994), TV ** BAFTA – Nomination, Best Single Drama – 1994 **
Banff World Television Festival The Banff World Media Festival (formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world ...
– Nomination, Best Film – 1994 * ''
No Child of Mine ''No Child of Mine'' is a 1997 British docudrama-television film on ITV starring Brooke Kinsella. It documents the true case of a girl named Kerry who was sexually abused throughout her childhood. It premiered on Tuesday, February 25, 1997 in ...
'' (1997), TV ** BAFTA – Best Single Drama – 1997 **Munich Film Festival – In Competition – 1997 **
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
– Official Selection – 1997 **
AFI AFI may refer to: * ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol * Ashton Fletcher Irwin, an Australian drummer * AFI (band), an American rock band ** ''AFI'' (2004 album), a retrospective album by AFI rele ...
, Los Angeles – Grand Jury, Special Commendation – 1997 **Golden Chest Awards, Bulgaria – Brooke Kinsella, Best Child Actress – 1997 **Mental Health Media Awards – Overall Winner – 1997 **
RTS RTS may refer to: Medicine * Rape trauma syndrome, the psychological trauma experienced by a rape victim * Revised Trauma Score, a system to evaluate injuries secondary to violent trauma * Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome, a condition characterized by ...
– Best Sound – 1997 ** FIPA, Biarritz – Winner – 1997 **Chicago International Television Festival – Certificate of Merit – 1997 **Tromsco Film Festival, Norway – Official selection – 1998 **Singapore Film Festival – In Competition – 1998 ** Cinéma Tous Ecrans, Geneva – Grand Prix – 1998 **50th International Human Rights Festival, Belgium – Selected – 1998 * ''
Warriors A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have be ...
'' (1999), TV ** BAFTA – Best Drama Serial – 1999 **
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 ...
– Best Single Film, Best Score, Best Costume, Best Sound, nominations for Best Actor, Best Writer, Best Team – 1999 **
Prix Italia The Prix Italia is an international Television, Radio-broadcasting and Web award. It was established in 1948 by RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana (in 1948, RAI had the denomination RAI – Radio Audizioni Italiane) in Capri and is honoured with the ...
– Best Fiction Serial – 1999 **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Best Single Film – 1999 **
South Bank Show ''The South Bank Show'' is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began 27 May 2012 on Sky Arts. Conceived, written, ...
Awards – Best Television Drama – 1999 ** FIPA, Biarritz – FIPA D'OR – 2000 **
Monte-Carlo Television Festival The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Monaco, Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Prince Albert II of Monaco. The opening ceremony ...
– Nymphe d'Or, Best Mini Series – 1999. **Amsterdam – Nombre d'Or, Best Drama – 1999 **
International Emmy The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sc ...
, New York – Nomination, Best Drama – 1999 **Birmingham Film & TV Festival – Samuelson Television Award, Best TV Drama – 1999 * ''
White Oleander ''White Oleander'' is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. It is a coming-of-age story about a child (Astrid) who is separated from her mother (Ingrid) and placed in a series of foster homes. It deals with themes of motherhood. The book ...
'' (2002) **
Screen Actors Guild Award Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...
– Nomination, Best Supporting Actress, Michelle Pfeiffer – 2003 **Golden Satellite Awards – Nomination, Best Supporting Actress, Renée Zellweger – 2003 **Kansas City Film Critics Circle – Best Supporting Actress, Michelle Pfeiffer – 2003 **San Diego Film Critics Society – Best Supporting Actress, Michelle Pfeiffer – 2003 **Young Artist Awards – Best Supporting Young Actor, Marc Donato – 2003 * ''
The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pla ...
'' (2005), TV ** BAFTA – Best Single Drama, Best Actor (Mark Rylance), Best Writer (PK), Nomination for Best Original Score (Jocelyn Pook) – 2005 **
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 ...
– Best Single Drama – 2005 **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Nomination, Best Single Drama – 2005 * ''
Britz Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln. History The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the sit ...
'' (2007), TV ** BAFTA – Best Drama Serial – 2007 **
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 ...
– Best Drama Serial – 2007 **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Nomination, Best Single Drama − 2007 **
Banff World Television Festival The Banff World Media Festival (formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world ...
– Nomination, Best Mini-Series – 2007 **
International Emmy The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sc ...
– Nomination, Best TV Movie/Mini-Series – 2007 **Broadcast Magazine Awards – Nomination, Best Drama Series or Serial – 2007 * '' The Promise'' (2011), TV **
One World Media One World Media is a non-profit organisation, registered in the UK as a charitable trust. It is based in London. The charities mission is to support strong vibrant and independent media that empowers citizens, promotes justice and contributes to in ...
– Winner, Best Drama – 2010/11 ** BAFTA – Nomination, Best Drama Serial – 2010/11 **
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 ...
– Nomination, Best Drama Serial – 2011 **
Banff World Television Festival The Banff World Media Festival (formerly known as the Banff World Television Festival) is an international media event held in the Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The festival is dedicated to world ...
– Nomination, Best Mini-Series – 2011 *''
Wolf Hall ''Wolf Hall'' is a 2009 historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, ''Wolf Hall'' is a symp ...
'' (TV, 2015) ** BAFTA - Best Drama - 2015; Best Actor (Mark Rylance) - 2015; Best Fiction Editing (David Blackmore) - 2015; Best Fiction Sound (Simon Clark and team) - 2015 **
Golden Globes The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
- Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television award 2015 **
Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
- 2016 **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Best Drama Series – 2015; Best Actor (
Mark Rylance Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his roles on stage and screen having received numerous awards including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Laurenc ...
) - 2015 **
Primetime Emmys The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...
- Eight nominations - 2015 including Outstanding Limited Series - 2015; Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie (
Mark Rylance Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his roles on stage and screen having received numerous awards including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Laurenc ...
) - 2015; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (
Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', which earned him a Golden Globe nomination ...
) - 2015; Outstanding Directing For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Dramatic Special (Peter Kosminsky) - 2015; Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special (
Peter Straughan Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author, based in the north-east of England. He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, ''Bones'' and ''Noir''. Both o ...
) - 2015 and Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Special (
Nina Gold Nina Gold is a casting director known for her work on the HBO series ''Rome'' and '' Game of Thrones'' and the Netflix series ''The Crown''. She has also worked as casting director in movies like '' The Martian'', '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens ...
) - 2015 * ''
The State A state is a centralized political organization that imposes and enforces rules over a population within a territory. There is no undisputed definition of a state. One widely used definition comes from the German sociologist Max Weber: a "stat ...
'' (TV, 2017) **
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 ...
– Nomination, Best Mini-Series **UK
Broadcasting Press Guild The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) is a British association of journalists dedicated to the topic of general media issues. History The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle. Currently it groups over 100 staff and fr ...
– Nomination, Best TV Drama Series ** BAFTA – Nomination, Best Mini-Series


Special awards

*
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 ...
– Fellowship – 2006 * BAFTA – Alan Clarke Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution to TV – 1999
British Academy Television Awards 2000 The 2000 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 14 May 2000. The ceremony was hosted by sportscaster Des Lynam, aired on ITV and took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London. Winners and nominees Programmes ...
* FIPA, Biarritz – EuroFipa d'Honneur – 2005 *
BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ...
– Special Award for Television Achievement – 1988/89


References


External links

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Articles

* The Promise
The Missing Memorial
The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was fo ...
* The Promise
Britain's humiliation in Palestine
The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...
* The Promise
A Film-maker's Eye
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
* Britz
Split Screen
The Telegraph ''The Telegraph'', ''Daily Telegraph'', ''Sunday Telegraph'' and other variant names are popular names for newspapers. Newspapers with these titles include: Australia * ''The Telegraph'' (Adelaide), a newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, publ ...
* The Government Inspector
The Answer Is No
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
* Making Mischief
Making Mischief
The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...


Retrospective interviews


Peter Kosminsky masterclass
DocHouse, Riverside Studios, 21 September 2007
Portrait of the artist: Peter Kosminsky, film-maker
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The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', 10 June 2008
Interview with Peter Kosminsky
(video), Séries Mania, Forum des Images, 12 April 2011
Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 1
The Arts Desk website, 3 December 2011
Q&A: Director Peter Kosminsky part 2
The Arts Desk website, 10 December 2011

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Daily Telegraph Daily or The Daily may refer to: Journalism * Daily newspaper, newspaper issued on five to seven day of most weeks * ''The Daily'' (podcast), a podcast by ''The New York Times'' * ''The Daily'' (News Corporation), a defunct US-based iPad new ...
'', 25 November 2011
Interview by Francine Stock during BFI Season – December 2011
BFI Website, 9 January 2012
Guru Big Questions
BAFTA, January 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosminsky, Peter People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford English people of Polish-Jewish descent English film directors English screenwriters English people of Austrian-Jewish descent English male screenwriters English television writers Writers from London Prix Italia winners 1956 births Living people British male television writers English Jewish writers