Vanessa Engle (born ) is a British documentary filmmaker. After spending four years working for BBC2's late night arts magazine programme,

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, she began to make her own documentaries. She is known for ''

Lefties ''Lefties'' is a three-part 2006 BBC documentary series investigating some aspects of the left of British politics in the 1970s. ''Lefties'' was produced and directed by Vanessa Engle. It was produced as a companion series to '' Tory! Tory! Tory ...

'' (2006) and the '' Arena'' film ''The $50 Million Art Swindle'' (2019).

Personal life

Engle was born . Shegraduated with a first class degree from the University of Oxford, then took a masters in industrial relations. She taught at Manchester University then decided to work at the BBC and started to make films. She has two children.

Career

Between 1990 and 1994, Engle learnt film-making by working for BBC2's late night arts magazine programme,

. With the guidance of

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as producer, she went on to make documentaries such as ''

'' (2006) about the British radical left of the 1970s and 1980s and ''Jews'' (2008) about orthodox Jews in north London. Engle is known for challenging people's values and belief systems, asking them direct questions. She made the '' Arena'' film ''The $50 Million Art Swindle'' in 2019, about the art dealer

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Awards and recognition

In November 2015, Engle received an Outstanding Contribution to Documentary award at the Aldeburgh Documentary Festival. ''Jews'' (2008), and ''Women'' (2010), have both been nominated for the Grierson Awards.

Selected works

* ''Two Melons and a Stinking Fish'' (1996) * ''

'' A three-part series (2006) * ''Jews'' A three-part series (2008) * ''Money'' A three-part series (2011) * ''Walking with Dogs'' (2012) * ''Welcome to the World of Weight Loss'' (2013) * ''Inside Harley Street'' A three-part series (2015) * ''The $50 Million Art Swindle'' (2019)

References

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