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John Deol

Edit Producer

Producer / Director

PROFILE

John is an award winning Edit Producer/Producer-Director attaining ‘Best Single Documentary’ award at the Royal Television Society (RTS NW). He has numerous credits on a number of high profile observational docs, and specialist factual films for Channel 4, BBC and Netflix.

He has extensive rig experience, can self-shoot, as well as having the proven ability to handle sensitive subjects and complex contributors.

He has also recently completed the BBC/Channel 4 backed Screen Skills ‘Series Producer’ training scheme, and has development experience.

 

EXPERIENCE: Credits
Long Lost Family

6 x 60 mins

Wall to Wall
for ITV		Factual EntertainmentSeries Director
DNA Journey

1 x 60 mins

Voltage TV
for ITV		Factual EntertainmentEdit Producer
Long Lost Family

6 x 60 mins series

Wall to Wall
for ITV		Factual EntertainmentProducer/Director
The Caribbean: Billionaires’ Paradise

4 x 1 hour obs doc series

Spun Gold
for Channel 4		Observational DocumentaryProducer/Director
Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure

1 x 60 mins

BBC Studios
for BBC1		Factual EntertainmentEdit Producer
The Asian Welsh

3 x 30′ social history series on post-war immigration into Wales.

Yeti TV
for BBC Wales		HistorySeries Producer/Director
Escape to Barbados

1 x 60′ film on a group of Brits ‘working from home’ from Barbados.

Lion Scotland
for Channel 4		Feature DocumentaryShooting Producer/Director
Inside Monaco

1 x 60′ of three-part obs doc series.
Executive Producer: Bridget Boseley
Series Producer: Michael Waldeman

Spun Gold
for BBC2		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
The Unremembered: Britain’s Forgotten War Heroes

1 x 60′ WW1 history film for C4 Specialist Factual.
Executive Producers: Mike Smith & David Olusoga

Uplands TV
for C4		Specialist FactualProducer / Director
F1: Drive to Survive (working title)

1 x 45′ film in 10 series on Formula 1.
SP: Anna Sadowy/Executive Producers: James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin

Box to Box Films
for Netflix		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
Inside the American Embassy

Episode 4: ‘When Trump Came to Town’ SP: Simon Gilchrist/Executive Producers: Roger Graef, Sally Angel

Field Day Production
for C4
Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
Inventing the Impossible: The Big Life Fix
Studio Lambert
for BBC2		FactualShooting PD/EP
Ambulance: Series 2

1 x 60′ BAFTA winning second series

Dragonfly
for BBC1
Factual EntertainmentProducer / Director
A Big Lego Christmas Big Lego

1 x 60′ Story of the Danish toy company.

Waddell Media
for C4		Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
An Hour to Save Your Life

1 x 60′ min – medical science obs doc series

Boundless
for BBC2		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
How to Get a Council House

Series 4
1 x 60′ Series on Britain’s social housing crisis.

Studio Lambert
for C4		Online SeriesShooting PD
First Dates

BAFTA winning series 4

Twenty Twenty
for Channel 4		Factual EntertainmentProducer / Director
How to Get a Council House

Series 3
1 x 60′ Series on Britain’s social housing crisis.

Studio Lambert
for C4		Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
Posh Pawn

2 x 60′ Series uncovering the hidden world of high-end pawnbroking

Boomerang Productions
for C4		Observational DocumentaryEdit Producer
The Nineties

1 x 60 min episode of a six part history series

Nutopia
for National Geographic		HistoryEdit Producer
My Big Fat Gypsy Christening

1 x 60 min special episode exploring birth and death.

Firecracker
for C4		DocumentaryEdit Producer
VIP People

2 x 30′ obs docs on the English National Ballet and Parliament

CBBC/BBC1Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands

Series 2

BBC Vision
for BBC3
Observational DocumentaryShooting PD
Remembrance: The Sikh Story

1 x 30 min film about Indian Sikh soldiers role in WWI and WW2. Winner of the ‘Best Single Documentary’ at the RTS North West 2011.

BBC Religion & Ethics
for BBC1
DocumentaryProducer / Director
CONTACT DETAILS

For all bookings please call (+44) 020 7287 6110 or email hello@tovs.co.uk

EDUCATION

University of East Anglia – BA Honours: Politics & Economics 1989-92

ADDITIONAL INFO

Other Credits:
Battlefront – Producer/Director – Channel 4 /Raw Television
The Vaisakhi Story – Producer/Director – BBC1 / BBC Religion & Ethics
High Society’s Favourite Gigolo – Director – Channel 4/ Maroon Prods
Trainers, Reggae & the Olympics – Director – Channel 4/Maroon
BBC Breakfast News – Broadcast Journalist – BBC News