
Phil Grabsky is an award winning documentary filmmaker.
Based in Brighton, Phil and his company Seventh Art Productions make films for cinema and television. Phil has directed for all major broadcasters and has written four books.
In 2001 Phil directed Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World, which was a major success and has been seen in over 100 countries.
The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which Phil filmed and directed in Afghanistan during 2002/2003, has played in cinemas and on television worldwide. To date, it has won 11 awards, including the highly prestigious first prize at Valladolid International Film Festival, and the Gold Hugo in Chicago for best film.
Phil has just completed the first ever feature length documentary on the life of Mozart, In Search of Mozart, which will premiere at London's Barbican in January 2006 and will be broadcast on twenty channels across the world. It contains performances and interviews with dozens of today's finest performers.
He is currently filming a major documentary in Luanda, Angola, and making a film which uses Mario Petrucci's Heavy Water: a poem for Chernobyl to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Other Films
I, Caesar (BBC)
Ancient Inventions with Terry Jones (Discovery US)
The Impressionists (Five)
Dollywood - or Bust (Five)
The Long Lost Temple of Java (BBC)
Brazil - An Inconvenient History (BBC)
The Nude (Five)
Nero's Golden House (BBC/ Discovery US)
Venice Biennale 2001 (Five)
The Hidden History of Egypt - with Terry Jones (Discovery US/ BBC)
The Hidden History of Rome - with Terry Jones (Discovery US/ BBC)
Great Artists - with Tim Marlow (Five)
The Surprising History of Sex and Love - with Terry Jones (Discovery US)
Pele - World Cup Hero (BBC)
Tim Marlow on... the Lady Lever Art Gallery (Five)
Tim Marlow on... MoMA (Five)
Muhammed Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001)
The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (2003)
In Search of Mozart (2005)
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