John Battsek

John Saul Adrian Battsek (born September 1963)

He has produced a number of feature documentaries, including One Day in September and Searching for Sugar Man, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. He also produced the Peabody Award-winning documentary film Bobi Wine: The People's President.

Career and awards Battsek is the son of Micha Battsek, a godson of Albert Einstein. He attended Highgate School until 1977. In 1999, he conceived and produced Academy Award winning One Day in September.

He served as an executive producer on Academy Award-winning Searching for Sugar Man, Academy Award nominated Restrepo and Winter On Fire, and BAFTA award-winning documentaries Hillsborough and The Imposter.

In 2013, Battsek produced Greg Barker's Emmy Award-winning documentary Manhunt: The Search For Bin Laden. In 2016, Battsek produced Peabody Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Listen to Me Marlon. In 2017, Battsek produced Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Film. In 2018, Battsek produced Emmy Award-winning documentary Forever Pure.

Battsek was nominated for a PGA Award in 2010 and in 2011 for Sergio and The Tillman Story, respectively. He was also nominated in 2015 for The Green Prince. In 2013, he received the Grierson Trust Trustees' Award.

In 2019, he produced the AACTA Award-winning Australian feature-length documentary, The Australian Dream.

Under the Ventureland banner as Managing Director/Producer, John received an Academy Award nomination for the documentary Bobi Wine: The People’s President. The film later received a Peabody Award at the 84th ceremony in June 2024 He also produced Emmy Award winners The Rescue and BECKHAM, BAFTA nominee Wham!, Sports Emmy winner The Deepest Breath, and Critics Choice nominee If These Walls Could Sing. He also served as a producer on the two-time Emmy-winning Rising Phoenix, and biopics Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In and Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story.

Filmography

One Day in September (1999) – producer The Game of Their Lives (2002) – executive producer Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop (2003) – producer Peace One Day (2004) – co-producer Lila Says (Lila Dit Ca) (2004) – co-producer A State of Mind (2004) – producer Black Sun (2005) – producer Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) – producer Crossing the Line (2006) – executive producer In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) – executive producer My Kid Could Paint That (2007) – executive producer In Prison My Whole Life (2007) – co-producer Sergio (2009) – producer The Age of Stupid (2009) – executive producer Restrepo (2010) – executive producer The Stones in Exile – (2010) – producer The Tillman Story – (2010) – producer Fire in Babylon – (2010) – producer Project Nim – (2011) – executive producer Bob & the Monster – (2011) – executive producer Better This World – (2011) – executive producer Koran by Heart – (2011) – producer The Imposter – (2012) – executive producer Searching for Sugar Man – (2012) – executive producer How I Live Now – (2013) – producer Hillsborough – (2014) – executive producer Listen to Me Marlon – (2015) – producer We Are X – (2016) – producer Keep Quiet – (2016) – executive producer The Fall – (2016) – executive producer George Best – All by Himself – (2016) – producer Forever Pure – (2016) – executive producer Five Came Back – 2017 – producer Legion of Brothers – 2017 – producer The Final Year – 2017 – producer Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars – 2017 – producer Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist – 2018 – producer Studio 54 – 2018 – producer If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd – 2018 – producer The Serengeti Rules – 2018 – executive producer Mike Wallace Is Here – 2019 – producer The Australian Dream – 2019 – producer Andy Murray: Resurfacing – 2019 – producer Citizen K – 2019 – producer Circus of Books – 2019 – executive producer Sid and Judy – 2019 – producer Mystify: Michael Hutchence – 2019 – producer Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – 2019 – executive producer Rising Phoenix – 2020 – producer Final Account – 2020 – producer 'Til Kingdom Come – 2020 – producer Belushi – 2020 – producer The Trials of Oscar Pistorius – 2020 – producer The Rescue – 2021 – producer The Real Charlie Chaplin – 2021 – producer Detainee 001 – 2021 – executive producer Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – 2021 – producer Football's Darkest Secret – 2021 – executive producer Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story – 2021 – producer FIFA Uncovered – 2022 – producer The Sound of 007 – 2022 – producer If These Walls Could Sing – 2022 – producer Wham! – 2023 – producer The Deepest Breath – 2023 – producer Beckham – 2023 – producer Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker – 2023 – producer Bobi Wine: The People's President – 2023 – producer 99 – 2024 – producer Elton John: Never Too Late – 2024 – executive producer Never Get Busted! – 2025 – executive producer Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation – 2025 – producer Birthright – 2025 – executive producer Just Sing – 2025 – producer A Simple Soldier – 2025 – producer Murder in Monaco – 2025 – producer The Last First: Winter K2 – 2026 – producer