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John Bridcut

English documentary filmmaker

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John Bridcut was an English and British documentary filmmaker, film director, screenwriter and filmmaker.

John Bridcut MVO is an English documentary filmmaker. Bridcut was educated at Radley College and Keble College, Oxford, obtaining a MA in literae humaniores (classics) in 1971. He is an honorary fellow of Keble College.

Bridcut is best known for his films about British composers. His most famous work, Britten's Children (2004), is a study of the influence that Benjamin Britten's close relationships with children had on the composer and material from the documentary was later made into a book (2006).

He has also created documentaries about Ralph Vaughan Williams (The Passions of Vaughan Williams, 2008), Edward Elgar (The Man Behind the Mask, 2010) and Hubert Parry (The Prince and the Composer, 2011), the latter a collaboration with Charles, Prince of Wales, whom he had earlier profiled in Charles at 60: The Passionate Prince. In November 2018, after being given 12 months exclusive access to Charles, Prince of Wales, Bridcut's film Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 was first aired by the BBC. Other documentaries by Bridcut include studies of Queen Elizabeth II, Michael Tippett, Rudolf Nureyev, Roald Dahl and Hillary Clinton.

In 2012, Bridcut was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.

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Important facts

Education
Radley College
Awards
Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Storytelling)

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English documentary filmmaker

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John Bridcut was a documentary filmmaker, film director, screenwriter and filmmaker.

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John Bridcut was English and British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Bridcut

· Wikidata: Q6223139

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