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Garry Crystal

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CV

DIRECTING CREDITS
DOWN (2019)
12 min' short film starring Amanda Donohoe, James Eeles and Paul Barber
(Also written by Garry)
Hidden Door Productions Producer: Karen Newman

*Best Editing at Globe Screen Festival 2020
*Fastnet Film Festival
*Out Film CT
*Norwegian Short Film Festival
*Woods Hole Film Festival
*Oslo/ Fusion International Film Festival
*Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canada Screen qualifying)
WINNER “Best Screenplay
*British Urban Film Festival (BIFA qualifying)
*Exit 6 International Film Festival
*Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival
*Encounters Film Festival (Academy Award, BAFTA and European Film Award qualifying)
*Bolton Film Festival
*Women Over Fifty Film Festival
*Aesthetica Film Festival (BAFTA qualifying)
BERTIE (2018)
16' min short film starring Alison Steadman, Arthur Darvill and Jemima Rooper
(Also written by Garry)
Hidden Door Productions Producer: Karen Newman

*BAFTA Best Short Film Longlist 2019
*Palm Springs International ShortFest 2018: Official Selection (Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying) - Best of Festival extra screening
*Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2018: Official Selection (Academy Award, BAFTA and Canada Screen qualifying)
*California Independent Film Festival 2018
*Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival 2018
*Tallgrass Film Festival 2018
*SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2018 - WINNER of “Best LOLZ Short Film”
*Pittsburgh Short Film Festival 2018
*London Short Film Festival 2019
*Dam Short Film Festival 2019
*New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2019
*Sonoma International Film Festival 2019
*Beverly Hills Film Festival 2019 - WINNER Jury’s Prize “Best Short Film
*Cleveland International Film Festival 2019 (Academy Award qualifying) – Honourable Mention- “Best Live Action Short Film”
*Long Beach International Film Festival 2019
*Cordillera International Film Festival 2019
*Lviv Film Festival 2019
THE FOX AND THE RABBIT (2017)
18' min short film starring Oliver Walker and David Westhead
(Also written by Garry)
Exec Producer: Terry McDonough

*Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017: Official Selection (BAFTA qualifying)
*Lone Star Film Festival 2017: Official Selection
*Kino Film Festival 2017: Official Selection
*BUFF 2018: Official Selection - WINNER of “BEST SHORT FILM” OF THE FESTIVAL
*New Filmmakers Los Angeles 2018: Official Selection - WINNER of "BEST DRAMA PERFORMANCE"
*Groucho Club Film Festival
*Your Cinema: Official Selection
BOBBY (2015)
6' min short film
(Also written by Garry)
Exec Producers: Terry McDonough & Eleanor Greene

*Mumbai International Film Festival 2016: Official Selection and Certificate of Excellence
*London International Short Film Festival 2016: Official Selection
*Short of the Year 2016: Official Selection and Jury Special Mention
EDITING CREDITS
UNTITLED NASA PROJECT (2020/21) Disney+ Exec: Ben Turner
DOWN (2019)
Short Film - Drama
Hidden Door Productions Director: Garry Crystal
Producer: Karen Newman
BERTIE (2018)
Short Film - Drama
Hidden Door Productions Director: Garry Crystal
Producer: Karen Newman
THE FOX AND THE RABBIT (2017)
Short Film - Drama
Director: Garry Crystal
Exec Producer: Terry McDonough
BOBBY (2015)
Short Film - Drama
Director: Garry Crystal
Exec Producers: Terry McDonough & Eleanor Greene
JESTER (2015)
Short Film - Drama
Director: Conor Woodman
Producer: Louise Sutton
SUSPECTS (2015)
1 x 60' Drama
Newman St/Channel 5 Director: John Hardwick
Exec Producer: Paul Marquess
Series Producer: Kara Manley
Line Producer: Mary Hare
ELIZABETH AND HER ENEMIES
1 x 60' Docudrama
Oxford Film & TV/Channel 5 Director: Chris Holt
Exec Producers: Nick Kent & Sue Jones
HOW WE INVENTED THE WORLD
1 x 60' Docudrama
Nutopia/Discovery Directors: David Hutt & Mark Everest
Exec Producer: Phil Craig
SECONDS FROM DISASTER
1 x 60' Docudrama
Darlow Smithson/Discovery Director: Rob Kaplan
Exec Producer: Tom Adams
Series Producer: Hereward Pelling
STEPHEN HAWKING'S GRAND DESIGN
1 x 60' Docudrama
Darlow Smithson/Discovery Director: Matthew Huntley
Exec Producers: John Smithson & Ben Bowie
INFESTED!
1 x 60' Docudrama
Darlow Smithson/Discovery Exec Producer: Tom Brisley
Series Producer: Nick Metcalfe
FEARLESS PLANET: SAHARA
1 x 60' Docudrama
Impossible/Discovery Directors: Srik Narayanan & Tom Stubberfield
Exec Producer: Alan Eyres
Series Producer: Will Aslett
PORTILLO: THE TROUBLE WITH THE TORY PARTY
1 x 60' Doc
Transparent TV/Channel 5 Exec Producer: Ruairi Fallon
Series Producer: Sophia Roberts
THE KING WHO FOOLED HITLER
1 x 60' Doc
Brave New Media/Channel 4 Director: Paul Elston
Exec Producer: Simon Berthon
NARCOS UK
1 x 60' Doc
ITN Productions Director: Mark Radice
Exec Producer: George Waldrum
SECRET OF EGYPT'S VALLEY OF KINGS
1 x 60' Doc
Windfall Films/Channel 4 Exec Producer: Dan Kendall
PRIME MINISTER CORBYN
1 x 60' Doc
Voltage/Channel 4 Director: Mark Radice
Exec Producer: Jon Alwen
THE ALTERNATIVITY
1 x 60' Doc
Acme Films/BBC 2 Director: Jaimie D'Cruz
Exec Producer: Simon Ford
DRUGLORDS
2 x 60' Doc
ITN Productions/Netflix Exec Producer: Chris Boulding
BREXIT MEANS BREXIT
1 x 60' Doc
Oxford Film & TV/BBC 2 Director: Patrick Forbes
Exec Producer: Nick Kent
TIME TO DIE
90' Feature Doc
Viceland Exec Producer: Yonni Usiskin
BREXIT: A VERY BRITISH COUP?
1 x 60' Doc
Oxford Film & TV/BBC 2 Director: Patrick Forbes
Exec Producer: Nick Kent
SCOTLAND AND THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN
2 x 60' Doc
STV/BBC 2 Director: Mark Radice
Exec Producer: Alan Clements
A SONG OF GOOD AND EVIL
1 x 90' Doc
Oxford Film & TV Director: David Evans
Exec Producer: Nick Kent
PANORAMA, THE SCHOOLS SCANDAL: PLAYING THE SYSTEM
1 x 60' Doc
Genie Pictures/BBC 1 Director: Chris Boulding
Exec Producer: Rachel Crellin
SYRIA: A & E IN THE WAR ZONE
1 x 60' Doc
Oxford Film & TV/Channel 4 Director: Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones
Exec Producer: Nick Kent
THE TRIPLETS ARE COMING!
1 x 60' Doc
Shine TV/ITV Exec Producer: Alf Lawrie
Series Producer: Nick Betts
THE FIFTEEN BILLION POUND RAILWAY
1 x 60' Doc
Windfall Films/BBC Director: Jory Lubman
Exec Producer: Carlo Massarella
Series Producer: Jane Fitzgerald
MY BROTHER THE TERRORIST
1 x 60' Doc
Grace Productions/BBC Director: Robb Leech
Producer: Ray Tostevin
Exec Producer: Simon Ford
YOUR INNER FISH: YOUR INNER REPTILE
1 x 60' Doc
Windfall Films/PBS Director: Alex Tate
Exec Producer: David Dugan

*WINNER of Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction, EMMY 2015
*WINNER of Best Science Series & the Special Jury Prize, Wildscreen Panda Awards 2014
*WINNER of Communication Award for Film/TV/Radio, National Academy of Science Awards 2015
RICHARD III: THE KING IN THE CAR PARK
1 x 90' Doc
Darlow Smithson/Channel 4 Director: Louise Osmond
Exec Producer: Julian Ware

*WINNER of Best History Programme, RTS Programme Awards
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
1 x 60' Doc
Wall to Wall/BBC 1 Director: Jenny Dames
Exec Producer: Tom McDonald
LONG LOST FAMILY
1 x 60' Doc
Wall to Wall/ITV Exec Producers: Duncan Coates & Leanne Klein
Series Producer: Kate Scholefield
AMDREW MARR'S METROPOLIS
1 x 60' Doc
Richochet/BBC 1 Director: Sam Hobkinson
Exec Producer: Billy Paulett
THE YOUNG ONES
1 x 60' Doc
Wall to Wall/BBC 1 Exec Producer: Tom McDonald & Leanne Klein
Series Producer: Michael Jochnowitz
DRUGS INC
1 x 60'
Wall to Wall/Nat Geo Director: Ben Reid
Exec Producer: Jonathan Hewes
Series Producer: David Herman
INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS: THE WHALE
1 x 60' Doc
Windfall Films/Channel 4 Director: Alex Tate
Exec Producer: David Dugan

*WINNER of Specialist Factual Category, BAFTA 2010
*WINNER of Best Science & Natural History, RTS Awards 2010
*WINNER of Best Popular Factual Programme, Broadcast Awards 2010
*HIGHLY COMMENDED Best Ne Programme, Broadcast Awards 2010
CUTTING EDGE: SHANNON MATTHEWS: THE FAMILY'S STORY
1 x 60' Doc
October Films/Channel 4 Director: James Quinn
Exec Producer: Angus MacQueen
DISPATCHES: BANKERS
1 x 60' Doc
Wall to Wall/Channel 4 Director: Chris Woods
Exec Producer: Adam Vandermark
MILLION DOLLAR TRADERS
1 x 60' Doc
Century Films/BBC 2 Director: Anthony Philipson