John Battsek

Battsek at the Montclair Film Festival, May 2015

John Battsek is a British documentary film producer who manages the film department at Passion Pictures.

His first Passion Pictures film was One Day in September (1999).^[1]

Battsek was nominated for a PGA Award in 2010 and in 2011 for Sergio and The Tillman Story, respectively. He received the Grierson Trustees Award for Outstanding Contribution to Documentary.

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
• Black Sun (2005) – Producer
• A State of Mind (2005) – Producer
• Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) – Producer
• In the Shadow of the Moon (2006) – Executive producer
• Crossing the Line (2006) – Executive producer
• My Kid Could Paint That (2007) – Executive producer
• In Prison My Whole Life (2007) – Co-producer
• Sergio (2008) – 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
• Listen To Me Marlon – (2015) – Producer
• We Are X – (2016) – Producer

References

External links

• John Battsek at the Internet Movie Database
• Producer John's page on the Making Of The Age of Stupid
• "A Passion for the Truth" – Variety
• Interview with John Battsek
• LIVE FOREVER - Movie Q&A with John Dower and John Battsek