Professor Brian Winston, University of Westminster
An active journalist, documentary film-maker and writer, Brian Winston began his career at Granada Television in 1963 on World In Action. He also worked for the BBC's current affairs department and as an independent documentary film maker both in the UK and in America. He has produced one feature film in Canada. In 1985 he won a US prime time Emmy for documentary script writing
(for WNET New York).
As an educationalist,
he has headed departments at, among other places, the National Film
and Television School of Great Britain and New York University film
school. He is currently Head of the School of Communication and Creative
Industries at the University of Westminster, one of the country's biggest
and home to the UK's leading university communications and information
studies research centre. His 11th book, 'Lies, Damn Lies & Documentaries',
was published in December 2000.
