1. John Goldschmidt was born on 1943 and is a British-Austrian film director and producer.
10 Facts About John Goldschmidt
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John Goldschmidt went to the Gymnasium Wasagasse in Vienna and studied at the Czech National Film School and at The Royal College of Art's Department of Film and Television, where he graduated in 1968 with a Master of Arts degree.
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John Goldschmidt has made documentary and fiction films for BBC Television, BBC Films, Granada Television, Granada Films, Associated Television, Thames Television, Channel 4, Film4 in the UK, and ZDF, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Osterreichischer Rundfunk, SRG SSR idee suisse, France 3, Rai 1, Bavaria Film, on the European continent, and HBO Films in the United States.
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John Goldschmidt directed She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas starring Julie Walters and produced Captain Jack starring Bob Hoskins, both films had theatrical distribution.
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John Goldschmidt co-produced and directed the television mini-series Nobody's Hero.
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John Goldschmidt's award winning music films as director include The Emperor of Atlantis.
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John Goldschmidt advised the European Union on their audiovisual policy and proposed the setting up of a European Script Fund as part of the EU's MEDIA programme.
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John Goldschmidt has been a member of both BAFTA and European Film Prize juries.
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John Goldschmidt co-wrote the report which proposed Channel 4's involvement in theatrical films, recently co-wrote The Director's Guild of Great Britain's report to the British government on the UK tax credit for feature film production and has been a member of the board of Directors UK and of the Directors UK film committee.
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John Goldschmidt directed Dough in London and Budapest in 2015, starring Jonathan Pryce.