Laurence Rees

Laurence Rees (born 1957) is Creative Director of History Programs for the BBC, a documentary filmmaker, and the author of five books on war and historical atrocities.

Biography

Rees was educated at Solihull School and Oxford University, and began his career as an editor on the BBC series "Timewatch".

He wrote, directed and produced the 1997 series "", the 2001 series "Horror in the East", and the 2005 . He has won many awards for his television films, including a BAFTA, a Grierson Award, an International Documentary Award, a British Press Guild Award and a BANFF festival award.

He also wrote the companion books to his series ', ', ' and '. In 2006 he won History Book of the Year at the British Book Awards for his book on Auschwitz making him the first person to win both a BAFTA for a television series he has written, produced and directed, as well as a British Book Award for a book he has written.

His latest book, titled "", was released in September 2007 by Ebury Press.

In 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sheffield University for services to history and television.

Filmography

* 1982 "Timewatch" editor
* 1992 "We Have Ways of Making You Think" producer & writer
* 1994 "Reputations: Beria - Stalin's Creature" executive producer
* 1995 "Reputations: Pope Pius XII - the Pope, the Jews and the Nazis" executive producer
* 1995 "Crusades" executive producer
* 1997 "" producer, director & writer
* 1997 "Timewatch": "Secret Memories" executive producer
* 1997 "Tales from the Tomb: Lost Sons of the Pharaohs" executive producer
* 1998 "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great" executive producer
* 1999 "War of the Century" producer & writer
* 2000 "Hitlers Krieg im Osten" director
* 2000 "Sleeping with the Enemy" producer
* 2000 "Conquistadors" executive producer
* 2001 "Horror in the East" producer & writer
* 2001 "Timewatch": "Bombing Germany" executive producer
* 2002 "The Ship" executive producer
* 2002 "Christmas Under Fire" executive producer
* 2003 "" co-executive producer
* 2005 "" producer, director & writer
* 2005 "Hitler's Place in History" executive producer

Bibliography

* cite book
date = 11 Sep 1997
title =
last = Rees
first = Laurence
publisher = BBC Books
id = ISBN 978-0563387046
* cite book
date = 30 Sep 1999
title =
last = Rees
first = Laurence
publisher = BBC Books
id = ISBN 978-0563384779
* cite book
date = 11 Oct 2001
title =
last = Rees
first = Laurence
publisher = BBC Books
id = ISBN 978-0563534266
* cite book
date = 6 Jan 2005
title =
last = Rees
first = Laurence
publisher = BBC Books
id = ISBN 978-0563522966
* cite book
date = 6 September 2007
title =
last = Rees
first = Laurence
publisher = Ebury Press
id = ISBN 978-0091917579

External links

* [http://www.rhgdigital2.co.uk/minisites/laurencerees/index.html Laurence Rees official website]
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