- Roger Graef
Roger Arthur Graef OBE (born
April 18 1936 ) is acriminologist and film-maker who broke the mould of documentary film making with his ability to gain access to hitherto closed institutions, including Government ministries and court buildings.Born in
New York , he moved to Britain in 1963 and has done most of his work there. In 1982 he made a ground-breaking observational documentary titled "Police" about theThames Valley Police . The reaction to the programme's portrayal of insensitive police handling of a rape victim changed the way in which the UK police handled rape cases. [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2667056.ece Independent interview: 18 June 2007] ] He directed the films/TV specials of the first threeAmnesty International comedy galas in 1976, 1977 and 1979 - the last of which was the first "Secret Policeman's Ball" film.Graef became a UK citizen in 1995. He was awarded an OBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours list for services to film-making and broadcasting. Also in 2006 he became a Patron of
Prisoners Abroad , a registered charity which supports Britons who are imprisoned outside the UK.He has also written for the Guardian. [ [http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/roger_graef/ CiF Guardian] ]
Further reading
*"Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film", ed. Ian Aitken. London: Routledge (2005)
References
External links
*imdb name|id=0333637|name=Roger Graef
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
