Llion Iwan

Llion Iwan is a Welsh journalist, documentary producer, and author. He works through the medium of both Welsh and English.

He worked for the North Wales Weekly News before joining the BBC where he worked variously as a journalist, producer and director.

He is currently a lecturer in journalism in the Creative Industries Department at Bangor University.

He lives in the village of Y Groeslon, near Caernarfon.

Television work

His television work, much of which relates to the outdoors and adventure, includes :

*Drowning of a Village, BBC Wales, (Director)
*"Gwlad Menyg Gwynion", S4C, (Producer /Director)
*Ellen MacArthur, Search For Speed, BBC1, (Producer /Director)
*In the Eye of the Storm, BBC1, (Assistant Producer)
*The Man Who Jumped Beneath the Earth, BBC1 Wales, (Producer/Director)
*Everest Diary, S4C, (Producer)
*Feet on the Ground, S4C, (Producer)
*Ice Challenger, BBC1, (Assistant Producer)
*Leo Houlding, BBC1, (Assistant Producer)
*Berzerk in Antarctica, BBC1, (Producer)
*Life On Land, BBC1, (Producer)
*Everest, Getting to the Bottom of a Mountain, BBC2/4, (Assistant Producer)
*Sailing Through Heaven and Hell, BBC1, (Assistant Producer)
*The Great Dog Race, BBC1, (Assistant Producer)
*Mr Sunset, Jeff Hakman story, BBC1, (Assistant Producer)
*Scott Gibbs, Out On His Own, BBC1 Wales, (Producer)
*Re-Union , Pumas , BBC2 Wales, (Producer)
*Re-Union, Wallabies, BBC2 Wales, (Producer)
*Re-Union , The Friendly Islands, BBC2 Wales, (Producer)

His awards include :
*Shortlisted for Best Director (Bafta Wales 2005)
*Winner at the Grenoble Film Festival, 2004
*Winner at Dijon, 2005
*shortlisted for Bafta UK
*Winner of Best Documentary at the Celtic Film Festival ; also at Bafta Wales
*Best Regional Sport Documentary (Royal Television Society, 2002)

Books

As an author he has had published :
*"O Afallon i Shangri La" (from Avalon to Shangri La) (2001)

*"Casglwr" (Collector) (2004)
*"Lladdwr" (Killer) (2005) - a trilogy
*"Euog" (Guilty) (2007)

He has edited "Dafydd Iwan, A Life in Pictures" (2005)and contributed to "Y Mynydd Hwn" (This Mountain) (2005) and "Cewri Campau Cymru" (1999)

External links

* [http://www.bangor.ac.uk/creative_industries/staff1.php.en Profile]
* [http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/LlionIwan.php.en Documentary Award]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1618391/ Movie Database site]