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Leslie Woodhead

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Leslie Woodhead

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Born: January 1, 1937
Died: June 26, 2026

Biography

James Leslie John Woodhead, OBE is a British documentary filmmaker. For his National Service commencing in 1956, he served in Fife at the Joint Services School for Linguists where he was taught Russian. He was posted to West Berlin to monitor the communications of Soviet pilots flying in and out of East Germany.

Known for

1974 Series 7.1

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

Children of Beslan

9/11: The Day That Changed the World

1997 Series 7.6

The Day Kennedy Died

The Stones in the Park

Filmography

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2019

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

Directing (Director)

2017

Diana: The Day Britain Cried

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye

Directing (Director)

2015

The Day They Dropped The Bomb

Directing (Director)

2013

The Day Kennedy Died

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2012

The Hunt For Bin Laden

Directing (Director)

2011

Histoire Immédiate

Directing (Director) 1 EP

9/11: The Day That Changed the World

Directing (Director)

2009

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

Acting (Self - Narrator) Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

2006

Godless in America

Directing (Director)

2005

Children of Beslan

Directing (Director)

Srebrenica: Never Again?

Directing (Director)

2004

The Russian Newspaper Murders

Acting (Narrator)

2003

My Life As A Spy

Directing (Director)

Star Wars Dreams

Acting (Narrator (voice)) Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer)

2002

A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan Milosevic

Directing (Director)

Here is New York

Directing (Director)

2000

The Holocaust on Trial

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1999

A Cry from the Grave

Directing (Director)

Directing (Director)

1998

Directing (Director)

1997

Directing (Director) 1 EP

1996

Tony Bennett's New York

Directing (Director)

1994

Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

1993

The Last Soviet Citizen

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1992

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Production (Executive Producer)

1990

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

1989

Under the Sun

Production (Producer) 1 EPDirecting (Director) 1 EP

1987

The Lau of Malaita

Directing (Director)

1985

Directing (Director) 13 EPProduction (Producer) 13 EP

1981

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Directing (Director)

1980

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)