John Goldschmidt is an award winning film director and producer, who was
born in London and grew up in Vienna.
Goldschmidt has both Austrian
and British nationality.
He studied at the Czech National Film
School FAMU and at The Royal College of Art's Department of Film and
Television, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree.
Goldschmidt is resident in London.
Goldschmidt has made many
documentary and fiction films for BBC TV, BBC FILMS, ATV, GRANADA TV,
GRANADA FILMS, THAMES TV, CHANNEL FOUR, FILM FOUR in the UK and ZDF, WDR,
NDR, ORF, SRG, FR3, RAI1, BAVARIA FILM STUDIOS, on the continent and HBO
Pictures in the United States.
His award winning films as
director have included JUST ONE KID, IT'S A LOVELY DAY TOMORROW, SPEND,
SPEND, SPEND and THE DEVIL'S LIEUTENANT (writer Jack Rosenthal), A
CRIME OF HONOUR (aka A SONG FOR EUROPE), MASHENKA (writer John Mortimer
based on novel by Nabakov). His award winning films as producer
include UTZ (script by Hugh Whitemore based on novel by Bruce Chatwin for
BBC Films), DEADLY VOYAGE (for HBO & BBC Films)
His productions have won
and been nominations for many awards including:
THE BRITISH ACADEMY
AWARD (BAFTA) - Director
THE PRIX ITALIA RAI PRIZE - MUSIC -
Director/Writer
THE GOLDEN NYMPH - MONTE CARLO - Director
THE
CINE DEL LUCA AWARD - MONTE CARLO - Director
FERNSEHPREIS DER
OESTERREICHISCHEN VOLKSBILDUNG - Director/Writer
SILVER HUGO --
CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL - Director/Producer
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY
AWARD - Director
GERMAN CINEMA OWNER'S PRIZE - Producer
THE
SILVER BEAR -- BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL - Producer
SILVER NYMPH - MONTE
CARLO (twice) - Producer
EMMY NOMINATION -- DRAMA SERIES -
Director/Producer
PRIX ITALIA PRIZE -- NOMINATION FOR DRAMA -
Director/Producer
CABLEACE AWARD (US) - NOMINATION –
Producer
Goldschmidt's production company Viva Films was set up
originally through an output deal for fiction films with Granada in London
and NDR in Hamburg. He advised the European Union on their
audiovisual policy and proposed the setting up of a European Script Fund as
part of the MEDIA programme. Goldschmidt has been a member of both
BAFTA and European Film Prize juries. He co-wrote the original
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 member of the board of Directors UK and a member of Directors UK
film committee.
Goldschmidt has recently directed the comedic
drama DOUGH, a feature film starring Jonathan Pryce. Goldschmidt
co-produced the film through his company Viva Films with Docler
Entertainment, who fully financed the movie. DOUGH was on theatrical
release in the US for 6 months. DOUGH received 7 Film Festival
Awards in the US and Europe during 2016.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goldschmidt