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Biography
Dominic Sutherland (born 1972) studied History and Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is a British television director and producer.
Biography
BBC Career
Sutherland began his career at the BBC on the production team of the 2002 documentary series "Battle of the Atlantic."
In 2003 he directed "Churchill - Secrets of Leadership" before working as a director on the 2005 documentary series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution', for which he shared the Grierson Award for Best Historical Programme.
In 2005 he produced and directed "A Very British Olympics", which was nominated for RTS and Grierson awards and which won two FOCAL awards, for the BBC4 Season "The Lost Decade."
He was a producer and director on the 2006 series Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial that re-enacted the Nuremberg Trials of prominent Nazi war criminals.
In 2007 he produced and directed two documentaries for the history strand "Timewatch" ("Hijack" and "The Greatest Knight") and in 2008 produced and directed a documentary about sex, love and relationships for the BBC series "Inside the Medieval Mind."
NextShoot Ltd
Dominic left the BBC to set up his own business in 2009 with video content management expert, Mike Macnamara.
Dominic is now Managing Director of Next Shoot Ltd., a London-based production company with an international network of filmmakers creating video for the internet.
NextShoot have created videos for clients that include Harper Collins, John Lewis, Mitel, Informa, and Yell.com.
In 2009-2010 NextShoot created 8000 videos for Yell.com's new video channel in only 7 months using over 300 filmmakers in the UK.
Deepbook Productions, which creates content for authors and publishers, is a trading name of Next Shoot Ltd.
Filmography
- 2002 Battle of the Atlantic assistant producer
- 2002 The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science: Murder for Hire assistant producer
- 2003 Churchill - Secrets of Leadership director
- 2005 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' documentary and graphics director
- 2005 A Very British Olympics producer and director
- 2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial producer
- 2007 Timewatch: Hijack & The Greatest Knight producer and director
- 2008 Inside the Medieval Mind producer and director
