Leslie Woodhead

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.

Most Famous Work

Average

7

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

NOVA

(1974) Writer

suggest Add Rate

Average

0

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

Under the Sun

(1989) Director

suggest Add Rate

Average

0

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

Histoire immédiate

(2011) Director

suggest Add Rate

Average

0

Play Trailer Watch tvshow

Television

(1985) Producer

suggest Add Rate

Average

7

Play Trailer Watch movie

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

(2009) Producer

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

7

Play Trailer Watch movie

The Day Kennedy Died

(2013) Writer

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

6

Play Trailer Watch movie

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

(1992) Executive Producer

suggest Watch List Rate

Average

7

Play Trailer Watch movie

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

(2019) Director

suggest Watch List Rate

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2009	Himself / narrator	How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin 2009-09-06 Movie
2004	Narrator	The Russian Newspaper Murders 2004-04-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2019	Director	Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things 2019-02-12 Movie
2017	Director	Diana: The Day Britain Cried 2017-08-29 Movie
	Director	Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye 2017-08-18 Movie
2015	Director	The Day They Dropped The Bomb 2015-07-29 Movie
2013	Director	The Day Kennedy Died 2013-11-17 Movie
2012	Director	The Hunt For Bin Laden 2012-04-29 Movie
2011	Director	Histoire immédiate 2011-09-07 TV Show
	Director	9/11: The Day That Changed the World 2011-01-01 Movie
2009	Director	How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin 2009-09-06 Movie
2006	Director	Godless in America 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Director	Children of Beslan 2005-08-30 Movie
	Director	Srebrenica: Never Again? 2005-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	My Life As A Spy 2003-11-23 Movie
	Director	Star Wars Dreams 2003-05-13 Movie
2002	Director	A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan Milosevic 2002-12-10 Movie
1999	Director	A Cry from the Grave 1999-12-06 Movie
	Director	Endurance 1999-05-14 Movie
1998	Director	444 Days 1998-01-01 Movie
1996	Director	Tony Bennett's New York 1996-12-22 Movie
1994	Director	Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America 1994-07-20 Movie
1993	Director	The Last Soviet Citizen 1993-02-13 Movie
1990	Director	The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story 1990-12-09 Movie
1989	Director	Under the Sun 1989-05-25 TV Show
1987	Director	The Lau of Malaita 1987-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	Television 1985-02-12 TV Show
1980	Director	Invasion 1980-08-19 Movie
1974	Director	NOVA 1974-03-03 TV Show
1969	Director	The Stones in the Park 1969-07-05 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Writer	Diana: The Day Britain Cried 2017-08-29 Movie
2013	Writer	The Day Kennedy Died 2013-11-17 Movie
1994	Writer	Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America 1994-07-20 Movie
1974	Writer	NOVA 1974-03-03 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2009	Producer	How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin 2009-09-06 Movie
1994	Producer	Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America 1994-07-20 Movie
1992	Executive Producer	Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster 1992-09-13 Movie
1990	Producer	The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story 1990-12-09 Movie
1989	Producer	Under the Sun 1989-05-25 TV Show
1985	Producer	Television 1985-02-12 TV Show
1980	Producer	Invasion 1980-08-19 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv