Jamie Doran
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Doran at the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards
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| Born | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Documentary maker, writer |
| Nationality | British, Irish |
| Genre | Current affairs, conflict, human rights |
| Subject | Warfare, human rights, sport, science fiction culture, Afghanistan, Russia, Chile, Romania |
| Notable awards |
Worldfest Gold Special Jury Award |
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Worldfest Gold Special Jury Award
2xEMMY Awards: Best Report in a News Magazine and Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine for "ISIS in Afghanistan"
One World Media Award: MDG Winner for Africa Rising
One World Media Award: Best Documentary
EMMY Award: Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine for "Opium Brides" and Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine for "Battle for Syria"
BAFTA nomination: Best Documentary
AIB (Association of International Broadcasters) Award: Best Current Affairs Documentary
AIB Award: Best Investigative Documentary
Dupont Award
UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival); Best Documentary Award
Jamie Doran is an Irish/Scottish independent documentary filmmaker and former BBC producer. He founded the multi award winning company Clover Films in 2008. He is also the Club President of Datchet Village FC, which he founded in 1986.
Doran’s films are shown worldwide and on flagship series such as BBC Panorama, Channel 4 Dispatches, Channel 4 True Stories, PBS FRONTLINE, Al Jazeera, ABC Four Corners, Japan's NHK, Germany's ZDF and NDR/ARD and Denmark's DR to name a few.
Doran’s documentaries are known for shedding light on taboo subjects. In 2014, ‘Pakistan’s Hidden Shame’ exposed the sexual abuse of streets boys in Peshawar. The film won the Grand Jury Award for ‘Best Documentary’ at the United Nations Association Film Festival. It also received high commendation at the AIB (Association of International Broadcasting).
The 2010 film, The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan exposes the widespread and systematic child sex abuse by former Northern Alliance commanders, ISAF's closest allies in Afghanistan.
His 2002 film Afghan Massacre: the Convoy of Death claimed that U.S. troops were involved in a Dasht-i-Leili massacre of Taliban prisoners in 2001. The United States' government and its allies in Afghanistan have disputed the claim. A preliminary version of the film was shown to the German and European Parliaments in June 2002, causing widespread media coverage in Europe. Allegations made in this film resurfaced in July 2009 when US president Barack Obama called for an inquiry into the massacre in response to claims that Bush administration officials had actively discouraged an investigation.
Another of Doran's documentaries, screened in 2004 by the BBC and reporting on drugs trials involving HIV-infected children in New York, had a controversial response, with many critics claiming that the investigation was biased.
Yet another of his controversial films, Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines, first broadcast in February 2010, involves a journalist being embedded with the radical Islamic group, Hezb-e-Islami, as they construct and plant roadside bombs and attempt to ambush coalition soldiers. This was one of the first films to show in detail how Afghan insurgents are waging war against ISAF and Afghan National Army forces. In May 2010, Doran was nominated for a BAFTA for Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines. One month later, he won two One World Media Awards: Best TV documentary for Afghanistan: Behind Enemy Lines, and the MDG award for Africa Rising. In October 2013, he picked up two Emmys for the films, "Opium Brides" and "Battle for Syria".
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