Jo Durden-Smith
Encyclopedia
Jo Durden-Smith was a British documentary film maker. His work included The Doors are Open, The Stones in the Park, Johnny Cash at St Quentin, and, later, television work Russian Godfathers on the Russian oligarchs
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His books included Who Killed George Jackson?, on the Black Panthers.
and Merton College, Oxford
. He worked for World in Action
, Granada TV's documentary team, where his rock films were made.
Subsequently he lived in New York, and then Moscow. He was a columnist for The Moscow Times
, to 1997.
His younger brother is actor Richard Durden and he is half-brother of broadcaster Neil Durden-Smith (husband of Judith Chalmers).
Russian oligarchs
Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate", borrowed by the English speaking and western media from Russian parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics during privatization in Russia and other post-Soviet states in...
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His books included Who Killed George Jackson?, on the Black Panthers.
Life
He was educated at HaileyburyHaileybury and Imperial Service College
Haileybury and Imperial Service College, , is a prestigious British independent school founded in 1862. The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, from central London, on of parkland occupied until 1858 by the East India College...
and Merton College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
. He worked for World in Action
World in Action
World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television from 1963 until 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks and gained a solid reputation for its often...
, Granada TV's documentary team, where his rock films were made.
Subsequently he lived in New York, and then Moscow. He was a columnist for The Moscow Times
The Moscow Times
The Moscow Times is an English-language daily newspaper published in Moscow, Russia since 1992. The circulation in 2008 stood at 35,000 copies and the newspaper is typically given out for free at places English-language "expats" attend, including hotels, cafés and restaurants, as well as by...
, to 1997.
His younger brother is actor Richard Durden and he is half-brother of broadcaster Neil Durden-Smith (husband of Judith Chalmers).
Books
- Who Killed George Jackson?
- Sex and the Brain (1983) with Diane DeSimone
- Russia: a long-shot romance (1994)
- Mafia (2002)
- 100 most infamous criminals (2003)
- The Essence of Buddhism (2004)