Richard Collings
Encyclopedia
Richard Collings is a broadcaster, director and producer, working principally for the BBC
. He has presented radio programs including the Financial World Tonight and World Business Report
. In the past three years he has made a number of short films. He was the BBC‘s South America
Correspondent for two years, covering the dramatic hostage crisis in Peru
, General Pinochet‘s last days as head of the army in Chile
and the ups and downs of Colombia‘s civil war. In 2006 and 2007 he worked for ‘Newsnight‘, the BBC‘s flagship news and current affairs programme, producing on the day news stories and longer features on a wide range of subjects, from politics to art. His most recent success has been a film about the Colombian artist Fernando Botero. To date the film has been shortlisted for two highly coveted awards: it was part of the Judges‘ Official Selection for the Orlando Florida Film Festival 2007 and was nominated for the UK‘s prestigious Grierson Documentary Awards. Richard Collings was nominated as "Best Newcomer Director" for these awards. The Observer newspaper called the film documentary of the week: "Fascinating, moving and brilliantly photographed, this is unlike any other documentary you will see this week." The film was shown to full houses at two Odeon cinemas in central London in November 2007, the Odeon Panton Street, Leicester Square and the Odeon Covent Garden.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. He has presented radio programs including the Financial World Tonight and World Business Report
World Business Report
World Business Report is a television business news programme produced by BBC News and shown daily on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. The programme is broadcast 10 times daily Monday - Thursday and 9 times daily on Fridays. The main presenters of the programme are Tanya Beckett, Sally...
. In the past three years he has made a number of short films. He was the BBC‘s South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
Correspondent for two years, covering the dramatic hostage crisis in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, General Pinochet‘s last days as head of the army in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and the ups and downs of Colombia‘s civil war. In 2006 and 2007 he worked for ‘Newsnight‘, the BBC‘s flagship news and current affairs programme, producing on the day news stories and longer features on a wide range of subjects, from politics to art. His most recent success has been a film about the Colombian artist Fernando Botero. To date the film has been shortlisted for two highly coveted awards: it was part of the Judges‘ Official Selection for the Orlando Florida Film Festival 2007 and was nominated for the UK‘s prestigious Grierson Documentary Awards. Richard Collings was nominated as "Best Newcomer Director" for these awards. The Observer newspaper called the film documentary of the week: "Fascinating, moving and brilliantly photographed, this is unlike any other documentary you will see this week." The film was shown to full houses at two Odeon cinemas in central London in November 2007, the Odeon Panton Street, Leicester Square and the Odeon Covent Garden.