Molly Dineen

Documentary Director

Molly Dineen
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Biography

Molly Dineen was awarded The Grierson Memorial Trust 2003 Trustees’ Award for outstanding contribution to the art of documentary and won a BAFTA and Grierson Award for her last film THE LIE OF THE LAND.

Molly’s collected works are available in a 3 volume DVD put together by the BFI.

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Documentaries

Production Company Notes
BEING BLACKER
2018 		RTO Pictures

90 minute intimate portrait of Jamaican born reggae producer, businessman, father, son and community figure, Blacker Dread.
* Nominated for Best Single Documentary – Grierson Awards 2019
* Nominated for Diversity in Factual Production – Screen Nation Film & TV Awards

THE LIE OF THE LAND
2007 		Channel 4

90 minute documentary portrait of the British countryside and the demise of farming.
* Winner of Best Single Documentary, BAFTA Awards 2008
* Winner of Grand Jury Prize, Visions du Reel, Neon, Switzerland 2007
* Winner of Best Documentary on a Contemporary Issue, Grierson Awards 2008
THE LORDS TALE
2002 		Channel 4

75 minute documentary about the reform of the House of Lords
GERI
1999 		Channel 4

90 minute documentary portrait of Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) in the 3 months after her departure from the Spice Girls. A portrait of the predicament of the modern celebrity.
* Indies Award nomination
TONY BLAIR
1997

A 10-minute portrait of Tony Blair, screened across all 4 television channels just prior to the election campaign of 1997.
IN THE COMPANY OF MEN
1995 		BBC 2

Three 1 hour films with “The Prince of Wales” company of the Welsh Guards, an elite regiment in the British Army, on a tour of duty in Northern Ireland.
* Women in Film and Television – Broadcasters contribution to the medium award
THE ARK
1993 		BBC 2

A series of four 1 hour films about London Zoo during a 6 month period of crisis
* BAFTA Award – Best Series
* Special Commendation – Prix Europa
* Voice of Viewers and Listeners 1993 – Best Television Programme
* Indies 1994 – Documentaries and Features Award
THE PICK, THE SHOVEL AND THE OPEN ROAD
1990 		Channel 4

60 minute film about the Irish roadwork company McNicholas
HEART OF THE ANGEL
1989 		BBC 2

40 minute documentary about people working round the clock at the Angel underground station.
* British Film Institute – nominated for Grierson
* Royal Television Society – Documentary Award
* British entry for Prix Europa
MY AFRICAN FARM
1988 		BBC 2

40 minute portrait of old colonial Sylvia Richardson and her servants on her farm in Kenya over Christmas.
* BFI – Kodak Newcomers of the Year Award 1988
* Prix des Bibliotheques – Lyon Biennale Europeane de Cinema 1989
OPERATION RALEIGH, THE MOUNTAIN, THE VILLAGE
1988 		BBC 2

Operation Raleigh was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales to give young people the benefit of war time in peace. Two 30-minute films about an expedition to Southern Chile.
HOME FROM THE HILL
1985 		National Film and Television School

58 minute documentary about retired soldier and safari operator, Colonel Hook, returning from Kenya to England
* BAFTA nomination
* Royal Television Society Prize
* Documentary Prize – Uppsala Film Festival, Sweden
* TV Suisse Rommande Prize – Nyon Doc Festival
* First Prize (student category) – Anthropos
* Documentary Festival, Los Angeles
* BFI Grierson Award nomination
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