André Singer

André Singer

Director · Producer · Writer

Biography

André Singer is a British documentary film-maker, as well as an anthropologist. He is currently CEO of Spring Films Ltd of London, a Professorial Research Associate at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, and was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland from 2014-2018. Born in London, he studied at University Hall, Buckland and then at first Keble College and subsequently Exeter College, Oxford University under Professor Sir E.E. Evans-Pritchard, specialising in Iran and Afghanistan for his doctorate. He started working in television in the early 1970s as a researcher, then as a producer and director for the Disappearing World series at Granada Television, eventually taking over from Brian Moser as the Series Editor. Description above from the Wikipedia article André Singer (producer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

My Best Fiend
My Best Fiend
7.3
/ German
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
7.7
/ Danish
La Bohème
La Bohème
4.9
/ English
Underland
Underland
5.3
/ English
The Look of Silence
The Look of Silence
7.8
/ English
Meeting Zelenskyy
Meeting Zelenskyy
No Rating Yet
/ English
Last Exit: Space
Last Exit: Space
6.8
/ English
Night Will Fall
Night Will Fall
7.6
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
2020Nominee

Best Picture

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

My Best Fiend
1999Nominee

Best Picture

My Best Fiend

The Act of Killing
2012Winner

Best Picture

The Act of Killing

Career Highlights

La Bohème
2009Highlight

Best Picture

La Bohème

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022Highlight

Best Picture

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

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