Half Life: a Journey to Chernobyl

David Bickerstaff (director, editor)
David founded Atomictv in 1997 as an umbrella organisation for developing digital art works that include multi-screen video installations, internet commissions, multimedia, and single-screen projects. His CD-roms and video works have been shown in Britain and internationally, and he was a member of the 2004 BAFTA judging panel for Interactive Art. Since 1999 he has been the Creative Director at Newangle Productions, a commercial partnership that produces video installations and interactives for museums. Recent projects include the Holocaust Memorial Center Detroit and Thinktank, Birmingham. In 2000, David won the IVCA (International Visual Communication Association), Gold award for the Arts Council film 'Inclusion'. (www.atomictv.com)

Phil Grabsky (director, producer)
Phil is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has directed for all major broadcasters and has written four books. In 2001 Phil directed Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World, which has been seen in over 100 countries. The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which Phil filmed and directed in Afghanistan during 2002/2003, has played in cinemas and on television worldwide. To date, it has won 11 awards, including the highly prestigious first prize at Valladolid International Film Festival, and the best film Gold Hugo in Chicago, where it also won a special prize for cinematography. Phil has just completed the first ever major cinema documentary on the life of Mozart, In Search of Mozart (www.insearchofmozart.com).

Press comments for In Search of Mozart:
" …manages to convey the intensity of the musical experience more grippingly than anything I have seen on film or television" The Times
"A model of its kind" The Independent
"Top-drawer … essential viewing" The Guardian

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