FRANCIS HANLY - ​CURRICULUM VITAE Producer/Director​ ​- ​ ​Self-Shoot Cameraman – FCP/Avid Trained Name: Francis Hanly Address: 4 Ringslade Road, London N22 7TE Mobile: 07711 207060 Telephone: 020 8292 0178 E-mail: [email protected] ​ Website: ​http://francishanly.tv/ https://francishanlyphotos.com/ ​ Instagram francis_hanly CREDITS My Grandparents War - Helena Bonham Carter 1x60 Channel 4 TX 27th November 2019 - Wild Pictures ★★★★ The Telegraph ​ ★★★★ The stories were jaw dropping...The Independent ​ 4th Best TV Programme of 2019 ​The Telegraph ★★★★★ ‘inspiring, moving, humbling and arguably her most important performance ​ to date.’ ​The Times Pick of the Week ​Mail on Sunday Critics Choice ​The Times Francobuilding 1x90 BBC 4 TX 27th August 2019 - BBC Studios ★★★★★ ​Superb documentary The Times Never has television been used so intelligently, so imaginatively The Oldie Jargon - More Than You Ever Wanted To Know with Jonathan Meades 1x60 BBC 4 TX 27th May 2018 It’s good to have him back. Nobody else makes television like this. Radio Times Scathing lucid and hilarious. This erudite verbal and visual essay Observer A characteristically witty ribald and provocative essay The Times It’s ace! The Guardian There were so many more ideas in this hour than in the entire output, since its inception, of (say) The One Show that it was almost embarrassing. The Observer Blisteringly brutal, clever and hilarious. It manages to be visually interesting on what looks like a budget of 40 quid. The Guardian How on earth did Jonathan Meades on Jargon make it all the way to the screen? Were the people in BBC corporate responsibility (or whatever it's called) drunk or stoned or something, or did it unaccountably bypass their office all together? New Statesman This is a film that should be shown to all aspiring public figures before they disgrace themselves. Above all, like so much of Meades’s work, it is a stunning contribution to our understanding of ourselves, and confirms him as the leading cultural commentator of our age. The Daily Mail Stanley and his Daughters 1x75 BBC 4 TX 4th Feb 2018 Nominated for Grierson Awards - Best Arts Documentary 2019 Nominated for Best Director - Factual - RTS Craft Awards 2019 This fascinating film Simon Horseford​ - ​The Daily Telegraph The way they relate to each other and all the history behind it is fascinating to watch Daily Mail A fascinating portrait of the artist framed by the peculiar estrangement of his daughters The Observer This poignant Arena The Times There is a sweetness at the heart of this documentary The Sunday Times An extraordinary documentary….Francis Hanly made this strange, moving, funny, sad film just in time. Sam Wollaston – The Guardian Remarkable story of two elderly sisters. Matt Baylis - The Daily Express That Frank Hanly was there to capture the sisters last year together fills me with admiration: for both him and for Arena’s long serving editor, Anthony Wall Rachel Cooke – The New Statesman Sgt Pepper’s Musical Revolution 1x60 BBC2 June 2017 Nominated for Broadcasting Press Guild Award Single Documentary 2018 Brilliant! Of course, you did what I did: put the record on immediately afterwards. There was so much new to listen to even though you’d heard it 4000 times before. The Guardian Bravo and thank you - the best, most revealing music documentary I have ever seen. Danny Baker Benbuilding: Mussolini - Modernism, Marble and Monuments 1x90 BBC4 June 2016 Infuriating and enlightening, Meades is a one-off and must be preserved. The Arts Desk Face of Britain with Simon Schama 1x60 mins BBC 2 TX October 2015 Quietly provocative, unpredictable, educative, at times effervescent. Daily Telegraph Continues to be one of the best things on TV; it can certainly claim to be without peer on Wednesdays. The Guardian In Charlie Chaplin’s Footsteps with Terry Jones 1x60 mins Wild Pictures for ITV 1 TX May 2015 Schama on Rembrandt 1x60 mins BBC2 TX Oct 2014 Highlight of the Week FT ​ ​ Chocolate Perfection with Michel Roux Jr 1x60 mins What Larks Productions for BBC4 TX May 2014 Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness 2x60 mins BBC4 TX Feb 2014 Meades remains singular, without progenitor or competitor, the great polemicist of the small screen, his latest two-part lecture was one of his best. Producer-director-cameraman Francis Hanly needs a concrete recommendation for engineering the visuals. ​Sunday Times An exasperating, exhilarating reminder of real arts broadcasting. All praise to director Francis Hanly for letting Meades have his sometimes perverse, tossing head. ​Financial Times Any new Jonathan Meades series is a reason to cancel all other engagements, but this is a treat even by his standards. ​The Guardian These might be his richest films yet. ​The New Statesman How The North Was Built 2x 60 Mins Silver River for ITV 1 TX July 2013 Jonathan Meades: The Joy of Essex BBC4 TX Feb 2013 Ravishing, precisely composed shots of the churches, chalets, factories, estuaries and houses that revealed the real Essex to be a various, curious place. ​Radio Times It was a fitfully beautiful film. ​The Guardian This was daring TV, boldly moulding the medium to its own message, painting pictures in words with beguiling images used as punctuation. ​Metro Howard Goodall’s Story of Music BBC2 TX Jan/Feb 2013 Let’s not beat around the bush: Howard Goodall’s Story of Music (BBC2, Saturday) is landmark television, a documentary series that deserves to rank with such unimpeachable classics as Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation. ​The Spectator The result was like being on a rather exhilarating rollercoaster, absorbing sensation and information even as the world spun by. ​The Telegraph Brazil With Michael Palin​ BBC1 TX OCT 2012 Magical Mystery Tour Revisited​ BBC2 TX OCT 2012 A marvellously evocative Arena. ​The Sunday Times A superb Arena. ​The Times Francis Hanly’s absorbing film...a first rate documentary. ​The Financial Times So many superb and surprising moments. ​The Independent Meades On France ​BBC4 TX Jan 2012 Chosen as one of the Top Ten programmes of the Year by the Observer … a brilliant look at France from the man with the sharpest tongue in documentaries. ​The People Anybody who's ever seen Meades' wonderful Abroad series will know that this is one travelogue not to be missed. ​The Independent In this typically thoughtful, funny and beautifully shot new series, Meades considers his adopted homeland. The​ Guardian …brilliant and fascinating and unlike any programme on France you’ve ever seen. ​ The Times Some people will find the programme playful, knowledgeable, articulate and refreshingly original, while others will switch off in seconds flat. There's no middle ground. ​The Telegraph Arena:Produced by George Martin​ ​BBC2 TX APRIL 2011 RTS BEST ARTS DOCUMENTARY NOMINATED 2012 This is brilliant, it’s just amazing. ​Daily Mirror A brilliant 90 minutes of television. ​Chris Evans A superb profile. ​Radio Times A beautifully made, intimate and affectionate profile… it’s a joy to watch - and to listen to. ​Daily Mail A superb documentary. ​The Sunday Times Last night’s superb Arena documentary which at an hour and a half didn’t remotely outstay it’s welcome. ​The Independent Fantastic, fresh film. ​The Observer Imagine: Nigel Kennedy’s Polish Adventure​ BBC1 TX June 2010 It’s all wonderful. Bravo. ​The Guardian A life enhancing film. ​The Times Virtual Revolution​ ​EP 2​ ​for BBC 2. TX Feb 2010 WINNER DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL EMMY 2010 Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter 2 X 1 hour for BBC Scotland for BBC 4 – Director – TX September 09 A stunning film, I cannot remember when I have enjoyed a TV programme more. ​The Guardian The Great African Balloon Adventure 3 x 1 Hour. Tiger Aspect for ITV 1 - Series Producer & Director -TX May/June 09 The Big Art Project 4 x 1 Hour. Channel 4 - Series Producer and Director -TX May 09 Jonathan Meades: Magnetic North​ ​TX FEB O8 BBC4 1x60 TX MAY O8 BBC 2 2x 30 The BBC should be proud of this beautifully directed, intelligent series. ​THE TIMES The Case of The Disappearing Architect ​(BBC SCOTLAND FOR BBC 2) TX 23.5.07 A programme that inspired you with it’s intelligence. ​THE OBSERVER How Music Works​ with HOWARD GOODALL (4x 60 mins Tiger Aspect for C4. TX Nov/Dec 2006) WINNER LEARNING ON SCREEN AWARD 2008 This is thrilling, absorbing and instructive to watch. A winner.​ – ​THE OBSERVER It’s an absorbing, fascinating programme. How Music Works is proper, copper-bottomed, quality television. ​GUARDIAN Who’d have thought that what’s essentially a lesson could be so riveting.​ ​TIME OUT​ ​PICK OF THE WEEK This is simply excellent.​ ​FINANCIAL TIMES How Music Works was a positive credit to the telly​. ​TIMES How Music Works is brilliant.​ ​THE MAIL Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered​ ​(Boomerang for C4, TX 18.4.05) Time Out Critics Choice Howard Goodall’s 20th Century Greats RTS WINNER 2005 BAFTA NOMINATED 2005​ ​(Tiger Aspect for C4) Lennon & McCartney​ (27.11.04)/​Bernard Herrmann​ (11.12.04) One of the landmarks of British Arts Television​ - ​PROSPECT If only all arts shows were this good​ – ​MAIL ON SUNDAY If future instalments are anything like the Beatles programme, they’ll be unmissable​. – ​IRISH INDEPENDENT This is an exemplary documentary​ – ​SUNDAY TIMES A brilliant series​ – ​SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Spellbinding stuff​ – ​EVENING STANDARD Informative, provocative and compelling​ – ​THE INDEPENDENT A precise, musically illustrated and inspiring programme​ – ​DAILY TELEGRAPH It’s all brilliant!​ – THE​ GUARDIAN Pavarotti – The Last Tenor ​90 mins ROSE D’OR NOMINATED 2005 ​ ​(VTVC for BBC 2 May 2004) Francis Hanly’s elegant and intimate film reaches and sustains several high notes. ​THE TIMES A definitive and gorgeous portrait. ​DAILY TELEGRAPH A truly amazing man and a great programme.​ – ​EVENING STANDARD Meades Eats​ ​3x 30 mins (BBC 2 March 2003) GLENFIDDICH FOOD & DRINK AWARDS NOMINATED 2004 Offensive: The Real Derek & Clive​ ​(Chrysalis for C4 - Christmas Day 2002) Time Out Critics Choice ‘The Best Christmas Viewing’ A skilfully constructed, well argued and entertaining package.