Dan Reed (director)
British screenwriter, director, and producer
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Dan Reed is a British documentary filmmaker.[2][3] He studied Russian at the University of Cambridge prior to taking a job with the BBC as an assistant producer to documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis.[1]
Dan Reed | |
|---|---|
 Reed in 2014 | |
| Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 61–62)[1] |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
His first film, The Valley, which he produced and directed for Channel 4, documented the Kosovo War. It won a Peabody Award.[4] He next directed and produced Terror in Moscow, released in 2003, which documented the Moscow theater hostage crisis and incorporated the terrorists' own footage.[5]
His film, In the Shadow of 9/11, about the Liberty City Seven, aired on Frontline on PBS.[6] Reed is widely known for the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland for which he won an Emmy and a BAFTA.[7][8] His production house is Amos Pictures.[9] In 2024, Reed directed and produced the Peabody Award-winning film The Truth vs. Alex Jones.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Valley | |
| 2003 | Terror in Moscow | |
| 2009 | Terror in Mumbai | |
| 2010 | The Battle for Haiti | |
| 2012 | Children of the Tsunami | |
| 2013 | Legally High | |
| 2014 | The Paedophile Hunter | |
| Terror at the Mall | ||
| 2015 | Escorts | |
| From Russia with Cash | ||
| 2016 | 3 Days of Terror: The Charlie Hebdo Attacks | |
| 2017 | Calais, the End of the Jungle | |
| 2019 | Leaving Neverland | |
| 2021 | In the Shadow of 9/11 | |
| Four Hours at the Capitol | Executive producer | |
| 2024 | The Truth vs. Alex Jones | |
| Stopping the Steal | ||
| One Day In October[11] | ||
| 2025 | Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson |
