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- Phil Grabsky és un documenetalista britànic amb seu a Brighton, East Sussex, Anglaterra. La seva empresa Seventh Art Productions ha produït documentals per a televisió i cinema. El treball de Grabsky com I, Caesar, Spain - In the Shadow on the Sun, The Great Commanders i el , s'ha emès a diversos canals del Regne Unit com ara BBC, Channel 4, i , i arreu del món. La seva pel·lícula es va estrenar als cinemes l'any 2003 i explica la història de Mir, de 8 anys, i la seva família que viuen a l'Afganistan post-talibà. La pel·lícula va guanyar 13 premis, entre ells l' a Chicago a la millor pel·lícula i el primer premi a la Setmana Internacional de Cinema de Valladolid. Grabsky va continuar filmant Mir i la seva família a l'Afganistan, i va estrenar una segona pel·lícula sobre Mir i la seva família el 2011, . Ell i el seu codirector Shoaib Sharifi continuen filmant a l'Afganistan i han estrenat una tercera pel·lícula sobre Mir i la seva família anomenada My childhood, my country - 20 years in Afghanistan (2021). 2006 va veure completar In Search of Mozart. La pel·lícula il·lustra la vida i l'obra del compositor a través d'entrevistes i actuacions en directe. La pel·lícula es va estrenar al Barbican Concert Hall de Londres. Posteriorment, s'ha convertit en una de les pel·lícules més populars mai fetes sobre Mozart. Després, Grabsky va fer pel·lícules In Search Of sobre Beethoven, Haydn i Chopin. Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006) explora l'accident de Txernòbil a través de la poesia de Mario Petrucci. Grabsky Grabsky va treballar conjuntament amb el director David Bickerstaff per a aquest projecte que va guanyar el millor curt documental al . El 2007 Grabsky va completar Escape from Luanda que explica la història de tres estudiants de l'única escola de música d'Angola. Altres pel·lícules inclouen pel·lícules històriques amb Terry Jones, pel·lícules sobre el futbolista brasiler Pelé i Muhammad Ali, i més de 100 pel·lícules d'art amb Tim Marlow. El projecte més recent de Grabsky, Exhibition On Screen, connecta exposicions importants d'arreu del món i les mostra a les pantalles de cinema. La sèrie va començar amb Leonardo de la National Gallery, i ara es presenta en més de 1500 cinemes de 55 països. La temporada 7 està actualment en producció, que inclou pel·lícules sobre Leonardo da Vinci, i Frida Kahlo. Un altre pel·lícula recent ha estat Concerto: A Beethoven Journey, que segueix al pianista mentre anava de gira tocant els cinc concerts per a piano de Beethoven. Aquesta pel·lícula així com la sèrie In Search Of fou estrenada per celebrar el 250è aniversari del naixement de Beethoven. A més de fer pel·lícules, Grabsky ha publicat quatre llibres i ha servit com a jutge als Premis BAFTA, Emmys, RTS i . (ca)
- Phil Grabsky is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography. He and his company Seventh Art Productions are behind cinema films such as Muhammad Ali – Through the Eyes of the World, In Search of Beethoven, In Search of Mozart and the landmark My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan, which won Best Single Documentary at the 2022 Television BAFTAs and was also nominated for its cinematography. He has made over 250 films which have played in cinemas and on TV and digital platforms worldwide. Among the many films Grabsky has directed for television are multiple singles for Channel 4, ITV, the BBC, Discovery, A&E, PBS, Sky Arts and others, as well as major series such as I Caesar – the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, The Great Commanders, Tim Marlow on… and Spain – In the Shadow of the Sun. Seventh Art has also made six history films with Monty Python’s Terry Jones, alongside being the world’s biggest producer of arts film for cinema and TV over the last 20 years. Phil Grabsky also made the first surround-sound documentary The Lost Temple of Java for the BBC and the world’s first 3D visual arts film, Tim Marlow on British Sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts for Sky Arts 3D. Grabsky's Great Composers series includes the four In Search Of films, each exploring the life and music of a different classical composer (Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and Chopin), as well as the ground-breaking feature Concerto – A Beethoven Journey following world-famous pianist Leif Ove Andsnes on his extensive journey through the five Beethoven piano concertos. In Search of Mozart premiered at London's Barbican concert hall in 2006, in front of 1000 people. In 2007 Grabsky completed Escape from Luanda which tells the tale of three students at Angola's only music school. Other films cover a broad range of topics, from Brazilian footballer Pele and Muhammad Ali to Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2006), which explores the Chernobyl nuclear disaster through Mario Petrucci’s poetry. He worked in conjunction with director David Bickerstaff for this project which won Best Short Documentary at the Cinequest Film Festival. Grabsky has also written four history books, including The Great Artists – co-authored with Tim Marlow – and the best-seller The Great Commanders. He is regularly involved as a judge for the Emmys, BAFTAs, Grierson and One World awards, and has won numerous personal awards himself including Royal Television Society awards for both ‘Best Director’ and ‘Services to Television’, and a Voice of the Listener and Viewer Award for ‘Services to Education.’ Grabsky also lectures and gives masterclasses and has been invited to talk on Radio 3 (In Tune), Radio 4 (the Today Show, Start the Week, The History Quiz), Radio 5, BBC Southern Counties (Breakfast show, Film Review, Music of my Life), Classic FM, LBC, TalkSport, Times Radio, and the BBC World Service. He also frequently attends question & answer sessions with his films in the UK and around the world. He also has an art blog and hosts the popular podcast ‘Painting of the Week.’ In 2009, Grabsky and his colleagues began work on a new arts genre for the cinema: Exhibition on Screen, which began with 'Leonardo Live'. This brings major art exhibitions – and the intimate biographies of the artists – to cinema, mainstream television and home entertainment platforms worldwide. The aim of the project is to increase access to these exhibitions and their curatorial context. Grabsky has said of them that they are 'partly for people to learn about the works and partly the pure aesthetic pleasure of seeing the artworks on a massive screen'. Exhibition on Screen now plays in 1500 cinemas and 60+ countries worldwide. Its website lists 34 films on artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, David Hockney, Frida Kahlo, and Vermeer. (en)
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- Phil Grabsky és un documenetalista britànic amb seu a Brighton, East Sussex, Anglaterra. La seva empresa Seventh Art Productions ha produït documentals per a televisió i cinema. El treball de Grabsky com I, Caesar, Spain - In the Shadow on the Sun, The Great Commanders i el , s'ha emès a diversos canals del Regne Unit com ara BBC, Channel 4, i , i arreu del món. A més de fer pel·lícules, Grabsky ha publicat quatre llibres i ha servit com a jutge als Premis BAFTA, Emmys, RTS i . (ca)
- Phil Grabsky is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography. He and his company Seventh Art Productions are behind cinema films such as Muhammad Ali – Through the Eyes of the World, In Search of Beethoven, In Search of Mozart and the landmark My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan, which won Best Single Documentary at the 2022 Television BAFTAs and was also nominated for its cinematography. He has made over 250 films which have played in cinemas and on TV and digital platforms worldwide. (en)
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