BRUCE GOODISON - WRITER & DIRECTOR
Voted Broadcast magazine’s top 10 Mover and Shaker in 2012, Bruce is one of the United Kingdom’s most exciting and successful documentary and drama Directors. Bruce’s latest TV Film, MY MURDER, based on the real life story of a teenage honey trap killing. It won Best Single drama in the 2012 Broadcast Awards.
Bruce’s BAFTA winning film OUR WAR, a story of the Afghan conflict told from the perspective of the British soldiers, received both critical and commercial success. By public demand the series was moved from BBC3 to BBC1. It was also nominated for an RTS Award.
In 2008 Bruce directed Kenneth Branagh and Juliet Stevenson in the acclaimed series TEN DAYS TO WAR. His drama- documentary, FLIGHT 93: THE FLIGHT THAT FOUGHT BACK, was Emmy nominated for Best TV movie and BRINKS MAT: THE GREATEST HEIST was nominated for a BAFTA. SAS: IRANIAN EMBASSY SEIGE won the Grierson Award for the Best Historical Documentary in 2003.
He has recently completed NIGHTSHIFT starring Ashley Walters and Danny Mayes, which will go out in 2014 as part of the Sky’s Playhouse Presents series.
‘Leave to Remain’ is Bruce’s debut fictional feature film.