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Marc Isaacs: The Production Process (2015)

Duration: 02:26:27    

Marc Isaacs | Masterclass | 2015

Marc Isaacs has made at least 10 creative documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4, and his films have won Grierson, Royal Television Society and BAFTA awards, as well as numerous international film festival prizes. In 2008 Marc received a doctorate from the University of East London for his documentary work. Marc is also a guest speaker at the National Film and Television School, the London Film School, and Royal Holloway University.

In this Masterclass, Marc tells us about his Future Short The Lift (2001), feature length documentary The Road: A story of Life and Death and the whole production process of documentary filmmaking.

This Masterclass is viewable in the embedded video above.

Watch The Lift below:

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