Roger Graef
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Roger Arthur Graef OBE (born April 18, 1936) is a criminologist and film-maker who broke the mould of documentary film making with his ability to gain access to hitherto closed institutions, including Government ministries and court buildings.
Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1963 and has done most of his work there. He directed the films of many of The Secret Policeman's Ball benefit shows for Amnesty International. And in 1982 he made a ground-breaking observational documentary titled Police about the Thames Valley Police. The reaction to the programme's portrayal of insensitive police handling of a rape victim changed the way in which the UK police handled rape cases.[1]
Graef became a UK citizen in 1995. He was awarded an OBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours list for services to film-making and broadcasting. Also in 2006 he became a Patron of Prisoners Abroad, a registered charity which supports Britons who are imprisoned outside the UK.
He has also written for the Guardian. [2]
[edit] Further reading
- Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, ed. Ian Aitken. London: Routledge (2005)
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