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Edward Mirzoeff CVO, CBE (born 11 April 1936) is a British television producer and documentary filmmaker.
Edward Mirzoeff was born in London.
Mirzoeff won an Open Scholarship in Modern History to The Queen's College, Oxford in 1953, obtaining a BA (Oxon) in 1956, MA (Oxon) in 1960.
Mirzoeff worked at BBC Television from 1963 to 2000, latterly as Executive Producer, Documentaries. His wide-ranging studies of British institutions for the BBC include the Royal Green Jackets (a former regiment of the British Army), New Scotland Yard, the National Trust, Westminster School, the Royal Opera House and the Ritz Hotel.
Mirzoeff was given unprecedented access and attracted record-breaking audiences[citation needed] for his 1992 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth R., marking her 40th anniversary on the throne. Subsequently, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
Mirzoeff also made a series of films with the late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman (notably Metro-land, 1973, A Passion for Churches, 1974, and "The Queen's Realm - A Prospect of England", 1977) and directed many other leading presenters, including James Cameron, Ludovic Kennedy and Malcolm Muggeridge. Many of his films, such as "The Front Garden", and "The Englishwoman and the Horse", are poetic celebrations of Englishness. He has edited numerous series, from the innovative Bird's-Eye View, shot entirely from a helicopter (1969-1971) to the controversial "Real Lives", "Year of the French" (1982–83), and the BBC2 40 Minutes documentary strand, which he edited for four years, 1985–89. He was Executive Producer of numerous other programmes and series, including "Pandora's Box", "The Ark", "The House", "Full Circle with Michael Palin" and "Lie of the Land". He produced the first ten of the annual Richard Dimbleby Lectures (BBC1, 1972-1982), and three series of lectures by the historian AJP Taylor.
In 2022 he was credited as Consultant on the cinema documentary Elizabeth, directed by Roger Michell.
Mirzoeff's awards include four BAFTAs (among them the Alan Clarke Award for outstanding creative contribution to television), the Samuelson Award, a British Film Institute Television Award, British Video Award, an International Emmy, and the awards of the Broadcasting Press Guild and the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Edward Mirzoeff
Edward Mirzoeff CVO, CBE (born 11 April 1936) is a British television producer and documentary filmmaker.
Edward Mirzoeff was born in London.
Mirzoeff won an Open Scholarship in Modern History to The Queen's College, Oxford in 1953, obtaining a BA (Oxon) in 1956, MA (Oxon) in 1960.
Mirzoeff worked at BBC Television from 1963 to 2000, latterly as Executive Producer, Documentaries. His wide-ranging studies of British institutions for the BBC include the Royal Green Jackets (a former regiment of the British Army), New Scotland Yard, the National Trust, Westminster School, the Royal Opera House and the Ritz Hotel.
Mirzoeff was given unprecedented access and attracted record-breaking audiences[citation needed] for his 1992 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth R., marking her 40th anniversary on the throne. Subsequently, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
Mirzoeff also made a series of films with the late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman (notably Metro-land, 1973, A Passion for Churches, 1974, and "The Queen's Realm - A Prospect of England", 1977) and directed many other leading presenters, including James Cameron, Ludovic Kennedy and Malcolm Muggeridge. Many of his films, such as "The Front Garden", and "The Englishwoman and the Horse", are poetic celebrations of Englishness. He has edited numerous series, from the innovative Bird's-Eye View, shot entirely from a helicopter (1969-1971) to the controversial "Real Lives", "Year of the French" (1982–83), and the BBC2 40 Minutes documentary strand, which he edited for four years, 1985–89. He was Executive Producer of numerous other programmes and series, including "Pandora's Box", "The Ark", "The House", "Full Circle with Michael Palin" and "Lie of the Land". He produced the first ten of the annual Richard Dimbleby Lectures (BBC1, 1972-1982), and three series of lectures by the historian AJP Taylor.
In 2022 he was credited as Consultant on the cinema documentary Elizabeth, directed by Roger Michell.
Mirzoeff's awards include four BAFTAs (among them the Alan Clarke Award for outstanding creative contribution to television), the Samuelson Award, a British Film Institute Television Award, British Video Award, an International Emmy, and the awards of the Broadcasting Press Guild and the Royal Philharmonic Society.