Leslie Woodhead

Leslie Woodhead

Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1937
Died
June 26, 2026 (aged 89)

Biography

James Leslie John Woodhead, OBE is a British documentary filmmaker. For his National Service commencing in 1956, he served in Fife at the Joint Services School for Linguists where he was taught Russian. He was posted to West Berlin to monitor the communications of Soviet pilots flying in and out of East Germany.

Known For

Filmography

2019
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things poster

Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things

Movie · Director

2017
Diana: The Day Britain Cried poster

Diana: The Day Britain Cried

Movie · Director

2017
Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye poster

Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye

Movie · Director

2015
The Day They Dropped The Bomb poster

The Day They Dropped The Bomb

Movie · Director

2013
The Day Kennedy Died poster

The Day Kennedy Died

Movie · Director

2012
The Hunt For Bin Laden poster

The Hunt For Bin Laden

Movie · Director

2011
9/11: The Day That Changed the World poster

9/11: The Day That Changed the World

Movie · Director

2011
Histoire Immédiate poster

Histoire Immédiate

TV · Director · 1 ep

2009
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin poster

How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin

Movie · Director

2006
Godless in America

Godless in America

Movie · Director

2005
Srebrenica: Never Again?

Srebrenica: Never Again?

Movie · Director

2005
Children of Beslan poster

Children of Beslan

Movie · Director

2003
Star Wars Dreams

Star Wars Dreams

Movie · Director

2003
My Life As A Spy poster

My Life As A Spy

Movie · Director

2002
A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan Milosevic poster

A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan Milosevic

Movie · Director

2002
Here is New York

Here is New York

Movie · Director

2000
The Holocaust on Trial poster

The Holocaust on Trial

Movie · Director

1999
A Cry from the Grave poster

A Cry from the Grave

Movie · Director

1999
Endurance poster

Endurance

Movie · Director

1998
444 Days poster

444 Days

Movie · Director

1997
Storyville poster

Storyville

TV · Director · 1 ep

1996
Tony Bennett's New York poster

Tony Bennett's New York

Movie · Director

1994
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America poster

Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America

Movie · Director

1993
The Last Soviet Citizen poster

The Last Soviet Citizen

Movie · Director

1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story poster

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

Movie · Director

1989
Under the Sun

Under the Sun

TV · Director · 1 ep

1987
The Lau of Malaita

The Lau of Malaita

Movie · Director

1985
Television poster

Television

TV · Director · 13 eps

1981
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity poster

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Movie · Director

1980
Invasion

Invasion

Movie · Director

1976
Three Days in Szczecin

Three Days in Szczecin

Movie · Director

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · Director · 2 eps

1969
The Stones in the Park poster

The Stones in the Park

Movie · Director

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · Director · 1 ep

1963
World in Action poster

World in Action

TV · Director · 7 eps