Leslie Woodhead

Leslie Woodhead

Born 1 January 1937

Died 26 June 2026 (aged 89)

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.

Director

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2019
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things Director
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2005
Children of Beslan Director
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2011
9/11: The Day That Changed the World Director
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1999
Endurance Director

Producer

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1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Executive Producer
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2009
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin Producer
Star Wars Dreams
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2003
Star Wars Dreams Producer
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1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story Producer

Writer

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2013
The Day Kennedy Died Writer
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2017
Diana: The Day Britain Cried Writer
Star Wars Dreams
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2003
Star Wars Dreams Writer
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2000
The Holocaust on Trial Writer

Actor

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2009
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin Self - Narrator
Star Wars Dreams
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2003
Star Wars Dreams Narrator (voice)
The Russian Newspaper Murders
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2004
The Russian Newspaper Murders Narrator