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Chris Atkins is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 1976
Chris Atkins (born Christopher Walsh Atkins in 1976) is a British journalist and documentary film maker. He gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics of the British press.
Atkins was educated at Bromsgrove School from 1986–1994. His early career involved making low-budget dramas with director Richard Jobson, including Jobson's debut feature film, 16 Years of Alcohol, and subsequent works The Purifiers and A Woman in Winter.
His work includes Taking Liberties (2007) and Starsuckers (2009). He has made documentaries for the Channel 4 television series Dispatches, for which he spent a year undercover investigating the illegal trade in confidential data, and occasionally writes for The Guardian.
While makingTaking Liberties, Atkins was held under anti-terror laws when he tried to speak with the Home Secretary John Reid at the 2006 Labour Party conference. The film was nominated for the "Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film" in the 2008 British Academy Film Awards.
Thirty minutes of footage from Starsuckers were shown as part of Akins' evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
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Chris Atkins
Atkins was educated at Bromsgrove School from 1986–1994. His early career involved making low-budget dramas with director Richard Jobson, including Jobson's debut feature film, 16 Years of Alcohol, and subsequent works The Purifiers and A Woman in Winter.
His work includes Taking Liberties (2007) and Starsuckers (2009). He has made documentaries for the Channel 4 television series Dispatches, for which he spent a year undercover investigating the illegal trade in confidential data, and occasionally writes for The Guardian.
While makingTaking Liberties, Atkins was held under anti-terror laws when he tried to speak with the Home Secretary John Reid at the 2006 Labour Party conference. The film was nominated for the "Carl Foreman award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature film" in the 2008 British Academy Film Awards.
Thirty minutes of footage from Starsuckers were shown as part of Akins' evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.
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Filmography of Chris Atkins (5 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Starsuckers | Director | |
| 2007 | Taking Liberties | Director, Scriptwriter, Producer | |
| 2007 | Reverb | Executive producer | |
| 2007 | A Woman in Winter | Producer | |
| 2005 | The Purifiers | Producer |