Antony Thomas

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| name         = Antony Thomas
| image        =  Antony Thomas, May 2011 (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Thomas at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1940|7|26}}
| birth_place  = [[Calcutta, India]] 
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| occupation   = Filmmaker, director, author
| years_active = 1963–present
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'''Antony Thomas''' (born 26 July 1940) is an [[England|English]] [[documentary film]]maker, [[Film director|director]] and [[author]] who has made films for, among others, [[Channel 4]],<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/jul/15/lastnightstvthequran|title=Last night's TV: The Qu'ran|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 July 2008|accessdate=27 July 2016|location=London, UK|first=Sam|last=Wollaston}}</ref> the [[BBC]] and [[Home Box Office|HBO]].<ref>Finn, Robin.  [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDE1131F936A25757C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print COVER STORY; Want Pathos, Pain and Courage? Get Real], ''[[The New York Times]]''; retrieved 27 July 2016.</ref>

==Biography==
Thomas was born in [[India]]. When he was six years old, he moved to [[South Africa]]. He moved again to [[England]] in 1967, where he has written, directed and produced 40 major documentaries and dramas, including ''[[Death of a Princess]]'' (1980). In 1982 Thomas and journalist [[David Fanning (journalist)|David Fanning]] produced ''[[Frank Terpil]]: Confessions of a Dangerous Man'',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQyggh7Ats8 ''Frank Terpil: Confessions of a Dangerous Man'', video on YouTube, 28']</ref> which won the [[Emmy Award]] for best investigative documentary.

Thomas wrote ''[[Rhodes (TV series)|Rhodes]]'', a 1996 British television drama based on the life of [[Cecil Rhodes]].

On 14 June 2010<ref name="guardian-secret-filming-for-Neda">{{cite news|title=How I secretly filmed the For Neda documentary|work=The Guardian|date=4 June 2010|accessdate=12 June 2010|first=Saeed|last=Kamali Dehghan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/jun/04/neda-agha-soltan-documentary|location=London, UK}}</ref> the documentary film ''For Neda'', made by Thomas with the help of [[Saeed Kamali Dehghan]], on the death of [[Iran]]ian demonstrator [[Neda Agha-Soltan]], was released. Kamali Dehghan secretly filmed Neda's family and obtained footage of her life and death for the HBO documentary.<ref name="guardian-for-Neda">{{cite news|title=Neda Agha-Soltan: "She is dead but regime is still afraid of her"|work=The Guardian|date=11 June 2010|accessdate=12 June 2010|first=Saeed|last=Kamali Dehghan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/11/neda-agha-soltan-iran-killing | location=London}}</ref> In late February 2014, the documentary ''[[Secrets of the Vatican]] ''directed by Thomas was aired on [[PBS]] as part of the ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]] ''series.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.antonythomas.co.uk/ Official website]
* {{IMDb name|0002793}}

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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:Indian people of English descent]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to South Africa]]
[[Category:White South African people]]
[[Category:British documentary film directors]]
[[Category:Emmy Award winners]]
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