Roger Graef
Roger Arthur Graef OBE (born April 18, 1936) is a criminologist and film-maker who broke the mould of documentary film making with his ability to gain access to hitherto closed institutions, including Government ministries and court buildings.
Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1963 and has done most of his work there. In 1982 he made a ground-breaking observational documentary titled Police about the Thames Valley Police. The reaction to the programme's portrayal of insensitive police handling of a rape victim changed the way in which the UK police handled rape cases.[1] He directed the films/TV specials of the first three Amnesty International comedy galas in 1976, 1977 and 1979 - the last of which was the first Secret Policeman's Ball film.
Graef became a UK citizen in 1995. He was awarded an OBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours list for services to film-making and broadcasting. Also in 2006 he became a Patron of Prisoners Abroad, a registered charity which supports Britons who are imprisoned outside the UK.
He has also written for the Guardian. [2]
Further reading
- Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, ed. Ian Aitken. London: Routledge (2005)
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