John Battsek

John Saul Adrian Battsek (born September 1963) is a British film producer of documentary films. In 2020, Battsek co-founded production company Ventureland with producers Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown, and director Paul Hunter.

He has produced a number of feature documentaries, including One Day in September and Searching for Sugar Man, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. He also produced the Peabody Award-winning documentary film '.

Under the Ventureland banner as Managing Director/Producer, John received an Academy Award nomination for the documentary . The film later received a Peabody Award at the 84th ceremony in June of 2024 and Cinema for Peace Dove for the Political Film of The Year. He also produced Emmy Award winners The Rescue and BECKHAM, BAFTA nominee Wham!, Sports Emmy winner The Deepest Breath, and Critics Choice nominee If These Walls Could Sing. He also served as a producer on the two-time Emmy-winning Rising Phoenix, and biopics Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, ' and '.

• One Day in September (1999) – producer
• The Game of Their Lives (2002) – executive producer
• ' (2003) – producer
• Peace One Day (2004) – co-producer
• Lila Says (Lila Dit Ca) (2004) – co-producer
• A State of Mind (2004) – producer
• Black Sun (2005) – producer
• ' (2006) – producer
• Crossing the Line (2006) – executive producer
• In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) – executive producer
• My Kid Could Paint That (2007) – executive producer
• In Prison My Whole Life (2007) – co-producer
• Sergio (2009) – producer
• The Age of Stupid (2009) – executive producer
• Restrepo (2010) – executive producer
• The Stones in Exile – (2010) – producer
• The Tillman Story – (2010) – producer
• Fire in Babylon – (2010) – producer
• Project Nim – (2011) – executive producer
• Bob & the Monster – (2011) – executive producer
• Better This World – (2011) – executive producer
• Koran by Heart – (2011) – producer
• The Imposter – (2012) – executive producer
• Searching for Sugar Man – (2012) – executive producer
• How I Live Now – (2013) – producer
• Hillsborough – (2014) – executive producer
• Listen to Me Marlon – (2015) – producer
• We Are X – (2016) – producer
• Keep Quiet – (2016) – executive producer
• The Fall – (2016) – executive producer
• George Best – All by Himself – (2016) – producer
• Forever Pure – (2016) – executive producer
• Five Came Back – 2017 – producer
• Legion of Brothers – 2017 – producer
• The Final Year – 2017 – producer
• Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars – 2017 – producer
• Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist – 2018 – producer
• Studio 54 – 2018 – producer
• If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd – 2018 – producer
• The Serengeti Rules – 2018 – executive producer
• Mike Wallace Is Here – 2019 – producer
• The Australian Dream – 2019 – producer
• Andy Murray: Resurfacing – 2019 – producer
• Citizen K – 2019 – producer
• Circus of Books – 2019 – executive producer
• Sid and Judy – 2019 – producer
• ' – 2019 – producer
• Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – 2019 – executive producer
• Rising Phoenix – 2020 – producer
• Final Account – 2020 – producer
• <nowiki/>'Til Kingdom Come – 2020 – producer
• Belushi – 2020 – producer
• The Trials of Oscar Pistorius – 2020 – producer
• The Rescue – 2021 – producer
• The Real Charlie Chaplin – 2021 – producer
• Detainee 001 – 2021 – executive producer
• ' – 2021 – producer
• Football's Darkest Secret – 2021 – executive producer
• ' – 2021 – producer
• FIFA Uncovered – 2022 – producer
• The Sound of 007 – 2022 – producer
• If These Walls Could Sing – 2022 – producer
• Wham! – 2023 – producer
• The Deepest Breath – 2023 – producer
• Beckham – 2023 – producer
• Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker – 2023 –&nbsp;producer
• Bobi Wine: The People's President – 2023 – producer
• 99 – 2024 – producer
• ' – 2024 – executive producer
• Never Get Busted! – 2025 – executive producer
• Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation – 2025 – producer
• Birthright – 2025 – executive producer
• Just Sing – 2025 – producer
• A Simple Soldier – 2025 – producer
• Murder in Monaco – 2025 – producer
• ' – 2026 – producer<br />

References

External links

• Interview with John Battsek
• LIVE FOREVER - Movie Q&A with John Dower and John Battsek
• John Battsek talks Oscar-winning documentary career, future projects