Christopher Hird

Películas

Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son
Executive Producer
Now a successful filmmaker, Lorna Tucker was once a teenage runaway sleeping rough on the streets of London. For this frank, forceful and inspiring documentary, she returns to her former haunts and speaks to current and former homeless people about why, twenty-five years later, record numbers of people are still reduced to living on Britain's streets.
Bank Job
Producer
Follows a community coming together to make their own currency, opening a bank in order to examine how money and debt is created in our economy and to ask important questions about how the system of money creation might be altered in their favour.
Jordan, un hombre y sus zapatillas
Executive Producer
One Man and His Shoes' cuenta la historia del fenómeno de las zapatillas Air Jordan mostrando su importancia social, cultural y racial y cómo las innovadoras estrategias de marketing crearon un negocio multimillonario.
The Dirty War on the NHS
Executive Producer
John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis.
El átomo: una historia de amor
Executive Producer
Con una gran cantidad de imágenes de archivo fantásticas y una serie de entrevistas reveladoras con aquellos que tenían experiencia de primera mano, el cineasta Vicki Lesley cuenta la turbulenta historia de la relación de amor y odio de Occidente con una potencia nuclear en los últimos setenta años. Capturando tanto la promesa tentadora como las decepciones repetidas de esta tecnología singular, la película revela cómo la fantasía romántica de posguerra de un futuro impulsado por Atom se convirtió en la tormentosa relación intermitente que todavía se desarrolla hoy en día. Una historia de pasión científica e intriga política, todo envuelto en el empaque de un melodrama de pantalla sentimental.
I Am (Not) a Monster
Executive Producer
A journey to find the origins of knowledge.
Children of the Snow Land
Executive Producer
The extraordinary story of children born in High Himalayas of Nepal. At 4 years old, they're sent to school in the city, hoping education means a better life. They do not see their parents again for 12 years. Now, aged 16, they trek home.
The Ponds
Executive Producer
Twelve months spent following the year-round swimmers who frequent the Men's, Ladies' and Mixed Ponds on Hampstead Heath, London - unique bathing spots in which people have taken the waters since the days of Byron, Keats and John Constable.
Massacre at Ballymurphy
Executive Producer
Tells the story of the death of eleven innocent people killed by the British Army on a Catholic estate in Belfast in 1971, and the fight by their relatives and survivors to discover the truth.
A Cambodian Spring
Executive Producer
"A Cambodian Spring" is an intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern-day Cambodia. Shot over six years, the film charts the growing wave of land-rights protests that led to the 'Cambodian spring' and the tragic events that followed. This film is about the complexities - both political and personal, of fighting for what you believe in.
Lost in Vagueness
Executive Producer
It's a music documentary that tells the story of Roy Gurvitz, who created Lost Vagueness, at Glastonbury and who, as legendary founder, Michael Eavis says, reinvigorated the festival. With the decadence of 1920's Berlin, but all in a muddy field. A film of the dark, self-destructive side of creativity and the personal trauma behind it.
The Divide
Executive Producer
The Divide tells the story of 7 individuals striving for a better life in modern day US and UK - where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. By plotting these tales together, we uncover how virtually every aspect of our lives is controlled by one factor: the size of the gap between rich and poor.The film is inspired by "The Spirit Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
Death of a Gentleman
Executive Producer
Two cricket journalists set off on a journey to the heart of the game they love, only to stumble upon one of the biggest sporting scandals ever. This is a film about passion, greed, power - and standing up for what you care about.
In the Shadow of War
Executive Producer
The compelling stories of four young people as they struggle to survive a war that ended nearly 20 years ago. The physical conflict is over - but its psychological impact continues. Can they break the cycle of violence?
Dressed as a Girl
Executive Producer
The story of East London’s exciting drag scene with touching personal stories at its’ heart. Individuals questioning their friendships, family and personal ambitions whilst dressing up to shock the world.
The Flaw
Executive Producer
The story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash. Through interviews with some of the world's leading economists, including housing expert Robert Shiller, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and economic historian Louis Hyman, as well as Wall Street insiders and victims of the crash including Ed Andrews - a former economics correspondent for The New York Times who found himself facing foreclosure - and Andrew Luan, once a bond trader at Deutsche Bank now running his own Wall Street tour guide business, the film presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy.
Fezeka's Voice
Executive Producer
Fezeka's Voice tells the true story of choirmaster Phumi Tsewu and his unwavering dedication to his township, his school and his choir. For 15 years he has been teaching the children at Fezeka High School in Gugulethu, South Africa - not just how to sing but how to live. Chronicling the highs and lows of their first adventure overseas to perform on a world stage, the film exposes Phumi's commitment and spirit as he teaches his students everything from manners to Mozart, bringing them focus, pride and joy.
Inside the Saudi Kingdom
Executive Producer
With unique access to one of the most senior Royal Princes in the Kingdom, this film paints a portrait of modern Saudi Arabia at a crossroads