Roy Ackerman

Roy Ackerman

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Roy Ackerman is an English television executive producer. He originally joined Diverse Productions as a researcher in 1984. He was Creative Director of Diverse Productions until he stepped down in April 2009 to join Fresh One Productions, the company founded by Jamie Oliver, in June 2009. He held the positions of Managing Director at Fresh One and Chief Creative Officer at the Jamie Oliver Media Group, and left the company in March 2015. He then held the position of Managing Director of Pulse Films from June 2015 until September 2016. In April 2017, Ackerman was appointed Director of International Strategy at the Zinc Media Group as well as Managing Director of the television subsidiary Films of Record.

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Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier
Executive Producer
America's experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race are well documented. However, few know about the moment these two worlds collided, when the White House and NASA scrambled to put the first black astronaut into orbit. This is the untold story of the decades-long battle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to be the first superpower to bring diversity to the skies, told by the black astronauts and their families, who were part of this little known chapter of the Cold War.
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Executive Producer
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
Mrs Mandela
Executive Producer
How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall
Executive Producer
Berlin is a place that is indispensable to the imagination, a city where history ticks all the boxes. The longest of all the helter-skelter rides that Berliners have taken through the playground of history ended in 1989 when the Berlin Wall shattered into a million souvenirs. Hundreds of people, mainly young, were killed there trying to escape to the West. The people who built the Wall thought they were building a brave new socialist world. But their dream turned into a nightmare as over time the Wall poisoned, corrupted and brutalized the little world it encircled. In The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall, the dreams and nightmares come dramatically back to life as the spies, informers, double agents and interrogators of Cold War Berlin weave their nervy spells of double lives and double dealing.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Co-Executive Producer
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.
Why We Fight
Executive Producer
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
The Real Gary Glitter
Executive Producer
A look at the life of Gary Glitter
The Gambler
Executive Producer
Jonathan Rendall's broke, he's been given £12,000 to gamble with, and he gets to keep any winnings. He'll bet on anything: from racing to roulette, boxing to blackjack. All he needs is luck.
J.D. Salinger Doesn't Want to Talk
Executive Producer
Famous recluse J. D. Salinger has hidden from the world since "The Catcher in the Rye" took the world by storm. Banned in schools, and horrifically inspiring the killing of John Lennon, the book had repercussions no one could have foreseen and which seemed to drive the author further into hiding.
Don't Get High on Your Own Supply
Executive Producer
This documentary by Leo Regan follows the life of his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he becomes part of the hard drug scene through researching it for his book ("Charlie Says: Don't Get High On Your Own Supply"). It shows Lanre as he becomes a character in his own book through his heroin addiction.
Volvo City
Producer
Stamford Hill in North London is home to a community of 30,000 Hasidic Jews. Aiming to preserve a way of life they had in eighteenth century Poland and living strictly according to over 600 Biblical commandments brings them into conflict with modern life. They have embraced one aspect fully though, the Volvo Estate car.