Saxon Logan

Much like his mentor Lindsay Anderson, multi award winning Saxon Logan is a 'vocational' filmmaker, working only on films in which he takes a strong personal interest. Lindsay Anderson employed Saxon Logan as a trainee to the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs. After a year's stint at The Royal Court Theatre culminating in his directing Dr Galley at the Traverse Theatre, Saxon worked as personal assistant to Lindsay Anderson on the director's satire O LUCKY MAN! He then joined BBC TV. During this period he completed two award winning short films: STEPPING OUT and WORKING SURFACE starring his close friend Scottish Film - maker Bill Douglas. He then worked as a Producer on the BBC Art's strand Omnibus. He made critically acclaimed documentaries on DIRK BOGARDE and the figurative Sculptor RAYMOND MASON eventually leaving to work as an independent documentary producer/director. Among award-winning work for Channel 4 and ITV, BLACK RHINO - THE LAST STAND and PLACE OF SKULLS brought the plight of these endangered African species to the attention of an international audience. Although further work for television was to follow, Saxon directed and co-wrote SLEEPWALKER, a remarkable combination of political satire, and horror that won acclaim at the Berlin Film Festival. Its resonance and celebrity is now revered. In recognition of his influential documentary work Saxon was presented with an Honorary Fellowship of the RGS. Of his film making the late Lindsay Anderson wrote: "his talent as a film-maker is prodigious, he deserves and can effortlessly fill a large canvas... The fact he chooses to exercise this gift selectively makes his work all the more valuable." He is working on various film projects, notably on Mozambican journalist CARLOS CARDOSO, and AT THE GATES OF THUNDER, based on Victorian explorer Dr. Livingstone's ill-fated Zambezi expedition. With funding from the DCMS/UK Film Council, he has recently completed work on a screenplay called FREEDOM: an epic tale of conflict, tyranny, hopes and dreams and is developing a feature film entitled: THE OUTNUMBERED, about the Rhodesian Bush War. He is currently based in South Africa and is currently working on the development of AT THE GATES OF THUNDER. In September 2103 the British Film Institute released Saxon Logan's Sleepwalker, Stepping Out and Working Surface on DVD/ Blu-Ray by the British Film Institute to great critical acclaim and commercial success.