David E. Fanning (born 25 May 1946) is a South African American
journalist and filmmaker. He was the executive producer of the
investigative documentary series Frontline since its first season in
1983 to his retirement in 2015. He has won eight Emmy Awards and in
2013 received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in honor of his work.He
began his filmmaking career as a young journalist in South Africa. His
first films, Amabandla AmaAfrika (1970) and The Church and Apartheid
(1972), produced for BBC-TV, dealt with race and religion in his
troubled homeland. He came to the U.S. in 1973 and began producing and
directing local and national documentaries for KOCE, a public
television station in California. His film 'Deep South, Deep North'
(1973) was a PBS/BBC co-production and the first in a long succession
of collaborations between U.S. and European television, especially the
British. In 1977, Fanning came to WGBH Boston to start the
international documentary series WORLD. As executive producer, he
produced and presented over 50 films for PBS in five years. With
director Antony Thomas, Fanning produced and co-wrote Death of a
Princess (1980). Then in 1982, again with Thomas, he produced Frank
Terpil: Confessions of a Dangerous Man, which won the Emmy Award for
best investigative documentary.In 1982, Fanning began the development
of Frontline. The series has worked with well over 200 producers and
as many journalists, covering a wide range of domestic and foreign
stories. Its signature has been to combine good reporting with good
filmmaking.
journalist and filmmaker. He was the executive producer of the
investigative documentary series Frontline since its first season in
1983 to his retirement in 2015. He has won eight Emmy Awards and in
2013 received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in honor of his work.He
began his filmmaking career as a young journalist in South Africa. His
first films, Amabandla AmaAfrika (1970) and The Church and Apartheid
(1972), produced for BBC-TV, dealt with race and religion in his
troubled homeland. He came to the U.S. in 1973 and began producing and
directing local and national documentaries for KOCE, a public
television station in California. His film 'Deep South, Deep North'
(1973) was a PBS/BBC co-production and the first in a long succession
of collaborations between U.S. and European television, especially the
British. In 1977, Fanning came to WGBH Boston to start the
international documentary series WORLD. As executive producer, he
produced and presented over 50 films for PBS in five years. With
director Antony Thomas, Fanning produced and co-wrote Death of a
Princess (1980). Then in 1982, again with Thomas, he produced Frank
Terpil: Confessions of a Dangerous Man, which won the Emmy Award for
best investigative documentary.In 1982, Fanning began the development
of Frontline. The series has worked with well over 200 producers and
as many journalists, covering a wide range of domestic and foreign
stories. Its signature has been to combine good reporting with good
filmmaking.
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