Margy Kinmonth is a renowned film and television director, whose impressive credits include the award-winning feature documentary "Eric Ravilious - Drawn to War" (Foxtrot Films Ltd/Dartmouth Films),a groundbreaking film that sheds light on the life and work of Eric Ravilious, a talented but underappreciated artist who tragically lost his life in a plane crash over Iceland in 1942.
This feature documentary boasts an all-star cast, featuring Ai Weiwei, Robert Macfarlane, Grayson Perry, and Alan Bennett, alongside Freddie Fox, Tamsin Grieg, Harriet Walter, and Jeremy Irons. Kinmonth's other notable credits include "Revolution - New Art for a New World" (Foxtrot Films Ltd/Arts Alliance),a film that commemorates the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Additionally, Kinmonth has directed "War Art with Eddie Redmayne" (2015),a thought-provoking documentary that explores the art of the First World War, as well as the Bafta-nominated feature documentary "Hermitage Revealed" (Foxtrot Films Ltd/Arts Alliance, Moscow International Film Festival 2014).
Other notable films by Kinmonth include "Royal Paintbox with HRH the Prince of Wales" (Foxtrot Films Ltd/ITV, MIFF 2013),"Looking for Lowry with Ian McKellen, Noel Gallagher, and Dame Paula Rego" (Foxtrot Films/ITV),"Mariinsky Theatre," "Nutcracker Story," and the BBC series "Naked Hollywood," which won the BAFTA Best Documentary Series award.
Kinmonth's extensive filmography also includes "The Strange World of Barry Who?" about Francis Bacon and Rudolph Nureyev, which won the Royal Television Society Best Arts Film Award, "The Secret World of Haute Couture," "Smoking Diaries with Simon Gray, Dawn French, Steven Berkoff, and Rubens- A Master in the Making" (for The National Gallery),and "Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? with John Cleese and Sting."
Throughout her illustrious career, Kinmonth has received numerous accolades, including the Creative Originality Award at the Women in Film and Television Awards in 2009. She has been the director of Foxtrot Films Ltd. since its inception.
