Name Jo Durden-Smith Role Film producer | Children Katya Durden-Smith | |
Full Name John Anthony Durden-Smith Occupation filmmaker, author, journalist Spouse Yelena Zagrevskaya (m. 1989–2007) Movies A Horse Called Nijinsky, The Stones In The Park Books 100 Most Infamous Criminals, Mafia: The Complete History of, The Essence of Buddhism, Nostradamus & Other Prophets, The Russian Bride Similar People Richard Durden, Neil Durden‑Smith, Paul Roland, Charlotte Greig, Leslie Woodhead | ||
Jo Durden-Smith (24 December 1941 – 10 May 2007) was a British documentary film maker. His work included The Doors are Open, The Stones in the Park, Johnny Cash at St Quentin, and, later, television work Russian Godfathers on the Russian oligarchs.
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His books included Who Killed George Jackson?, on the Black Panthers.
Life
He was educated at Haileybury and Merton College, Oxford. He worked for World in Action, Granada TV's documentary team, where his rock films were made.
Subsequently, he lived in New York, and then Moscow. He was a columnist for The Moscow Times until 1997.
His younger brother was the actor Richard Durden and his half-brother was the broadcaster Neil Durden-Smith.
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