Producer
Roy Ackerman is a multi-award-winning film and TV Executive with a track record of developing and producing compelling documentary films, unscripted formats and premium doc series, including
Multiple award-winning Paid In Full: The Battle for Black Music with Idris Elba, an exposé of exploitation in the music industry
Eugene Jareckis’ feature doc,The 6 Billion Dollar Man, which won 2 Cannes awards.
The Man Will Burn directed by Emmy-winner Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandi, and series produced by Muriel Soenens, has recently dropped on HBO.
He writes for publications worldwide and is at work on podcasts, as producer and as creator-host. Works with top Oscar-winning directors and A-list on-screen talent.
Credits
THE 6 BILLION DOLLAR MAN (Dir Eugene Jarecki - 2025)
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Explosive doc on Julian Assange and Wikileaks.
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Winner Golden Globe & L’Oeil D’Or Prizes at Cannes
PAID IN FULL: THE BATTLE FOR PAYBACK - with Idris Elba (BBC/CBC)
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WINNER: Best Historical Doc & Best Social Justice Documentary Awards
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“Excellent….Comprehensive…. Important…. Explosive….Powerful…Dastardly” The Guardian, The Times
— The Guardian, The Times
BLACK IN SPACE: BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER Smithsonian Channel (2020)
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Gold Award for Best History Doc, Telly Awards
DAVID HAREWOOD, PSYCHOSIS AND ME
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BAFTA Best Documentary Nominee, 2019
HOW RACIST IS THE CHURCH
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Award winner, Best Religious Documentary, 2021
THE HOUSE I LIVE IN & WHY WE FIGHT
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Acclaimed feature docs directed by Eugene Jarecki on the War on Drugs and the Military Industrial Complex
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Sundance Grand Jury Awards, Emmy Award & Peabody Award Winners
RICHARD PRYOR: OMIT THE LOGIC (Showtime/BBC)
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NAACP Award-winner.
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“Logic is a captivating warts-and-all overview”
— Boston Globe
THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER (dir. Alex Gibney/Eugene Jarecki)
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Amnesty Award winner
GONZO (dir. Alex Gibney)
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WINNER: Film Critics Society Award
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NOMINEE: Writer’s Guild, Sundance & Cinema Eye Awards
TSUNAMI, 7 HOURS ON BOXING DAY
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BAFTA Award for Editing
100% WHITE
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BAFTA, RTS, Hot Docs and Broadcast Award
CALAIS THE LAST BORDER
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WINNER: Berlin Film Festival, Best Documentary
HOUSE OF WAR
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RTS, Broadcast, Peabody, Edward Murrow, Emmy Awards
THE GAMBLER
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Esquire All Time Greatest Sports Doc
MRS MANDELA – with David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo; BAFTA Nominee.
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"Impressive, thoughtful drama, extraordinary performance by Okonedo”
— Guardian
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“Fiery, dignified..”
— Scotsman
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"Extraordinary, compelling. Its greatest achievement is fashioning a morality tale out of political events without falling into oversimplification”
— Telegraph
IDRIS ELBA: HOW HIP HOP & HOW CLUBBING CHANGED THE WORLD
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Award-winning specials
OPERATUNITY, MUSICALITY, STREETDANCE, PLAY IT AGAIN
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Music documentary-formats, made globally, winning multiple awards and record-breaking ratings, reinventing dance & music on TV
BALLET CHANGED MY LIFE
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200 at risk young people, transformed through ballet, dance Romeo & Juliet with the Royal Ballet Company
DON’T STOP THE MUSIC
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Award-winning series, changing kids’ lives one musical instrument at a time – made in UK & Australia.
THE PHIL
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Emmy winner - verité limited series on the acclaimed Philharmonia Orchestra
JAMIE OLIVER’S FOOD REVOLUTION (ABC, 2 seasons - winner, Emmy Nominee)
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Campaigning chef Jamie Oliver takes on the obesity epidemic in America
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“Jamie kickstarts a real revolution”
— Entertainment Weekly
DREAM SCHOOL
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Inspirational teachers (including Chuck D, Swizz Beats, Oliver Stone, 50 Cent, Gloria Allred, Alistair Campbell, Michael Vaughan, Soledad O’Brien, Adam Richman) teach kids failed by the education system.
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Channel 4 RTS Award Winner; 2 US seasons Sundance TV, YouTube Channel; China and Benelux; 3 seasons in S. Africa
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“Unforgettable television; there’s so much to be learned at Dream School, by the students but even more by the teachers”
— Guardian