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 the recent award-winning Paid In Full: The Battle for Payback with Idris Elba, an exposé of exploitation in the music industry, and new feature documentary The 6 Billion Dollar Man, which just won 2 Cannes awards.
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