Biographie
Gavin MacFadyen is an investigative journalist, film director-producer, and educator. He serves as a Visiting Professor at City University London and leads the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), an international training charity established in 2003. Since 1970, MacFadyen has been a senior producer-director for numerous programs including World in Action, Channel 4 Dispatches, BBC's Fine Cut, 24 Hours, Panorama, The Money Programme, Multi Cultural Birmingham, and PBS Frontline.
His investigations have been researched, directed, and produced across countries such as Britain, Ecuador, Guyana, South Africa, Mexico, Hong Kong, Thailand, the USSR, the US, Sweden, India, and Turkey. Topics have included nuclear proliferation, child labor, the torture of political prisoners in Turkey and Bolivia, UK industrial accidents, UK neo-Nazi violence, Chinese criminal organizations, the history of the CIA, election fraud in Guyana, Watergate, maritime safety, sanctions evasion, and the Iraq arms trade, along with subjects like Frank Sinatra and the Mafia, the diamond industry, and regional Indian cuisines. Undercover filming abroad has taken place in locations including Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, New York, Washington, Turkey, Greece, Nicaragua, Portugal, and the Netherlands.
Additionally, MacFadyen directs the International Journalism Summer Schools in the UK and mentors participants at the Fact/Fiction Workshops hosted by Performing Arts Labs.
