Directing
Leslie Woodhead
EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
1 January 1937
Died
26 June 2026 (aged 89)
James Leslie John Woodhead, OBE is a British documentary filmmaker. For his National Service commencing in 1956, he served in Fife at the Joint Services School for Linguists where he was taught Russian. He was posted to West Berlin to monitor the communications of Soviet pilots flying in and out of East Germany.
Known for
Filmography
Diana: The Day Britain Cried
Director, Writer
The Day Kennedy Died
Director, Writer
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
as Self - Narrator, Director, Producer
Children of Beslan
Director
Star Wars Dreams
2003
Star Wars Dreams
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
The Holocaust on Trial
Director, Writer
A Cry from the Grave
Director
Endurance
Director
444 Days
Director
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America
Writer, Director, Producer
The Last Soviet Citizen
Director, Writer
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Executive Producer
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Director, Producer
Invasion
1980
Invasion
Director, Producer
Three Days in Szczecin
1976
Three Days in Szczecin
Director, Producer