Jess Search
CEO, Channel Four British Documentary Film Foundation
Jess Search is currently the Chief Executive of the Channel Four British Documentary Film Foundation and BRITDOC, which both aim to encourage and support British documentary makers on the international stage. Prior to this, Jess has been the editor of Independent Film and Video for Channel Four TV, and also co-founded Shooting People.
Q1 Which one film would you wish to share with future generations?
The Fog of War
USA 2004
A searing excavation of 20th-century US foreign policy with Robert S. McNamara
Because its message is probably eternal; your enemies are human too.
Q2 What excites you about the future of the moving image?
In ten years we will be watching wonderful documentaries made by people in countries who have never produced documentaries before. The future of the moving image will be exciting because technology is spreading the desire to make film (which is more important than the tools) to the people we used to make films about.