Leslie Woodhead
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1937
- Died
- June 26, 2026
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.
Filmography
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things 2019
Director
Diana: The Day Britain Cried 2017
Director, Writer
Diana: The Day We Said Goodbye 2017
Director
The Day They Dropped The Bomb 2015
Director
The Day Kennedy Died 2013
Director, Writer
The Hunt For Bin Laden 2012
Director
9/11: The Day That Changed the World 2011
Director
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin 2009
as Self - Narrator, Director, Producer
- Godless in America
Godless in America 2006
Director
Children of Beslan 2005
Director
- Srebrenica: Never Again?
Srebrenica: Never Again? 2005
Director
- The Russian Newspaper Murders
The Russian Newspaper Murders 2004
as Narrator
My Life As A Spy 2003
Director
- Star Wars Dreams
Star Wars Dreams 2003
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
A Very Modern Dictator: A Profile of Slobodan Milosevic 2002
Director
- Here is New York
Here is New York 2002
Director
The Holocaust on Trial 2000
Director, Writer
A Cry from the Grave 1999
Director
Endurance 1999
Director
444 Days 1998
Director
Tony Bennett's New York 1996
Director
Land of Dreams - Randy Newman's America 1994
Director, Producer, Writer
The Last Soviet Citizen 1993
Director, Writer
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster 1992
Executive Producer
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story 1990
Director, Producer
- The Lau of Malaita
The Lau of Malaita 1987
Director
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity 1981
Director
- Invasion
Invasion 1980
Director, Producer
- Three Days in Szczecin
Three Days in Szczecin 1976
Director, Producer
The Stones in the Park 1969
Director
Credits from TMDB.