David Nath

{{short description|British producer and director}}

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Grierson British Documentary award 2013

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}}David Nath is a British producer and director, best known for his work on television documentaries.

Career

Nath directed the BBC4 documentary series The Year the Town Hall Shrank (2013),{{cite news|title=A year at the sharp end: How Stoke was cut to shreds|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/a-year-at-the-sharp-end-how-stoke-was-cut-to-shreds-8274699.html|accessdate=10 May 2016|work=The Independent|date=2 November 2012|language=en-GB}}{{cite news|title=Secret History of Our Streets scoops double prize|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24804354|accessdate=10 May 2016|work=BBC News}} which followed the effects of the economic downturn in Stoke-on-Trent. He was series director of the Channel 4 series Bedlam (2013), which followed patients with mental health problems at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. He directed the Channel 4 series The Murder Detectives (2015), about the investigation into the stabbing of Bristol teenager Nicholas Robinson.

Awards

  • Grierson British Documentary awards 2013: Best Documentary Series award for The Year the Town Hall Shrank.
  • British Academy Television Awards 2014: Best Factual Series award for Bedlam.{{cite news|title=Bafta TV awards 2014: Winners in full|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26918912|accessdate=10 May 2016|work=BBC News}}
  • British Academy Television Awards 2016: Best Factual Director award for The Murder Detectives.{{cite news|last1=Alcinii|first1=Daniele|title="Murder Detectives," "Hunt" take BAFTA TV Craft Awards|url=http://realscreen.com/2016/04/25/murder-detectives-hunt-take-bafta-tv-craft-awards/|accessdate=10 May 2016|work=RealScreen}}

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