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PIERS JESSOP, (aka Abu Bakr, Imrane) writer, producer, director of commercial, publicity, documentary and dramatised films and television programmes. Winner of twelve international awards, including Grande Prix du Cinema, Cannes advertising festival for commercial for Fa Soap, first prize for Observer commercial, Venice Advertising film festival and awards at Chicago, Munich, Warsaw and London film festivals.

COMMERCIALS. Clients include: Goodrich, The Observer, Brylcreem, Exide Batteries, Unilever, Persil, Fa Soap, The Post Office, Imperial Tobacco, Nestle, Olivetti, etc.

PUBLICITY. Clients include: Rolls Royce, The Financial Times, British Aerospace, The Gulf State of Qatar, BP, Reuters, National Westminster Bank, Netlon, British Gas, British Telcom, etc.

Credits as writer, producer and director include:

COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE. 60 minute documentary film, BBC TV. 'An excellent programme, funny, interesting and moving'. Nancy Banks Smith, The Guardian.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR WORDSWORTH. 60 minute dramatised documentary film, CBC TV and others, with Roc Brynner and Bruce Myers and John Bott.

THE CHARLES DICKENS SHOW. 60 dramatised documentary film, with Victor Spinetti and Michael O'Hagan, Granda TV, CBC qnd others.

VOICES OF THE MIDDLE AGES. 30 minute historical drama with Nicholas Pennell and Jessie Evans. 'One of the truly great educational films ever made... majestic work....' Academic Film Archive of North America.

AN UNWORTHY SCAFFOLD. 50 minute historical drama, with John Ronane and Nigel Havers. CBC and others.

THE WORLD OF NETLON. 30 minute sponsored documentary film, winner of six international awards. 'Film making of the highest quality...music, pictures and narration all handled with a conductor's skill.' John Chittock, Financial Times.

QATAR - A QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE. 30 minute documentary film for the Gulf State of Qatar, winner of gold medal at Chicago international documentary film festival.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS. Six documentary films on mentally-handicapped athletes, BBC TV.

CORNERS OF THE WORLD, MARRAKECH. 30 minute documentary programme, NHK TV, Japan.

PIERS JESSOP studied music and drama before joining the film industry in 1960 and training as a film editor. Formed Piers Jessop Pictures Ltd, 1970. Visiting Lecturer in Film and Photography, Middlesex University, 1975-1978. Freelanced as writer, producer and director in UK, America and Japan, 1980-present day. Established Studio Hollywood, Marrakech, as portrait photographer 1997. Now resident in Tangiers.