DIRECTOR | WRITER

David Belton began his career at the BBC. From 1990-1996, he worked at “Newsnight”, covering the civil war in Bosnia, the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the genocide in Rwanda. At BBC Current Affairs he directed films on the rise of ultra-orthodox extremism in Israel and, from inside Siberia’s gulags, the spread of multi-drug resistant TB.

At BBC Documentaries he made a multi-part series following young recruits into the British Army and a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh - starring Andy Serkis – which won a BAFTA.

David wrote and produced the award-winning feature film, “Shooting Dogs” and was nominated at the 2007 Film BAFTAs for Outstanding First Feature.  He subsequently directed the BBC drama series, “Ten Days to War”, written by Ronan Bennett (Top Boy).  

David moved to the USA and directed the PBS drama-documentary series, “God in America” and “The Amish” – for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. 

On his return to the UK, David has continued to make films: for the BBC, Channel Four, Netflix and Amazon Prime. His film, ‘Memory Box, Echoes of 9/11’ was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and released by MSNBC Films. 

David’s book, ‘When the Hills Ask for your Blood’ – a work of non-fiction about the Rwandan genocide - was published by Doubleday in 2015.