Documentary filmmaker · Newcastle & Gateshead
Alan Fentiman — films for research, heritage, artists and culture.
Based in Gateshead, I work as a documentary filmmaker in Newcastle and across the North East with universities, museums, artists and cultural organisations to make thoughtful films about people, place, research and memory.
Alan Fentiman documentary filmmaker — areas of work
Universities & Research
Films that help research become visible, accessible and human, without flattening its complexity.
View research filmsArtists & Culture
Films made with artists, galleries and cultural organisations, about process, practice and ideas.
View artist filmsHeritage & Museums
Films shaped around place, memory, collections and public understanding of historic sites and objects.
View heritage filmsLandscape & Environment
Films rooted in conservation, rewilding, coastal life and the relationship between people and the natural world.
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Forgotten Voices: Third Reich Elite Schools Documentary
Universities & Research
Bookbinding Documentary Film: Binding the Bard
Artists & Culture
Heritage Project Filmmaker: The Making of The Spanish Gallery
Heritage & Museums
Community Nature Film: Nextdoor Nature Northumberland
Landscape & Environment
Filmmaking Notes
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Nature Recovery Film Production: What Watervoles, Wildwoods and a Decade of Patience Have Taught Me
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Documenting Two Exhibitions, Three Films: Shakespeare Recovered and Binding the Bard
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A Guide to Documenting Your Heritage Project, and Why Funders Want You To
Planning a similar project?
I work with universities, museums, artists and cultural organisations on films that need care, time and documentary judgement. If this feels close to something you are working on, I would be happy to talk.
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