David Sington

David Sington has been making films for twenty-five years. He has over 40 producer and series producer credits for prime-time factual programmes on the BBC, Channel 4 and PBS. His films have been shown by 30 different broadcasters in 22 countries. His portfolio includes the acclaimed BBC series Earth Story, for which he was series producer and received the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism, presented to him by the American Geophysical Union in 1999, and Project Poltergeist which won a Grierson Award in 2004. His most recent work as director is the feature documentary In the Shadow of the Moon which received its world premiere at the Sundance Festival in January 2007. He is currently acting as Executive Producer on Moon Machines, a six-part series for Discovery Science Channel.

In the Shadow of the Moon will be screened at The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence, 24 October 2009.