Kate Snell

Kate Snell is a British author and filmmaker. She researched the life of Princess Diana,[1] and published a book, Diana Her Last Love[2] (2000), which was the basis for the 2013 film, Diana[3] starring Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts[4] and British Indian actor Naveen Andrews.[5] A reissue of Diana Her Last Love appeared as a tie-in to the film and was published in August 2013 by Andre Deutsch,[6] an imprint of Carlton Books.

Snell's 2007 book Deceived, about conman Robert Freegard who posed as a spy for 10 years, was published by Orion Books. Deceived was written following the 2005 production of the award-winning feature-length documentary, The Spy Who Stole My Life,,[7] which was directed by Snell and produced by her production company, Creative Touch Films.[8] Snell is a former reporter on the BBC's Woman’s Hour, a producer of BBC current affairs programme Panorama, and Series Producer for the BBC’s foreign affairs strand Correspondent.[9]

Snell has directed numerous documentaries, including an examination of Shell’s role in the execution of human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, for which she was blacklisted by former Nigerian president Sani Abacha; an undercover exposé of the treatment of circus animals, which culminated in the conviction of Mary Chipperfield for cruelty to animals, and a film for BBC2 on Israel at fifty. She was the executive producer of Channel 4’s profile of Cherie Blair. During the Clinton administration, Snell gained behind-the-scenes access to the White House, becoming the first television director ever to film the ‘gaggle’ – the morning meeting between the President’s communications director and the White House press corps.

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Kate Snell". CBS News.
  2. ↑ "Larry King Live: Transcript referencing Kate Snell book". CNN.
  3. ↑ "Diana gave me permission to play her in new movie... from beyond the grave". Mail on Sunday.
  4. ↑ "Actress Naomi Watts on playing Princess Diana". The Australian.
  5. ↑ "Even if only half-true, (Kate Snell's) story is extraordinary". The Independent. 22 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Diana's Mystery Man - New TV Documentary". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ "The Spy who Stole my Life". BFI Listing.
  8. ↑ "The President's Scorpions: Producer, Kate Snell". BFI.
  9. ↑ Snell, Kate. "Series Producer, Correspondent - Mad Cows & Englishmen". BBC.

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