Production
Norma Percy
Born
1942-01-01 (84)
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Production
Credits
2 titles
Norma Percy is an American-born, documentary film maker and producer. The documentaries she has produced in collaboration with Brian Lapping have covered many of the crises of the 20th century. In 2010, she was awarded the Orwell Prize "Special Prize for Lifetime Achievement".
Known for
7.0World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
World in Action
1963
Award-winning film-maker Norma Percy looks back on her acclaimed 1998 documentary series The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs.
Eyewitness to History: Norma Percy on The Fifty Years War
2023