"[5] He has run director courses for the National Film and Television School, sat on the advisory boards for the British Library Sound Archive and the Arts Council of England, has broadcast widely on BBC radio, has written for The Times, New York Post and The Independent.
He read law and began training as a lawyer, before studying film at the Slade School and the Royal College of Art.
"[10] Before that, Marre made Marc Bolan, "Cosmic Dancer", for BBC to mark the 40th anniversary of the singer's death.
[13] In 2013, he produced and directed "Key to the Highway", telling the story of Blues legend Big Bill Broonzy with interviews from Keith Richards, Ray Davies and Pete Seeger.
The film won the UNESCO Award for best feature documentary at the Jamaica Reggae Festival 2011, jointly with Fire in Babylon.
Other highlights of his work in the last decade include directing a documentary on the American prison gang The Aryan Brotherhood;[21] acting as series producer of the BBC Music series Soul Britannia examining the history and influence of soul music in Britain;[22] writing and directing Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?, a biography for the PBS series American Masters and BBC; and The Real Phil Spector, a one-hour biography of the reclusive music producer recently found guilty of murder, for Channel 4.
[citation needed] Beats of the Heart[30] was his 14-hour series on world music that was networked several times on British television, accompanied by his book of the same name and 14 videos/DVDs.