Jerry Rothwell is a British documentary filmmaker best known for the award-winning feature docs How to Change the World (2015), Town of Runners (2012), Donor Unknown (2010), Heavy Load (2008) and Deep Water (2006).
[1] Rothwell's first feature documentary, Deep Water, (co-directed with Louise Osmond), is about Donald Crowhurst's ill-fated voyage in the 1968 round the world yacht race.
[2][3][4] The Hollywood Reporter said, "Deep Water is a stunning documentary that not only beautifully elucidates a nearly forgotten incident but touches on crucial themes involving isolation, sanity, self-worth, impossible dreams, the nature of heroism and limits of human endurance.
I was excited about how those questions were raised for this specific group of people, connected by a single sperm donor.”[9] Total Film claims "Donor Unknown is a skillfully constructed look at a very modern family.
Rothwell wanted to make the film "... because as a child I lived in Kenya in the 1970s, and my heroes weren’t George Best or Neil Armstrong, but the East African runners of the time such as Kip Keino.
"[13] The Financial Times called it "a fantastically cool British documentary.”[14] Total Film said, "Dispelling the usual clichés about Africa, Rothwell reveals instead an entrepreneurial community where "running is work" and villagers chip in two per cent of their salaries to support coach Sentayehu Eshetu.
A New York Times "Critics Pick", the film tells the story of the founders of Greenpeace - an eclectic group who set out to stop an atomic bomb test in Alaska in 1971, and began what has grown into a multimillion-dollar organization.
"[16] The Telegraph of London, called the piece, "remarkable", saying it was "... a devastating illustration of how power corrupts," and stating that "Whatever your politics, this documentary about the founders of Greenpeace is essential viewing".
[21] At Met Film Production, he has been an executive producer and worked as an editor on numerous feature documentaries including Dylan Williams’ Men Who Swim and Sarah Gavron's The Village At The End Of The World.