Ken Fero

Ken Fero (born 1961) is a UK documentary filmmaker, political activist and co-founder of production company Migrant Media.

He was a founding member of production company Migrant Media, with which he produced a number of documentaries for BBC Television and Channel 4 examining issues of racism and resistance, including Germany – The Other Story (1991), winner of a Platform Europe Award, and Sweet France (1992), which won a Mentione Speciale at the Images du Monde Arabe, Paris, and the Milano Province Prize 5th Festival of African Cinema.

Much of his production work continues to be screened on a regular basis and maintains a good public profile, including recent articles in The Guardian.

Fero has directed a number of documentary films on social injustice and ethnic minority issues, including commissions for the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky TV.

He recently produced a short exploring this approach Land Memory People (5 mins/2013), which had its premier at the Lanchester Art Gallery.