Opening Shot is a UK-based non-fiction television series with LWT productions, Channel 4, and Bravo in the US.
It was directed by David Johnson and Amir Amirani and produced and edited by Gerald Fox.
[1] In an interview, producer Gerald Fox shared that he was initially working on a documentary about Russian violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
[2] While using old footage of Dmitri as a child and intercutting it with shots of his ten-year-old nephew playing violin, Fox recognized that children make for compelling documentary subjects.
Consequently, he decided to develop a new documentary series that would feature subjects that would be of interest to younger viewers.