Martin Freeth
Martin Freeth was a filmmaker for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Career
Martin Freeth made science television programs and films for the BBC for nearly 3 decades and was one of the leaders who pushed the BBC into the digital age. Martin Freeth was a producer of the BBC program, "Horizon" from 1971 to 1997.Martin started working with BBC Science in 1971 for the BBC series, "Horizon" where he worked on 16 episodes. He also worked on BBC shows "Antenna" and "Tomorrow's World." Starting out as an editor, he later produced and directed many BBC films including "The Burke Special," "The Trouble with Medicine," and "The Mind Machine."
In 1995 he set up the BBC Multimedia Centre. Martin helped create the interactive media awards at BAFTA. Martin Freeth worked with David Puttnam to found NESTA where he was deputy director. Martin was a managing director of NESTA Futurelab in Bristol, UK.
Biography
Martin Freeth was born in Cairo, Egypt, to two British parents who worked in intelligence during the Second World War. Martin's mother was Roseen and Andrew Freeth, RA who was a noted artist who created drawings, paintings and engravings of the people of the Black Country and is especially noted for his depictions of miners. Andrew was a Royal Academician as is his nephew Peter Freeth, RA.Martin Freeth spent most of his childhood in Northwood, UK, and graduated from Southampton University, UK. He earned a master's degree from the Royal College of Art.
Martin married Averil Bagshaw in 1966. Martin and Averil's daughters are Kate and Ellen, born in 1978 and 1981.
Averil died September 19, 2019.
Martin died March 5, 2021, of cancer.