John Bridcut is an author and film-maker. He has published two books: 'Pocket Guide to Britten' (Faber and Faber 2010) and 'Britten's Children' (Faber and Faber 2006), both available on Amazon.
His most recent films are 'Rostropovich: The Genius of the Cello', which will be shown on BBC Four in the autumn of 2011, and 'The Prince and the Composer' (May 2011), a film about Hubert Parry by HRH The Prince of Wales. His 2010 film, 'Elgar: The Man behind the Mask', won the Czech Crystal Award for documentary at the 2010 Golden Prague TV Festival, where the judges praised it as 'a beautifully crafted film'. It also won the Best Sound (Factual) category in the BAFTA Craft Awards 2011.
Other films include: 'The Passions of Vaughan Williams' (BBC Four 2008, and winner of the Prix d'Argent at FIPA in Biarritz), 'Charles at 60: The Passionate Prince' (BBC One 2008), 'Nureyev: From Russia With Love' (BBC Two 2007) and 'Britten's Children' (BBC Two 2004, and winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Award for Creative Communication).