Jamie Doran is an Irish-Scottish independent documentary filmmaker and former BBC producer. He founded the multi award-winning company Clover Films, based in Windsor, in 2008. He is also the Club President of Datchet Village FC, which he founded in 1986.
Doran's films are shown worldwide and on flagship series such as BBC's Panorama, Channel 4's Dispatches, Channel 4's True Stories, PBS's Frontline, Al Jazeera, ABC's Four Corners, Japan's NHK, Germany's ZDF and NDR/ARD and Denmark's DR, to name a few.
Doran's documentaries are known for shedding light on taboo subjects. The 2017 film, 'The Boy Who Started the Syrian War' exposes viewers to the true origins of the Syrian War: a childish prank of anti-Assad graffiti sprayed on a school wall by a group of young boys. Globally the film has had over 100 million views. In 2016, 'ISIS in Afghanistan' won two Emmy awards in the 'Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine' and the 'Best Report in a News Magazine' categories, a Peabody, and three awards at the New York Film Festival.
In 2014, 'Pakistan's Hidden Shame' exposed the sexual abuse of streets boys in Peshawar. The film won the Grand Jury Award for 'Best Documentary' at the United Nations Association Film Festival. It also received high commendation at the AIB (Association for International Broadcasting). The 2012 film 'Opium Brides' exposed the hidden, and unexpected collateral damage of the counter-narcotic effort in Afghanistan. It won an Emmy for outstanding investigative journalism, and the duPont–Columbia award.
In 2010 the film The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan exposed the widespread and systematic child sex abuse by former Northern Alliance commanders, ISAF's closest allies in Afghanistan(In 2017 the law was changed in Afghanistan and Bach Baazi is now included in the revised penal code).
Filmography
Doran has directed and produced numerous documentaries, including:
Crimea: Russia's Dark Secret (2018) The documentary reveals the occupation of the Crimea by Russia and its systematic and blatant violations of the human rights on the territory of the peninsula.
ISIL Target Russia (2017) A film that journeys deep into the impregnable mountains of northern Afghanistan, where thousands of ISIL fighters are training and plotting an attack on Russia.
The Boy Who Started the Syrian War (2017) An intimate look at the war in Syria through the eyes of Mouawiyah Syasneh, the boys whose anti Assad graffiti lit the spark that engulfed Syria.
ISIS and the Taliban: The Journey (2016) Doran journeys to Afghanistan to join Zubair Massoud, adviser to the National Security Council. Together they travel through some of the most dangerous territory in the world, to discover just how bad the situation really is after the withdrawal of most NATO forces two years previously.
The Taliban Hunters (2015) This film follows the 'Taliban Hunters,' Karachi's elite police unit who are fighting back against Taliban militants in attempt to regain control of the dangerous city.
Kenya's Enemy Within (2015) An investigation into whether the wall promised by Kenya on the border of Somalia, in response to al-Shabab attacks, is already too late.
ISIS in Afghanistan (2015) A special report that reveals how ISIS is on the rise in Afghanistan, and how they are targeting and training children to join Jihad in the war torn country.
Living Beneath the Drones (2015) A film that investigates the devastating impact that war and living under the constant threat of drones has on the mental health of the people of Afghanistan.
Syria's Second Front (2014) A film which looks at the complexities of Syria's civil war. It is no longer the regime fighting President al-Assad, but they are also facing ISIS, who are quickly gaining ground and imposing their own barbaric rule.
On the Front Lines with the Taliban (2014) With unprecedented access, this film follows Taliban fighters, as they launch an attack against the Afghan National Army from the Taliban stronghold on Charkh district, just an hour outside the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Arming the Rebels (2014) This film offers a rare glimpse into a covert programme by US intelligence forces who have been training and arming select groups of Syrian rebels out of a previously reported location, in Qatar.
The Girls of the Taliban (2014) A film which explores the new way of privately run madrasahs that are opening across Afghanistan. As well as meeting the girls who study there, their families and the men behind the schools, the feeling among women's rights groups is also captured - they fear their already limited freedoms are again under threat.