Chris Haws
International Programming Consultant
Reality TV on Trial

Chris Haws has been an active participant in the international Documentary production community for over three decades. During that time he has written, directed and produced a host of award winning documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Discovery, PBS, ABC - and many other broadcasters around the world. He founded and ran the internationally successful production company, InCA. He chaired the European Commissions Documentary project for seven years. He has represented the interests of documentarians on numerous industry bodies, such as IPPA, PACT, IDFA, the IDA and NATPE. He has taught a range of documentary production skills, from scriptwriting to co-production development at the National Film School, the European Film Academy, Ludwigsburg University, the Sorbonne and the Banff Executive Training Centre. Currently, he consults to a number of PBS stations across the country, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the World Bank Group, the EU and the United Nations, as well as many other broadcast, production and distribution companies. Recently he was appointed Adjunct Professor at the American University School of Communications in Washington, DC, where he teaches International Media Studies And he still finds time to be a film maker.