Anthony Baxter
Directing
Biography
Baxter started his career as a journalist at Capital Radio in 1989. He later worked as a Producer at BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC factual television programme Top Gear, and at Independent Television News (ITN). In 2011, he directed his debut feature documentary, You've Been Trumped, which won best environmental film award at the Sedona Film Festival, won the Maysles Brothers Award at the Denver Film Festival and won the Sheffield Green Award at Sheffield DocFest. In 2014, he directed A Dangerous Game, which was nominated for the audience award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Sheffield Green Award at Sheffield DocFest. He directed the sequel to You've Been Trumped, entitled You've Been Trumped Too, released in 2016. Baxter's 2021 documentary Eye of the Storm, premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival, prior to its broadcast on BBC Two and won the best specialist factual at BAFTA Scotland.
Known For
In 2014, the authorities in Flint, Michigan chose to cut costs and change the city’s domestic water supply from the great Lakes to the Flint River. Soon tap water was running brown, people were falling ill and it was clear that something was seriously wrong. Anthony Baxter (You’ve Been Trumped) has followed the situation over six years of denial, evasion, betrayal and hypocrisy in which the city’s poorest residents have suffered the most. The result is shocking and sad as it illuminates the inequalities of the modern world and celebrates the solidarity of ordinary people.
Flint
In this sequel to the award-winning You’ve Been Trumped, director Anthony Baxter once again follows American billionaire Donald Trump and a cast of other greedy characters who want to turn some of the Earth’s most precious places into golf courses and playgrounds for the super rich. From the historic site of Dubrovnik to the ancient sand dunes and rolling green hills of the seaside town of Balmedie, these tycoons bully local residents, influence governments, ignore local referendums and even meddle in national environmental policies to acquire their latest trophies. With in-depth interviews and Baxter’s expert storytelling, we learn just how devastating these golf courses can be to the surrounding countryside and water tables. In this funny, inspiring and at times heartbreaking David and Goliath story for the 21st century, the locals don’t give in easily. But will their fight be enough to protect their land and traditional way of life?
A Dangerous Game
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.
You've Been Trumped
A timely film exploring the confrontation between a feisty 92-year-old Scottish widow and her family and a billionaire trying to become the most powerful man in the world.
You've Been Trumped Too
Documentary investigating how developers, often working with local officials, are using golf as a smokescreen to build massive luxury resorts with negative effects on the local environment. However, people are fighting back. The programme features appearances from Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin, environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr and real estate developer Donald Trump. TV follow-up to You've Been Trumped, about the continued opposition to Donald Trump's plan to build a colossal golf course on Aberdeenshire coastal wilderness. Baxter now looks at other global beauty spots threatened by luxury resorts.
DARK SIDE of the GREENS
The film tells the story of James Morrison’s early years, painting the tenements of Glasgow, through to his dramatic encounter with a polar bear while painting melting icebergs in North West Greenland. As the artist struggles with imposing blindness, the film follows James, as he prepares for what turned out to be his last ever public exhibition at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh in January 2020.