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Leo Eaton

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Biography

Leo Eaton was a two-time Emmy© award-winning filmmaker who's written, produced, directed and executive produced TV factual series and specials for US and overseas broadcasters for more than four decades. Eaton is director, producer, writer of the 2020 theatrical documentary 'John Marshall, the Man Who Made the Supreme Court'. In 2017 Eaton executive produced the 6-part series 'Story of China' (with British historian Michael Wood) and wrote & directed 'Weekend In Havana' for PBS. Eaton wrote & series directed 'Sacred Journeys', PBS's 2014 six-hour series on pilgrimage. Other previous work includes 2012 'Arts & the Mind' (with Lisa Kudrow) and 'Homeland: Immigration in America' (both series broadcast by PBS). Previously Eaton was a producer on National Geographic Channel's Emmy© award-winning 'Can the Gulf Survive' 2010 about the BP oil spill, and executive produced British historian Michael Wood's 'The Story of India' for PBS & BBC-TV in 2009. Earlier Eaton directed the 2008 TV version of magician Teller's 'Macbeth' for the Folger Shakespeare Library, series produced PBS's epic 21-hour Emmy© award-winning series 'America at a Crossroads' (2007) and produced/directed PBS performance specials that include 'Fiesta Mexican' (with Vicki Carr) in 2008, 'Bringing It Home' (with Natalie MacMaster) in 2008, 'Tango, the Spirit of Argentina' (2005) and 'Mariachi, the Spirit of Mexico' (with Plácido Domingo) in 2003. Eaton has also produced reality series 'Cowboy 101' for the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) in 2004, executive produced 'Be the Creature' (with the Kratt Brothers) for National Geographic Channel in 2003, co-created and executive produced Emmy© award winning children's series 'Zoboomafoo' and 'Kratts' Creatures' (with the Kratt Brothers) from 1996 to 2001 and produced & directed In 'Search of Ancient Ireland' for PBS & RTE (Ireland in 2002; his book of the same name was published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002. Eaton has taught film production & script-writing at the University of Texas (Austin). Prior to settling in America, Eaton lived in the UK, Greece, Portugal and Mexico. With a special focus on co-production, Eaton has developed successful partnerships with broadcasters from around the world, especially in Europe & S.E. Asia.

Known For

The Secret Service
5.8

The Secret Service is a 1969 British children's espionage television series, produced by Century 21 / ITC Entertainment for Associated Television, Granada Television, and Southern Television. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill, it was the eighth and final Century 21 production to feature Supermarionation. Under the direction of Gerry Anderson, who wanted to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format, The Secret Service incorporates footage of live actors for long-distance shots. Father Stanley Unwin, voiced by and resembling the real-life comedian of the same name, is the parish priest of a rural English village. But Unwin is in fact a secret agent for BISHOP, a covert British Intelligence branch that battles international criminal and terrorist threats. Aided by junior operative Matthew Harding, Unwin answers to his London-based superior 'The Bishop', as he would in his public profession.

The Secret Service

1969Series
In Search of Shakespeare
8.2

Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road. A history series - it focuses not on the plays, but on the history and sets the life of the poet in the extraordinary times in which he lived. We are introduced to the dark world of Queen Elizabeth's police state - a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. We are reminded that Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonisation of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most importantly Shakespeare also lived through England’s Cultural Revolution: an enforced split with the old medieval English spirit world which was to lead the English people into a brave new Protestant future.

In Search of Shakespeare

2003Series
Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton

Hosted by Richard Brookhiser, and produced and directed by Michael Pack, Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton tells the dramatic story of our least understood founding father. Following the style of the acclaimed Rediscovering George Washington (2002), Brookhiser walks the paths of Hamilton's life, from the Caribbean islands where he was born, to Yorktown and Wall Street where he fought and worked, to Harlem and Weehawken, where he lived and died. We hear a Treasurey Secretary, a Supreme Court Justice, publishers, warriors, pornographers, lawyers, calypso singers and urban gang members talk about money, rights, news, battle, sex and honor -- all the themes that shaped Hamilton's life, helped him make modern capitalist America, and led to his death in the most famous duel in American history

Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton

2011Movie