Game Tape
Guy BingleyA search for personality, authenticity and artistry in the world of sports documentary
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Coming soon: LOMU (2026)
GB: Can you tell me how this project came about? Is there a particular reason for why now? There’s been a lack of a definitive version of Jonah Lomu’s story. Clearly you’ve had an enormous amount of collaboration with the family …
GF: If y...
Drawing a line - Andy Irons: Kissed by God (2018)
On 2 November 2010, the most Googled search term was “Andy Irons”.1
The three-time ASP (now WSL) world surf champion had been found alone, unresponsive, lying in bed with sheets pulled up to his chin, by staff in his hotel room.
It brough...
Interview: Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka
GB: Seeing ‘The Cinematic Life of Boxing’ announced at the BFI was enormously refreshing. What was your vision for that season? How did it come about?
CCN: I’ve had a long-standing relationship with the BFI that goes all the way back to my...
World Cup on film: One Night in Turin (2010)
The most abiding cultural artefact of Italia ‘90 might not be a quote, an image or even a film sequence, but a song.
Vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!
‘Nessun dorma’, the Puccini aria from the opera Turandot, is an instant emotional trigger for...
Shorts: Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No (2010)
There are a multitude of skilled tasks we might secretly believe we do with more panache when not-entirely-sober.
Whether it’s the right dose of disinhibition: to flirt, or dance, or take a chance. A drop of creative elixir: to see or drea...
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Writer/ co-director of a doc about a world record gone badly wrong (Résilience, 2022), editor of Mark Cousins's film essays for Prospect Magazine and sports content for brands like Nike, Apple/ Beats by Dre and Strava.
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