André Singer (producer)

André Singer (born May 4, 1945) is a British documentary film-maker and producer, as well as an anthropologist. He is currently CEO of Spring Films Ltd of London and is President of The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he studied at Keble College, Oxford University under Professor Sir E.E. Evans-Pritchard, specializing in Iran and Afghanistan for his doctorate. He started working in television in the early 1970s as a researcher, then as a producer and director for the Disappearing World series at Granada Television.

His wife is Lynette Singer.

As a director, Singer has made several award–winning films, including the Strangers Abroad series, Khyber, and Witchcraft Among the Azande. In television he has worked for several broadcasters, serving as Commissioning editor for Discovery Channel, Europe; Senior Vice-President for Alliance Atlantis; and heading the Independent Documentary Unit at the BBC.

At the BBC, he founded and commissioned works for the Fine Cut series, working with such international filmmakers as Jean Rouch, Werner Herzog, DA Pennebaker, Bob Drew, Fred Wiseman and Vikram Jayanti.

In the independent sector, Singer has been instrumental in several production companies including InCa, Café Productions, West Park Pictures, and currently Spring Films. He has been responsible in an executive or producer role for hundreds of documentary productions for cinema and television, including the Oscar-nominated Prisoner of Paradise (directed by Malcolm Clarke); Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (Vikram Jayanti); and the International Critics Award-winning film The Wild Blue Yonder (Werner Herzog).

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