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Philip J Day
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Born | Harrogate, England, United Kingdom |
Occupation | Filmmaker, founder and president of Edge West Productions, writer, and Television producer |
Website | Philday.tv |
Philip J Day is a British film director and Peabody Award winner. His TV shows have been awarded two Emmy's and seven Emmy nominations as well as multiple other international awards. His credits include, National Geographic Channel, Discovery, BBC TV, Channel Four (UK), The History Channel, TLC and PBS.
In 2006, he began his own production company '‘Edge West Productions'’. Over the years Day has developed a strong working relationship with companies like Discovery, TLC, National Geographic Channel and PBS. Between 2005 and 2014 Day wrote, produced, and directed more than 100 films for these networks. Many of these shows were produced by his company. Curiosity (TV Series) "Volcano Time Bomb", Inside Rio Carnival, The Real Roswell, Tunnel to a Lost World, Lost Cities of the Amazon, The Skyjacker That Got Away, Great Escape: The Final Secrets, and Nasca Lines The Buried Secrets.
As well as producing, directing and writing Day is also executive producing popular TV series, such as Alaska: The Last Frontier for Discovery and Sex Sent Me to the ER for TLC.
Philip James Day was born in Harrogate, United Kingdom. He and his family moved to Africa, when he was eleven years old. They lived in Kabwe, Zambia. This allowed Day to attend Peterhouse Boys' School in Marondera, Zimbabwe. Day was moved back to England to finish High School. He graduated from Ackworth School in West Yorkshire.