The Grierson Trust is a registered charity that exists to promote documentary film making and to celebrate the work of John Grierson. Its forerunner, the Grierson Memorial Trust, was founded in 1974.

The Grierson Memorial Trust was founded primarily to assume responsibility for the Grierson Award which had been inaugurated by the British Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) in 1972 after the death of John Grierson. The Trust’s first two Chairmen, Basil Wright and Edgar Anstey, had learned their craft alongside Grierson himself and the third, the journalist and media scholar John Chittock, had been instrumental in the establishment of the Grierson Award, and wrote perceptively about Grierson and his work. John Chittock was succeeded in 2000 by Larry Chrisfield, doyen of British entertainment tax accountants, who steered the Grierson Awards through a period of significant growth and success before passing the baton to the distinguished director Edward Mirzoeff in 2002. In 2006 Jenny Barraclough became Chairman and in 2008, Murray Weston. Dawn Airey is the current Chairman and Alfredo Ciampa is the Honorary Treasurer.

Jane Callaghan
General Manager
jane@griersontrust.org
Hilary Beal
Administrative Assistant
hilary@griersontrust.org
Fiona Williams
Press and PR
fiona@justwilliamspr.co.uk

Registered Charity Nº: 1100784
Company Registration Nº: 4855173

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