School of Arts and Creative Technologies
Dr Ed Braman
Senior Lecturer in TV Production and Chair of Learning & Teaching
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Profile
Biography
Ed Braman has been a television producer and director for twenty five years, specialising in current affairs and serious factual programmes. He trained in single- and multi-camera production at Thames TV (the former ITV franchise-holder in London); and his credits include network series like “This Week” (ITV),“Assignment” (BBC), “Dispatches” and “Unreported World” (C4). He has series edited – and in some cases originated - twelve network series including the high-profile brands “Rough Justice” (BBC) and “Unreported World”.
Between 2007 and 2009, Ed was Commissioning Editor for News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 where he oversaw much of the Channel’s foreign output and several station-wide, multimedia series. Ed has worked with broadcast greats like Sir David Frost, Will Hutton, John Ware and Max Hastings; and his commissions have won Royal Television Society, One World, Rory Peck and Banff awards.
Ed lectures on: documentary production; the current state of the TV industry; screen storytelling and visual narrative. He also specialises in the practice of studio production, especially multi-camera drama and live music.
Aside from these formal teaching commitments, Ed is happy to discuss with students how the television industry works, how to go about finding jobs, how to pitch ideas and so on. He’s also happy to share his experiences of war and famine while making films in some of the world’s most hazardous environments!
Departmental roles
Ed is currently the Programme Leader for the BA Business of the Creative Industries.
