Filmmakers

John Jeremy (born 1940) is a British documentary filmmaker and editor known for his films about jazz and blues. He began his career in film editing in the late 1950s. His first film as director, Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970), uses photographs and field recordings made by blues historian Paul Oliver during a journey through the American South. Jeremy’s later documentaries include Jazz Is Our Religion, Born to Swing, To the Count of Basie, and a portrait of Billie Holiday.

See the John Jeremy website for more background and his filmography at https://www.johnjeremy.co.uk/