CV / Selected experience
Robin
Forestier-Walker
Journalist, documentary director & impact producer
Public career summary · November 2026
Film producer and journalist with 26 years’ experience across BBC News, Al Jazeera English, ARTE, The Economist and other international platforms.
Experience
Vision Fabrika · Co-founder & director
Tbilisi · 2018–present
Films, features and campaigns for broadcasters and international organisations. Story development, directing, crew management, client liaison and delivery.
Documentary and audio work for The Economist, ARTE, BBC and Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera English · Correspondent
Caucasus & Central Asia · 2008–2023
Live and packaged reporting from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, including Maidan and the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Films for People & Power, Listening Post and 101 East.
Freelance correspondent & contributor
Reporting and writing for NPR, The Economist, Tortoise, The Spectator and The Times. Director and producer for BBC Newsnight; radio contributions to BBC From Our Own Correspondent.
BBC News · Broadcast journalist
London · 2000–2008
Westminster politics unit, BBC Parliament, BBC World News, News 24 and the World Service.
Selected work
- Georgia’s swansong (opens in a new tab)Reporter & producer · The Economist
- FIFA World Cup frenzy and national pride in Uzbekistan (opens in a new tab)Director & producer · BBC World Service
- Fighting Putin’s Propaganda (opens in a new tab)Director · BBC Our World
- Georgians: Between a European Dream and Russia (opens in a new tab)Director & producer · ARTE
- Clash of Narratives (opens in a new tab)Director · Coda Story
- I dig up skeletons of Stalin’s victims to give families closure (opens in a new tab)Director · Al Jazeera Close Up · 2024
- Rock Warrior Sings for Ukrainian Morale (opens in a new tab)Producer, director & editor · BBC News · 2022
Recognition
- Annie Dodds Award for Best DocumentaryIWM Short Film Festival · 2016 · The Forgotten Army of WWII: West Africa’s soldiers in Burma
- 18th Hong Kong Annual Human Rights Awards · Winner2014 · Unhealed Wounds of Osh, Al Jazeera 101 East. Also a finalist, Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival, 2013.
- Rory Peck Award for News · Finalist2010 · Kyrgyzstan Aftermath, Al Jazeera English
- Raindance Film Festival · Official selection2017 · Clash of Narratives
Education
& training
- MA (Cantab), Archaeology and AnthropologyJesus College, University of Cambridge · 1997–2000
- Impact Accelerator Programme (IAP 8)High Impact Professionals · March–May 2026
- AGI Strategy courseBlueDot Impact · Completed 2026
- Documentary Campus Masterschool2018
- Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (HEFAT)
Skills
& languages
Documentary directing, scripting and editing; impact campaign development; international crew and client management; production budgets, rights and releases; drone operation.
Languages: English (native), French (advanced), Russian (advanced), Spanish (intermediate), Georgian (conversational).
Selected public experience, based on the CV supplied on 10 November 2026. For a role-specific CV, please get in touch.