Chris Brookes is an independent radio producer whose programs have been heard in the US, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, England, The Netherlands, and Canada. His documentaries have have won more than 30 awards, including the Peabody, Gabriel, Gracie, Armstrong, United Nations, Third Coast Festival/Robert H. Driehaus, and New York Radio Festival Grand awards in the US; Prix Italia, Prix Marulic, and Prix Europa Special Commendations for Documentary in Europe; and Canada's Atlantic Journalism Award, ACTRA Nellie, CAJ Best Investigative Journalism, and CBC President awards.

He is also an author, television writer, and playwright, and has taught documentary feature-making and storytelling at festivals and workshops across North America and Europe.

Chris currently directs the production company Battery Radio, with studios at the bottom of the cliff where Marconi received the first trans-Atlantic wireless message in St. John's, Newfoundland.

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For links to Chris Brookes' work, please visit the website of his production company, Battery Radio