Roger Graef is a writer, filmmaker, broadcaster and criminologist.

In January 2006 it was announced that Roger had been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours List.

In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Fellowship to the British Academy of Film and Television, again for his outstanding contribution and achievements.

He now joins Bill Cotton, John Thaw, Steven Bochco, John Schlesinger, Peter Bazalgette and Morecombe & Wise, having been recognised by the Academy for having achieved "great heights in their lifetime".

Roger also won a BAFTA in 2003, as the Producer of the Flaherty Best Documentary, Feltham Sings!

Among his more than eighty films, he is best known for his pioneering work in gaining access to hitherto closed institutions ranging from ministries and boardrooms to police, courts, prisons, probation and social work.

These influential films include the Thames Valley Police, which helped change the way the police deal with rape victims. In Search of Law and Order, took an unique look at some groundbreaking ways of changing juvenile rehabilitation. And The Secret Policeman's Ball - a film that helped make Miramax and Harvey Weinstein household names, and influenced a generation of commedians and musicians to try and change the World.

As a consultant and communications expert, he has served on numerous boards and government committees. He was a founding board member of Channel Four and a governor of the British Film Institute. Roger Graef has served on the board of the ICA where he created and chaired the ICA Architectural Forum.