
KINGPINS / KINGPIN CRIBS
Kingpins is a tense and pulsating series that investigates the lives of the world’s most notorious criminals. In each episode Ben Zand comes face-to-face with a kingpin who dominates the illegal trade in their town.

STORY
Kingpins provides an unprecedented look at the life of a criminal kingpin - from their million-dollar mansions, to their love lives, to the brutality of their vast criminal enterprises. In each episode Ben challenges, them on their actions and seeks to understand what could stop their life of crime for good. I directed and shot one episode in the series about a drug kingpin the north of England.
1 x 47 mins for Channel 4
1 x 16 mins for YouTube
CREDITS
Filmed and Directed Jamie Welham (episode 3: The UK’s Crack Cocaine Gangs)
Zandland
Exec Producers Ben Zand & Joshua Reynolds
AWARDS
BAFTA Television Awards - Nominated Short Form Programme 2023

