A 175 minutes feature documentary examining why 99% of those who carried of the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Voted by the Guardian as No17 in the 50 Best Films in the UK in 2021 (the highest documentary on the list). No1 Film of 2021 on London Critics Film Circle members Michael Darvell & Jeremy Clarke’s listsNo1 Documentary of 2021: James Cameron-Wilson LBC Radio/Film Review DailyHere is an epic documentary investigation from director David Nicholas Wilkinson into something that could be called the great unpunishment…. A sombre, valuable film.Peter Bradshaw THE GUARDIAN ★★★★★Jeremy Clarke DMOVIES ★★★★★André Simonoviesz FILMUFORIA ★★★★★Adrian Hennigan HAARETZ ★★★★1/2It's an essential, remarkably fresh and important angle on a familiar historical event…. Wilkinson is able to contextualise the Holocaust in a number of inventive ways … Thankfully, the film's tone is never grim, maintaining positive curiosity and a desire to get to the truth…. Wilkinson keeps everything clear-eyed and open-handed, offering a riveting broad picture unlike anything we've seen before.Rich Cline SHADOWS ON THE WALL ★★★★ MUST SEEThen a drone camera rises into a simple, devastating aerial shot. The obscene scale is made new. As a metaphor, the moment fits a film that argues that there can be no end to the Holocaust when so few of its perpetrators ever saw a courtroom.Danny Leigh FINANCIAL TIMES ★★★★…a huge, intellectually dense and often seething account of how so many perpetrators of the Holocaust and their collaborators remained unpunished…. this is compelling and provocative filmmaking.Kevin Maher THE TIMES ★★★★Released to coincide with the 75th anniversary of sentencing at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, this epic documentary asks some troubling questions.... an understandably gruelling yet thought-provoking film. Tom Dawson TOTAL FILM ★★★★

Up until 1998 Guerilla had the UK distribution rights to over fifty films from one of France’s top independent production company’s les films du losange. These films were directed by some of France’s most eminent filmmakers – Eric Rohmer, Barbet Schroeder, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Goddard, Jacques Rivette, Roger Planchon etc. However in 1998 Guerilla Films decided only to release British & Irish films/ co-productions. In the history of the British film industry no other UK distribution company has made such a strong commitment to British films. To date the company has released over 70 feature British films. These include ADAM & PAUL, Sir Ronald Harwood's TAKING SIDES, TWO MEN WENT TO WAR, Mike Newell's THE GOOD FATHER, Sir Richard Eyre's LAUGHTERHOUSE etc. The companies last few releases were MOTHER'S MILK based on Edward St Aubyn's award winning book which the company also co-produced and 50 KISSES a film which is the result of an ambitious competition run by the London Screenwriters Festival.The company has also included British only short films by new up and coming filmmakers, on all the DVD's it has released.Guerilla Films has reduced its distribution activities since Wilkinson joined Distrify as Chairman. Wilkinson has produced and/ or distributed well over 100 film and TV productions.

GuerillaDocs is a standalone venture set up by David Wilkinson and Sidonie Roberts aiming to, produce and co-produce both short and feature-length political, historical, environmental or social documentaries, to be screened via traditional broadcast outlets and also emerging online digital platforms. The is now run by David Nicholas Wilkinson and Bill Lawrence. After producing a couple of experimental films made by Roberts and Schulz in 2011 and 2012, the company started pre-production in October 2012 on THE FIRST FILM a feature-length doc for the cinema which is produced, directed and co-screenplay by Wilkinson who also presents. It is 33-year attempt to prove to the world that film was invented in Leeds, Yorkshire, England on 14th October 1888 by the Frenchman Louis Le Prince. The film opened in the UK & Ireland in July 2015. Wilkinson executive produced the multi-award-winning documentary feature HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD which was Day One film at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It has since won many awards. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER(S) was voted by the Guadian as the No. 1 documentary of 2021 in the UK. Other productions include POSTCARDS FROM THE 48% and THE PRICE OF LOVE.Currently filming THE MARBLES.

A documentary feature showing why all of us who voted Remain in the 2016 EU Referendum vote were campaigning to stay in the EU."The film never finds one positive thing about Brexit, but then neither has the UK government..." Shadow On The Wall ★★★★"A deeply considered film that presents a case for questioning Brexit and the way in which it is being handled. Alastair Campbell’s dictum to the effect that we have to talk sense in order to make people see sense; that phrase sums up perfectly the modus operandi of Wilkinson’s film." Film Review ★★★★"Wilkinson’s thoughtful, lucid documentary unashamedly gives voice to the “ losers” in a poll that leaves the country facing its greatest challenge since the Second World War Radio Times ★★★★"In calm, vicarly manner, David Wilkinson gathers and binds a pretty much unarguable case for persisting in trying to overturn Brexit... Wilkinson at least has the decency, unlike the Leave campaign, not to pretend that he has all the solutions." The Guardian ★★★"The film is considered and thoughtful, and ends with a plea for a genuine democratic power and a popular veto in the final Brexit deal..." The Times ★★★"Ian McEwan’s knowing quip about Remainers being "hobbled by a fatal attraction to rational argument" holds equally true for Wilkinson’s thoughtful, respectful, polite film. This is a valuable memorial for future generations, undoubtedly." Arts Desk ★★★"Dirty Gem... Highly insightful documentary provides detailed and finely corroborated arguments as to why Brexit is nothing short of a disaster, and it also conveys a necessary message of blue hope... The helmer is often in front of the camera, making this an intimate and conversational piece of film-making." D*Movies ★★★★"Well worth a watch: a really interesting, sober and level-headed view on the referendum vote..." BBC Radio Scotland

A feature documentary proving that the world's first film was shot in Leeds in October 1888. A documentary that reads more like a murder mystery than just a history documentary as Wilkinson searches through 125 years worth of evidence, crossing continents looking for clues to show the world that the greatest entertainment industry on the planet started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Road Rash Reviews ★★★★★The detective work in Wilkinson’s The First Film is amateur in the best, most shining sense. He loves his obsession; he can’t afford to hire a Sherlock Holmes; but by the end of this hunt for the man alleged to have made literally “the first film” — we are gripping the seat arms, saying “Oh let it be so!”…… It’s a Holmes case better than many of Holmes’s. And I wouldn’t swap Wilkinson’s dapper monomania for even Sherlock’s sure-footed expertise. Financial Times ★★★★“The First Film brings out a real love of storytelling and cinematic art.Flickering Myth ★★★★“ Wilkinson makes a clear case that Le Prince was a prototypical film artist, and a genuine pioneer “The Guardian ★★★Were the first ever moving pictures made in Leeds by Louis Le Prince? Wilkinson intriguing documentary makes a convincing case….. while others will be captivated by a flickering story that blends intrigue, industrial espionage, and possibly even murder Mark Kermode ★★★“ this compelling documentary essential for anyone with an interest in screen history”Radio Times ★★★★“this isn't just the first moving picture, it's the first film” Shadows on the Wall ★★★1/2 “ Wilkinson’s fascinating labour of love THE FIRST FILM " Daily Express ★★★★Fascinating…The First Film should be a worthy resource for cinema history enthusiasts and students alike". CineVue ★★★★“The resulting documentary is an interesting and lovingly researched piece of work”.Close-Upfilm ★★★1/2“Wilkinson’s film veers from personal crusade to detective story…a fascinating documentary " Film Review ★★★★

Tony Earnshaw the former Artistic Director of the Bradford Film Festival acknowledged that of all the Patron’s Wilkinson was the most pro-active in securing many films, prominent filmmakers and movers and shakers such as Sir Tom Courtenay, Sir Ronald Harwood, Terry Gilliam, Brian Cox, Milo O’Shea, John Lynch, Chris Jones, Doug Abbott, Jason Wood, Damian Spanley, etc to attend Bradford. For many years he helped establish the Industry Weekend organising events, securing top class speakers and Chairing panels.The 2014 20th Bradford International Film Festival appears to be the last one.

In 1981-2 Wilkinson pioneered, with Keith Williams, the former BBC Head of Drama, and Barry Smith at Richards Butler the “Reverse Co-Production” with the BBC. This was a new break-through, for independent producers in working with the BBC.Wilkinson also responsible for an ITV company selling a BBC related production internationally for the first time. His first film as a producer, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE was nominated for a BAFTA in 1983.Wilkinson made a number of other productions including THE WEATHER IN THE STREET starring Michael York and Joanna Lumley; DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY Sir Anthony Hopkins’ directorial debut, COAST TO COAST Lenny Henry's first film etc.We had nothing to do with the company that LinkedIn has posted on this entry.

Entered the entertainment industry in 1970, as an actor, in the title role in the West End revival production of THE WINSLOW BOY.Throughout the seventies Wilkinson played many leading roles and many small ones in over 40 theatre, television and film production including the joint lead in JACK FLEA’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION – Ian McEwan’s screen debut directed by Mike Newell; the juvenile lead in Arthur Hopkcraft’s THE NEARLY MAN directed by John Irvin and playing Stuart Sutcliffe in Richard Marquand’s BIRTH OF THE BEATLES. He won a best actor theatre award for playing Alan Strang in Peter Shaffer’s EQUUS.