Joshua Dugdale

Joshua Dugdale is a British documentary film-maker, organic farmer, convener and custodian of the Wasing Estate in West Berkshire. He studied economics at the University of Manchester and law at City, University of London before moving into current affairs.

His 2002 BBC film LAPD Blues, shot from South Central police station on the tenth anniversary of the LA riots, drew the highest ratings of any BBC current affairs documentary that year. He followed it with The Unwinking Gaze, a three-year portrait of the Dalai Lama as political leader, which took Best Documentary at Mammoth and was runner-up for the Foreign Press Association award in 2008. He is currently following the Ripples Collective, a group of Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists and artists.

In 2020 he started Medicine Festival, now an annual gathering of around 10,000 people bringing together indigenous wisdom keepers, contemplative teachers, scientists and public thinkers. He has since founded the Centre for Human Agency, convening philosophers, neuroscientists, human rights lawyers and indigenous knowledge holders around what human capacities are worth protecting as AI advances. He has led and supported campaigns on psilocybin access rights, hemp licensing, Net Zero, and mental health, and is a Fellow of the RSA.