Kings of Coke

Montreal’s Irish Mafia ran a cocaine trafficking network that sparked murders, mayhem and police corruption.
Directed and co-written by Julian Sher for Urbania and Cineflix.

A Crave Original 2022

Ghosts of Afghanistan

As the Taliban regain control of Afghanistan, a gripping account of why the West failed in the “forever war.”
Directed and co-written by Julian Sher for Galafilm and TVO.

2021 - Winner of three Canadian Screen Awards

A Mother’s Ordeal

Brenda Waudby, wrongly accused of killing her baby daughter, fights to keep her surviving children – and to clear her name.
Directed and co-written by Julian Sher for 90th Parallel and Global Television.

2011

Execution Under Fire

Texas executed Todd Willingham in 2004 for the arson murder of his three children – but new scientific points to his innocence.
Directed and co-written by Julian Sher for 90th Parallel and Global Television.

2011

Love, Hate and Propaganda

Episode 5, “Hiding the Horrors” looks at Canadian war correspondents; the Nazis' coverup of the concentration camps; and Japan's military myths. Directed and written by Julian Sher for CBC Television and Radio-Canada.

2010

Amour Haine & Propagande

Une série documentaire en six épisodes coproduite par Radio-Canada et la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, nous fait revivre la guerre la plus importante de l'histoire sous l’angle de la propagande.

2010

The Battle for the Arctic

Scientists from the U.S., Canada and Russia race to map the once frozen and now rapidly-melting Arctic under the looming deadline of a U.N. treaty.
Written and directed by Julian Sher for JoeMedia, the New York Times and CBC Television

2009

Afghanistan: Hope and Fear 

Julian Sher was one of three CBC directors to travel to Afghanistan during the worst of the fighting.His mission: investigate the resurgent Taliban.
Co-written and co-directed by Julian Sher for CBC Television.

2008

Hunting the Predators

Inside the high-tech police centres in Canada, the UK and the US, we follow the undercover operatives as they track down the predators and rescue children.
Written and directed by Julian Sher for JoeMedia for CBC Television

2007

Battle for Baghdad

Working with New York Times correspondents, Julian Sher embedded with American troops to investigate the stakes and mistakes of the bloody war.
Written and directed by Julian Sher for JoeMedia, the New York Times and CBC Television.

2007

Nuclear Jihad

Pakistan’s nuclear links to Iran, North Korea and terrorists. Winner of Columbia University's Dupont Award, the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer prize.
Written and directed by Julian Sher for the New York Times and CBC Television.

2006

Steven Truscott: His Word Against History

A two-year investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate laid the groundwork to help Steven Truscott clear his name. Read more about the case and Julian’s book.
Produced by Julian Sher for The Fifth Estate

2000

the road to hell

In no country in the world are the Hells Angels are more powerful than in Canada. The first documentary to expose how the biker gangs conquered Canada. Read more about Julian’s book on the Hells Angels.
Produced by Julian Sher for The Fifth Estate.

2000

Ernst Zundel: Holocaust Denier

For many years he was one the world’s most prolific purveyors of anti-semitic hate propaganda. Why Canada’s hate laws could not seem to stop a man with deep ties to German neo-Nazis.
Produced by Julian Sher for The Fifth Estate.

1993

Somalia: Crimes against Humanity

With the aid of the U.S. government, war criminals from a bloody civil war in Somalia make their way to Canada - until a CBC investigation leads to a crackdown.
Produced by Julian Sher for The Fifth Estate.

1992