THE PIGEON TUNNEL on Apple TV+: A Revealing Documentary on the Life of JOHN LE CARRÉ – Premieres October

A new documentary, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” directed by Errol Morris (“The Fog of War”) and produced by The Ink Factory (“The Night Manager“), has been announced by Apple Original Films. David Cornwell, a former British spy, is better known as John le Carré, author of classic espionage novels like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Night Manager, and The Constant Gardener. “The Pigeon Tunnel” lifts the veil on John le Carré’s life and work. The world premiere of the film will take place on Apple TV+ on October 20, 2023.

With rare archival footage and dramatic vignettes, the film spans six decades as le Carré gives his final and most candid interview. The film, which is based on le Carré’s New York Times best-selling memoir The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life, features an original score by Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan and is an unprecedented journey into the lesser-known parts of the iconic and historically private author’s formative experiences.

David’s sons Simon and Stephen Cornwell say

Simon and Stephen Cornwell, co-CEOs and co-founders at The Ink Factory, who are also David’s sons, said: “Full of deep insight, and surprising, amusing and often profoundly moving anecdotes, ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ charts a conversation between two great minds, both consummate storytellers; one who wove extraordinary fiction from the events he experienced, the other whose interrogation of those events has led so often to a greater truth. Together, they explore the events of the Cold War, and of le Carré’s life, testing the boundaries of truth, memory and imagination. The layered and unorthodox film is a tête-à-tête between a filmmaker and a novelist – both masters of their craft – grappling with the roots of the creative process, the power of fiction and our responsibility to the truth.”

Who is making The Pigeon Tunnel

The producers are BAFTA Award winner Dominic Crossley-Holland (“All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace”) and Steven Hathaway (“Wormwood”), and Emmy Award nominees Simon Cornwell (“The Night Manager”) and Stephen Cornwell (“The Night Manager”). Executive producers are Academy Award nominee Hossein Amini (“The Wings of the Dove”), BAFTA Award nominee P.J. van Sandwijk (“The Rescue”), News & Documentary Award winner Michael Lesslie (“The Rescue”), Joe Tsai (“The Night Manager”), Arthur Wang (“The Night Manager”), Michele Wolkoff (“The Current War: Director’s Cut”) and Katherine Butler (“American Animals”). “The Pigeon Tunnel” is produced by The Ink Factory and Fourth Floor Productions, in association with Jago Films, Storyteller Productions and 127 Wall Productions.