Chester Dent is a producer/director from the UK with prime-time credits for the BBC, Channel 4 and DCI.

Originally trained as a director of actors under Mike Leigh and Stephen Frears at the UK National Film & Television School, Chester has directed big-budget television drama as well as music videos and commercials. His short film “Revolver” was shown at more than forty festivals internationally and in competition at Cannes.

After a brief sojourn into New Media at Apple in the mid-1990s, he re-invented himself as an observational documentarian with two acclaimed films for BBC2’s “Trouble at the Top” series. After the success of their BBC hit series "The Monastery" Chester was hired by Tiger Aspect to direct the US version for TLC.

Chester continues to make signature documentaries in Australia.