Bill Emmott

Bill Emmott (born August 6, 1956) is an English journalist who has also made a documentary feature film, "Girlfriend in a Coma".

Emmott was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he attained a First Class Degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). After graduation, he worked for The Economist newspaper in Brussels, Tokyo and London, becoming editor in March 1993. He resigned on 20 February 2006. Also during this time, The Economist editorialized in favour of the Iraq war, of legalising gay marriage, of abolishing the British monarchy and in opposition to Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister of Italy.

He is chairman of the London Library, a trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, group economic adviser for Fleming Family and Partners, and chairman of an online start-up in social-media rankings, PeerIndex; he is also a member of the Swiss Re Chairman's Advisory Panel. He is especially known for several well-received books about Japan.

Bill Emmott wrote the best-selling book The Sun Also Sets: The Limits to Japan's Economic Power (1989) as well as 20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-First Century (2003), Japanophobia: The Myth of the Invincible Japanese (1993) and Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape our Next Decade (2008). His latest book is about Italy: first available only in Italian translation as "Forza, Italia: Come Ripartire dopo Berlusconi" in 2010, he then updated, revised and expanded it for the English version, "Good Italy, Bad Italy", which was published by Yale University Press in 2012. Bill Emmott writes regular columns on current affairs for The Times in London and for La Stampa in Italy.

His documentary feature film about Italy's 20-year crisis, "Girlfriend in a Coma", has been directed by Annalisa Piras and made by Springshot Productions during 2012, and will be launched at film festivals worldwide.