Strong self-shooting London-based female documentary Producer / Director with over a decade of industry experience. Most of my experience over the years has been on sensitive observational and institutional access documentaries. My last project was BBC2’s Grierson award winning ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’ - a 2 X 60’ series about the adult ... Read More

Strong self-shooting London-based female documentary Producer / Director with over a decade of industry experience. Most of my experience over the years has been on sensitive observational and institutional access documentaries. My last project was BBC2’s Grierson award winning ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’ - a 2 X 60’ series about the adult autistic experience, featuring Chris Packham. Both episodes are on BBC iPlayer.• One to Watch (Selected, from over four hundred applicants, as one of thirty rising stars in the TV industry) • Directed the first series of award-winning and re-commissioned documentary series ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’ (BBC2) & 'Emma Willis: Delivering Babies' (W Channel) • Worked on the first series of many re-commissioned and channel defining documentaries (Inside Our Autistic Minds and Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, BBC2; Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, W Channel; 24 Hours in A&E and The Secret Life of the Zoo, Channel 4; My Violent Child, Channel 5; and High Speed Chase, ID) • I have taken six hours of primetime television through the edit (Inside Our Autistic Minds, BBC2; Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, W Channel; A Very British Airline, BBC2; Britain’s Cocaine Epidemic and Student Sex Workers, Channel 5; and Swipe Right for Murder, Really Channel) and two digital films (1X20’ for YouTube; and 1X5’ for 4Shorts) • Strong and creative self-shooter - actuality scenes (including reactive and observational filming, and in both single and multi-camera environments), master interviews and PTCs - FX9, FX6, FS7 & C300 with prime and zoom lenses. • Experience of recording and monitoring sound on four channels. • Experience of remote directing (High-Speed Chase, Investigation Discovery) • Confident directing talent, including talent new to documentary-making - I have worked with Chris Packham (Inside Our Autistic Minds, BBC2); Emma Willis (Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, W Channel); Giles Coren & Monica Galetti (Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, BBC2); Adam Deacon (Can We Trust the Police? BBC3); YouTube personalities ClickForTaz (YouTube Creator Spotlight, YouTube) & Claira Hermet (I Love My Boobs But They Have To Go, The Guardian); and Blogger Rae Duke (What Should I Believe In? Channel 4 Shorts) • Skilled at managing delicate access, and contributor relationships; both over a long period of time, and on the spot. • Confident handling complex compliance and legal issues. • Funded development experience. • Experience of long, mid and short-form programme making.While I am a strong and creative self-shooter, having consistently shot since my days as a Production Assistant, one of my greatest strengths is my ability to build solid relationships with contributors and maintain trust and access in difficult situations - I have filmed with people at the end of their lives (24 Hours in A&E, Channel 4 & The Butcher Surgeon: Why Wasn’t He Stopped, Channel 5) and at the start (One Born Every Minute, Channel 4 & Emma Willis Delivering Babies, W Channel); with a murder investigation team (The Met: Policing London, BBC1); with parents being abused by their own children (My Violent Child, Channel 5); with school kid and female drug dealers (Britain’s Cocaine Epidemic, Channel 5); and with university students working in the sex industry to help fund their education (Student Sex Workers, Channel 5) Read Less