Senior Documentary Shooting Producer/Director
London-based
Solo PD credits on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and US Channels
iVisa for working in the USA valid until 2029
SINGLE FILMS:
THE ACCUSED: GUILTY OR INNOCENT? Brinkworth Productions.
HULU / A&E. 4x60’ 2019-2024
Filmed, produced, directed and edit produced these four films, each following an individual accused of a serious crime but claiming innocence, as they go through America’s harsh criminal justice system. Told solely from the point of view of the accused and their legal team as they build a case and fight to avoid decades, or life, in prison.
Intimate, intense, emotional, without VO, beautifully shot filmic single narratives, following:
· Season 1: A serious assault case in South Carolina
· Season 2: A child abuse case in Detroit
· Season 3: A murder case in Las Vegas
Season 4: A child neglect case in a Mennonite community in Pennsylvania
HOME FREE Primal Media. CHANNEL 4. 2x60’. 2019
Series Producer/ Director. Shot and edit produced this joyful mini series following a courageous group of young people with learning disabilities who leave their family homes to form a community. Commissioned as 1x60’ but expanded to become two episodes during the shoot due to the wealth of great material.
MY MILLIONAIRE MIGRANT BOSS Shiver TV. CHANNEL 4. 1x60’. 2017-2018
Shooting Producer Director and edit producer. Against a backdrop of anti-immigrant sentiment, can British workers work as hard as immigrants under the mentorship of a Palestinian millionaire?
ME AND MY AFFAIR Knickerbockerglory TV. CHANNEL 5. 1x60’. 2016
Director and edit producer A highly ambitious doc examining the common but still taboo issue of infidelity. No voiceover; no actuality; just raw, emotional beautifully-shot studio interviews.
THE RISE OF THE SUPERSTAR VLOGGERS Little Dot Studios. BBC THREE. 1x60’. 2015
Produced, directed, shot and edit produced this investigative look at the phenomenon of the world’s most successful video bloggers watched by millions and trailblazing a new form of media. Partly shot in LA.
MY VIOLENT CHILD Popkorn TV. CHANNEL 5. 1x60’. 2014-15
Shooting PD and edit producer on this hard-hitting ob doc looking at the growing issue of child-on-parent aggression and violence.
AIDAN: THE RAREST BOY IN THE WORLD If Not Us Films. CHANNEL 5. 1x60’. 2013-15
Shooting PD. Poignant human interest/medical mystery story of a young boy with severe and complex health issues. Also shot in Boston Children’s Hospital, USA.
THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST JOBS Boundless Productions. BBC THREE. 1x60’. 2014
Shooting PD and edit producer. Three brave young Brits train to become Skyscraper Window Cleaners in Toronto. Mostly filmed dangling from a rope at up to 68 floors high. Vertiginous!
THE KIDS WITH NO MEMORY OR Media. CHANNEL 5. 1x60’. 2013
Shooting PD and edit producer. Sweet and touching ob doc following four young people with memory disorders and their attempts to cope with life with amnesia.
THE DAY I GOT MY SIGHT BACK Walker George Films. BBC ONE. 1x60’. 2012
Shooting PD. Emotional ob doc following one man's mission to regain his sight through pioneering surgery in order to see his twin boys for the first time (credited as Observational Camera).
BABIES IN THE OFFICE Dragonfly Productions. BBC TWO. 2x60’. 2011
Series Producer/Director. Ob doc. BBC Current Affairs. A large London firm introduces a policy allowing parents to work with their babies alongside them. Shoots in Maine and Arizona, USA.
MY CHILD’S NOT PERFECT Maverick TV. ITV1. 2x60’. 2011
Series Producer/Director. Ob doc following young people with issues such as bulimia, mutism and Tourette's Syndrome.
OTHER PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PROJECTS:
THE GREAT BRITISH SCHOOL SWAP Top Hat Productions. CHANNEL 4. 3x60’. 2018
Shooting PD on this ob doc/rig hybrid exploring race in Britain through an experiment where kids from an exclusively white school and a completely non-white school swap places.
BRIDE AND PREJUDICE 7 Wonder Productions. CHANNEL 4. 5x60’. 2018
Story strand shooting PD and edit producer in this series looking at couples hoping to marry where there’s an objection from within the family. Will a Jamaican Christian pastor accept his son’s conversion to Islam and engagement to a Muslim woman? Filmed in the UK and Jamaica.
THE UNDATEABLES betty TV. CHANNEL 4. 2016-2017
Produced, directed, shot and edit produced several stories in the hugely popular returning series.
ONE BORN AT CHRISTMAS Dragonfly Productions. CHANNEL 4. 5x60’ (live). 2010
Shooting PD on these live Christmas Day broadcasts of the festive edition of One Born Every Minute.
SURGERY SCHOOL Tiger Aspect Productions. ITV1. 3x60’. 2008-09
Shooting PD and edit producer (cut 1x60’) Ob doc series following trainee surgeons.
VETS ON CALL Endemol UK. Endemol UK. CHANNEL 5. 5x60’. 2008
Shooting PD and edit producer. Ob doc series following north country vets in the Yorkshire Dales.
SHIPWRECKED: THE THIRD ISLAND RDF Media. CHANNEL 4. 6 of 13x30’. 2007
The first 7 of 13 episodes: a new and surprising twist in the on-going Shipwrecked saga. Cut 1x30’.
BEN’S ZOO Tigress Productions. BBC TWO. 8x30’. 2007
Shooting PD and edit producer Ob doc about a family who buy a zoo on Dartmoor. Cut 1x30’.
SHIPWRECKED: BATTLE OF THE ISLANDS RDF Media. CHANNEL 4. 3x60’. 2006
Shooting PD on the popular series set in the South Pacific.
§
See Talent Manager for Testimonials
§
Please contact me for referee contact details.