I’m a specialist factual-focused producer/director trained largely in-house at the BBC. My interests and experience are broad; over the 20 years I've contributed to films and series ranging in content from the physics of relativity to the history of maps, to entomology, the archaeology of early humanity and the social history of Elizabet... Read More

I’m a specialist factual-focused producer/director trained largely in-house at the BBC. My interests and experience are broad; over the 20 years I've contributed to films and series ranging in content from the physics of relativity to the history of maps, to entomology, the archaeology of early humanity and the social history of Elizabethan Britain. I enjoy taking on creative responsibility in productions of which I’ve been a part, trusted to add value, delivering imaginative, effective results. As a writer, I enjoy producing compelling, lucid script that will sell a story or make a picture sing, communicating complex ideas succinctly - and I'm trusted to take even the most limited of briefs, idenitfy the best options for filming, and create a broadcast-worthy story often on extremely short timescales.

I’ve been able to travel all over the world with work, and have led shoots in Europe, Africa, the Americas and the US, directing for NatGeo, Discovery, PBS, Animal Planet and Sky1. I’m inspired by landscape and I relish any opportunity to place a story in its context. I have a sharp eye for the details that will bring a story to life, and I’ve been lucky enough to work with talented DOPs who have shared – and have helped hone – my aesthetic sense. I'm also a strong self-shooter with experience covering both actuality and more scripted, presenter-led sequences, working both alone and in teams including a second camera. I shoot for the edit, where I have abundant experience piecing together sequences, deriving huge pleasure from teasing out emotion through timing. Through the films I've taken from concept to delivery, I've developed a keen sense of what's required to make a strong shot, interview, sequence, story. Read Less