Production Title: The Hidden Vote

Company: Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Line Manager: Clare Chambers

Programme Length: Under 30 minutes

Genre: Current Affairs Observational Documentary

Sector: Broadcast Television

Description:
Self-shooting producer/director, “The Hidden Vote,” an independent documentary funded by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and broadcast on PBS Independent Lens. The film also premiered on the AFI/Meet The Press film festival in Washington, DC. The film takes place in Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Arab Muslim population in America, during a a hotly contested city council race. One candidate, Rifaat Mike Hacham, is a Muslim American conservative who was inspired to get into politics by Donald Trump's unlikely win. Another, Nada al-Hanooti, is a progressive Democrat who was so appalled by the state of things that she, too, decided to run. Who will make it past the primaries?

Company: The Guardian

Line Manager: Valerie Lapinski

Genre: News Current Affairs Observational Documentary

Sector: Online Content

Description:
Self shooting staff producer/director, the Guardian, www.theguardian.com. Produce, shoot and edit character-driven short documentaries and correspondent-led series across the United States. Co-created a video series on US politics that has had over 15 million views, and was honored by the 2017 Webby awards. Oversaw freelance productions for the Guardian in the Western United States.

Company: The Center for Investigative Reporting

Line Manager: Amanda Pike

Genre: News Current Affairs

Sector: Broadcast Television

Description:
Self shooting staff producer/director at The Center for Investigative Reporting, America’s oldest and largest investigative journalism non-profit. Produced, directed and shot half-hour and hour long documentaries and TV magazine segments for a range of broadcast and online partners including PBS Newshour, PBS Frontline, Al Jazeera English and ABC News. 2016 national Emmy award winner, three-time Emmy nominee and 2014 George F. Peabody award winner.

Production Title: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Company: Far West Film Company

Line Manager: Quinn Kanaly

Programme Length: Feature Length

Genre: Factual Documentary Historical Documentary

Sector: Broadcast Television

Description:
Associate producer, Far West Film Company for National Geographic television. Field produced shoots, worked as sound mixer, B-camera operator, and assistant editor on a two-hour documentary special for National Geographic, based on Pulitzer prize- winning author Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.”