Available MID-DECEMBER. I'm a highly creative Producer/Director, Series Director and Edit Producer of documentaries and high-impact investigative/experiential formats. A particular emphasis on Arts and History, with a dash of Science, Royal History, Music, Food and Crime. I've made successful and award-winn... Read More

Available MID-DECEMBER. I'm a highly creative Producer/Director, Series Director and Edit Producer of documentaries and high-impact investigative/experiential formats. A particular emphasis on Arts and History, with a dash of Science, Royal History, Music, Food and Crime. I've made successful and award-winning films for the BBC, PBS, Curiosity Stream, Sky Arts/History, ZDF, Channel 5. I love to find fresh narrative angles and creating beatiful, dramatic sequences. Bringing clarity and beauty to complex ideas is a speciality. Valid I-Visa. Can work from Bristol, Cardiff, Plymouth or London, and also LA.

Currently directing a Who Do You Think You Are? for BBC1, I've also been working on a range of development projects and sizzles, and directed for the new series of Lucy Worsley Investigates. My 90' feature doc on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Bahamas went out on Channel 5 in March. I directed the first episode of Killing Sherlock for BBC2. I have directed regularly for Fake or Fortune, most recently on Joshua Reynolds. I made the Disappearance episode of Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen, and 3 episodes of Ancient Murders Unearthed, shaping this new investigative Crime/Forensic Anthropology/Archaeology format including dramatic fight sequences shot on location. I series directed Jay Blades: No Place Like Home - a distinctive new history series for Channel 5.

Other credits include Makeup: A Glamorous History (BBC2) presented by Lisa Eldridge, living history with Back in Time for School (BBC2); and Who Do You Think You Are? with Ruby Wax (BBC1). I've made innovative archive-only and interview and archive docs - such as History of Now for BBC 2, and films in the Timeshift strand for BBC4. As an Edit Producer I have worked on Battle of the Brass Bands (Sky Arts), series in Antiques and Food, as well as the shows I have directed.

I have worked regularly with top presenting talent, including Fiona Bruce, Jay Blades, David Starkey, Mark Gatiss, Sara Cox, Lucy Worsley and many more. Presenters know they can trust me to keep a close eye on editorial content, direct a strong performance, and ensure that they shine.

I lenjoy discovering what is distinctive and unexpected in a story. I bring attention to detail and intellectual rigour to all my projects. I have strong interview skills and have filmed with a wide range of people, from academics to school kids. I enjoy drawing out and observing contributors in their home or working environments. My Who Do You Think You Are? with Ruby Wax drew praise for its emotional honesty and sensitivity.

Finally, I have experience in Development, write a mean proposal, and have won a number of successful commissions. I enjoy detailed secondary development, finding real stories and working up running orders. My personal interests draw me to a wide range of subjects, including early music, history of fashion and the history of  art, food and material culture, particularly of the 16th Century. I have a succesful vintage clothing business and I contest with brass bands - currently Glastonbury Brass (1st Section). My academic background encompasses science, social science, history and arts, and I still engage in research in history. I have extensive safeguarding training as a junior football club welfare officer, and also volunteer as a coach and asst. referee/linesman