*** Currently developing a Netflix Feature Doc May '26 ***

I'm an RTS-nominated director and showrunner of premium documentaries, known for crafting gripping, humane and authentic singles and series for worldwide audiences on networks such as Netflix, HBO, MAX, Channel 4, and the BBC. 

As an American who has made her... Read More

*** Currently developing a Netflix Feature Doc May '26 ***

I'm an RTS-nominated director and showrunner of premium documentaries, known for crafting gripping, humane and authentic singles and series for worldwide audiences on networks such as Netflix, HBO, MAX, Channel 4, and the BBC. 

As an American who has made her home in London, my fluency in both cultures allows me access to the heart of the story, and the hearts of interviewees. I create narratvie structures that keep audiences glued to the screen, and my visuals are elegant, innovative, and a pleasure to the eye. 

Recent projects include Balloon Boy, a wild tale about a homemade flying saucer which I developed, wrote and directed. It shot to number one in the UK and US on Netflix. I series-directed and appeared in front of the camera for The Ruth Ellis Files, an authored journey in to the life of the last woman hanged in the UK. It broke viewing records for BBC4. Turning to audio, I wrote and hosted Killer Book Club, an original take on a very literaray murder, which rose to number one on Audible Podcasts. 

My latest directing credit is Michael Jackson: The Trial, a fourt-part series for Channel 4 about the tumultuous final years of the King of Pop. 

It received big features in almost all the major papers, international coverage, and four-star reviews from The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Independent, with critics calling it 'chillingly complelling' and 'strikingly balanced', presenting 'the most complelling case so far' and noting that it contains 'gripping new material'. 

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