About

BAFTA-winner for Editing Factual 2024 and three times nominated: 2022, 2021, 2019

LATEST NEWS NOV 2024 : Delighted that my feature documentary, ‘My Name is Happy’, co-directed by Nick Read and Ayse Tobrak, has won the Grierson for Best International Feature 2024 ‘The filmmakers expertly show us the slow and moving recovery journey of the titular character at the centre of this unfolding narrative. Through her compelling voice over, she shines a light on the growing issue of femicide and how in the aftermath of tragedy, she is able to be a powerful voice for change and protest’. (Grierson Jury Statement)

It also won the Golden Horn at Krakow Film Festival June 2023

I specialise in complex narrative and human drama told with precision, wit and emotional punch. Also available as an Edit Consultant and Writer, at any stage of production or post-production. I love working with emerging talent and am happy to offer my skills to support the next generation of the industry.

I've cut a wide variety of single documentaries and series including Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland (BBC2); Miner’s Strike: A Frontline Story (BBC2); Once Upon A Time in Iraq (BBC2)Persona (HBO Max/CNN Films); The Surgeon’s Cut (Netflix);; Dolly Parton: Here I Am (BBC 2); The Trial of Ratko Mladic (Storyville); Tokyo Idols (Storyville); Dark States (Louis Theroux); Life & Death Row; Wonderland; Horizon; Our War; and Educating Yorkshire for Channel 4.

Once Upon a Time in Iraq was named Best Documentary and best overall programme at the Rose D’Or awards in 2020. It also won Best Documentary Series at the RTS Awards 2021, Best Edited Documentary series at the BFE A Cut Above Awards 2021, an Emmy and Best Factual Series at the BAFTAS 2021.

The Trial of Ratko Mladic won a Grierson Award for Best International Documentary in 2019.

Tokyo Idols was in the Official Selection for Sundance 2017 and received the Best Editing award in the International Documentary category at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival.

In 2020 I directed and edited a short film as part of the immersive art project, ‘A Delicate Sight’ - produced by Sam Winston, exploring the creative possibilities of Darkness with writers Bernardine Evaristo, Max Porter, Don Paterson and Raymond Antrobus.