MINERS STRIKE: A FRONTLINE STORY dir. Ben Anthony for BBC 2 2024, 90 mins

This feature-length documentary brings together powerful archive footage with deeply personal testimony from 15 men and women on the frontline of the strike. 40 years on, many are speaking for the first time, and with extraordinary candour, to explore one of the most divisive conflicts in a generation.

‘Storytelling so vivid the last 40 years melt away in an instant *****’ The Guardian ***** The Times


MY NAME IS HAPPY dir. Nick Read & Ayse Toprak. 2022 Feature Doc, 82 mins

October Films / Red Zed 2022. Selected for IDFA Frontlight World Premiere Nov 2022. Channel4/ARTE

As a teenager, Mutlu Kaya, a Kurdish woman from southeastern Turkey, was a promising singer. She was on the brink of breaking through to the final of Turkey’s Got Talent in 2015 when she was gunned down by a man whose marriage proposal she had refused. She suffered life-threatening injuries.

During her years of rehabilitation and attempts to resume her life and singing career, the family was again struck by violence. More determined than ever, Mutlu, now a hugely popular TikTok star, addresses the issue of femicide in a protest song.

We follow Mutlu and her close-knit musical family through their turbulent ordeals and their fight for justice against the normalization of violence against women in Turkey and beyond. Intimate shots of the Kaya family are complemented by archive footage of excerpts from the talent show and news items on this urgent topic.

WINNER - Golden Horn Krakow Film Festival 2023;

Human Rights/Human Wrongs Award, Human Documentary Film Festival in Oslo; Storyboard Collective Impact Award, PGI Youth Jury Award FIFDH Film Festival, Geneva

https://www.mynameishappy.org

 

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland - dir. James Bluemel 2023. Keo Films for BBC2, 60 mims

Prog 3 ‘So Many Broken Hearts’; Prog 5 ‘Who Wants to Live Like That?’

The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher's policies. Tit-for-tat killings, car bombs and assassinations are now commonplace in Northern Ireland. Fatigue, from a population desperate for a respite from the cycle of violence, is creeping in

 

RISE OF THE NAZIS SERIES 4: THE MANHUNT Episode 3 The Reckoning dir. Helen Sage 2022 72 Films for BBC2

In the 1960s and 70s, WW2 is a distant memory, but a few diehards are determined to hunt down thousands of Nazi war criminals, some of whom are living in plain sight. Featuring the stories of Klaus Barbie, Josef Mengele and Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld

 

Netflix Documentary Talent Fund. Short film ‘TEGAN’ directed by Ngaio Anyia and produced by Aodh Breathnach. Feb 2022

One of 10 films showcasing new diverse talent across the UK, TEGAN centres on Tegan Vincent Cook. Categorised by the world as a young black woman with cerebral palsy, we discover her talent and drive as an equestrian, matched with an unbridled dedication to reach the 2024 Paralympics.

 
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PANDEMIC 2020 Episode 3/ 3: ‘Brave New World’ dir. James Bluemel 2021 for Keo Films, BBC2, 60mins

The story of Covid 19 in 2020 according to testimony by people from all over the world, blending interview, archive and observational film-making.

‘Brave New World’ looks at faith and denial in the US, UK, Brazil and India

*Nominated: BAFTA for Editing, Factual 2022

 
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PERSONA - dir. Tim Travers Hawkins 2021

90 mins for Dorothy St Pictures, CNN Films & HBO Max

Investigates America’s infatuation with personality testing, revealing the Jungian and unashamedly domestic origins behind the Myers Briggs Indicator - perhaps the most famous personality test in the world - whilst asking ethical questions about the widespread use of these tests to screen out job applicants in the USA.

Formally, a collage of archive, interview, actuality, graphics and dramatic reconstruction.

THE SURGEONS CUT - Sacred Brain, dir. Lucy Blakstad 2020, 60 mins for BBC Studios, NETFLIX UK

Neurosurgeon Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa operates on over 250 brains a year, he’s also a distinguished stem cell researcher whose career in medicine grew from humble beginnings in Mexico. The Surgeon’s Cut joins Dr. Q on a journey back into his past as he performs an awake craniotomy in the operating theatre, unlocking a mesh of memories, visions and emotions in his own brain.

WINNER: Best Science Programme RTS AWARDS 2021, BEST SCIENCE PROGRAMME GRIERSONS 2021

 

ONCE UPON A TIME IN IRAQ, Episode 3 - the Story of Fallujah, dir. James Bluemel, 60 mins for Keo Films 2019, BBC2

A ground-breaking series that blends archive with interview testimony, telling the story of the Iraq War of 2003 through the eyes of those who lived through it.

This episode questions the role of journalists who chose to place themselves in the midst of the battle for Fallujah - one of the most bloody conflicts of the war - and the legacies for those civilians who managed to survive it.

WINNER - Rose D’Or Best Documentary 2020, Best overall TV programme 202; BAFTA Best Series; Grierson Best Factual Series

WINNER - ‘Best Edited Series’: British Film Editors CUT ABOVE AWARDS 2021

“The most in-depth, multifaceted portrait of the Iraq War to date.. a riveting oral history of a conflict that continues to shape our world. “ The Times

 “The documentary series of the year … *incredible*”  The Telegraph

“This is starkly honest, harrowing and essential viewing” The Guardian 

DOLLY PARTON: HERE I AM

90 min feature documentary, dir. Francis Whately, BBC2 - 8.30pm Christmas Day 2019

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Dolly Parton has often been seen as a caricature. But for far too long this persona has obscured the real Dolly. ‘Dolly Parton: Here I Am is a major feature-length documentary which uncovers a very different character - a Dolly that is no less extraordinary, but far more authentic and far more surprising.

Dolly Parton: Here I Am is the latest film from Bafta-winning director, Francis Whately. With unprecedented access, it reveals the genius songwriter behind the rhinestones, the private individual who reveals almost everything if you take time to explore the lyrics, the modern feminist who doesn’t want to be called a feminist.

Talking about her on camera for the first time are Dolly’s musicians, co-writers and producers, in an exploration of why she is seen as one of the greatest songwriters of modern times.

THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIC

Feature documentary, dir. Henry Singer, Rob Miller 2018 - Sandpaper Films. 99 mins. BBC Storyville, Frontline PBS, VPRO, WDR

*WINNER of Grierson Best International Documentary 2019

Official Selection IDFA 2018, HotDocs, CPHDOX, Munich, Oslo, Belgrade & many others

In 2012, almost exactly 20 years after the bloody conflict in the former Yugoslavia ended, the trial began of the Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić at the Yugoslavia tribunal in The Hague. The crimes he was accused of included leading the siege of Sarajevo and murdering 7,000 Muslim men in Srebrenica.

Filmmakers Rob Miller and Henry Singer shed light on the war from two angles, by on the one hand speaking to the public prosecutors and visiting victims and witnesses, and on the other interviewing Mladić’s lawyers, supporters and family members, who consider him a patriotic hero. Shocking, potent images in archive news footage remind us of the absurd and gratuitous cruelty meted out in this dirty war, whose battles are still not over.’

‘This is a superbly crafted documentary’ Grierson Judges

‘An extraordinary film’ - Christiane Amanpour, CNN international

‘A superb, powerful documentary…meticulous, devastating’ - Julian Borger

‘Those who believe with Martin Luther King Jnr that the ‘arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice’ might find affirmation of that Hope in Henry Singer and Rob Miller’s the Trial of Ratko Mladic’ - Peter Keogh, the Boston Globe


TOKYO IDOLS, dir. Kyoko Miyake, 90 min, 2016, Eyesteel Films. BBC4 Storyille

Feature documentary detailing the phenomenon of idol bands in Tokyo. The film examines culture, alienation and fantasy in modern Japan

through the eyes of fans and the teenage 'idols' themselves. 

*Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017.. HotDocs, Copenhagen, Edinburgh International Film Festival & many others

*Winner: Best Editing - Asian International Documentary Feature - International Los Angeles Pan Pacific Film Festival 2017


LOUIS THEROUX: Mothers on the Edge 60 mins for BBC2, dir Mark Casebow 2019

An in-depth look at severe mental health conditions affecting new mothers - including post-natal psychosis


LOUIS THEROUX: DARK STATES - Heroin Town; Trafficking Sex; Murder in Milwaukee

3 x 60 mins for BBC2, dir. Dan Child, Jamie Pickup, Jason Massot, Exec Prod: Peter Dale 2017.

A trilogy of films looking at the dystopian side of the US today, focusing on the deadly epidemic of opiate addiction in West Virginia; and the relationships between prostitutes and their pimps in Houston; and gun violence in Milwaukee. Penetrating, disturbing, occasionally humorous and 'deeply human.'

*Nominated: BAFTA Craft award for Editing


LOUIS THEROUX: A Different Mind BBC 2,  dir. Jamie Pickup 2016

Louis investigates those people and their families affected by brain injury in the UK

 

LOUIS THEROUX: Drinking to Oblivion  BBC 2 dir. Tom Barrow 2015

A gruelling exploration of alcoholism in the UK. Louis meets patients at Kings College Hospital in South London.

*Nominated: Best Presenter Grierson Awards 2016

*Winner: Televisual Bulldog Awards - Best Documentary 2017

 

COUNTDOWN TO LIFE: Programme 2, Against the Odds BBC Science for BBC2 dir. Helen Sage 2015

Landmark Series combining graphics and present-day narrative to illustrate how events in the womb affect us all in later life. This programme stresses the importance of diversity in both evolutionary and social contexts. 

*Nominated: Best Science Programme, Grierson Awards 2016

 

LONNIE DONEGAN AND ME dir. Paul Bernays for Spring Films - ITV 2015. 1 x 60 mins

A look at the importance and legacy of musician Lonnie Donegan with Jim Carter. Using archive and interview from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jack White, Roger Daltrey etc

 

LORRAINE PASCAL: Fostering & Me BBC docs for BBC2 dir. Dan Child 2014. 1 X 60min.

A powerful and harrowing exploration of fostering through the eyes of someone who spent time in care herself.

 

LIFE & DEATH ROW Programme 3: Crisis Stage  BBC docs for BBC 3. Dir. Graeme McAulay 2013. 1 x 60min

The final hope of some Death Row inmates rests with a bunch of law students at The University of Houston. The programme follows one intern's attempts to overturn the sentences of 2 convicted killers.

*Winner BAFTA: Best Factual Series 2014, Winner RTS Award, Best Factual Series 2014

 

EDUCATING YORKSHIRE  TwoFour Productions for Channel 4, Ser. Dir. David Brindley/Grace Reynolds 2013

Programme 8 (Musharaf overcomes a crippling stammer to pass his GCSE exam with the help of star English teacher Mr Burton)

Programme 5 (Stephen Moses is the head of Year 9)

WINNER: Best Documentary Series, RTS Awards 2014

      

SPACE DIVE - BBC 2, Nat Geo dir. Colin Barr, prod. Graeme McAulay Nov 2012. 1 x 90 min.

The whole 4 year story behind Felix Baumgartner’s freefall through the sound barrier.

*WINNER: 2013 Emmy Awards – Best Science Programme, Winner: US RealScreen Award, Best Science Prog 2012

 

Rachel Bruno – My Dad & Me – BBC3, Dir. Dan Child March 2013. 1 x 60min

In a highly personal account concluding BBC3’s Mental Health season, Frank Bruno’s daughter comes to terms with the Bipolar Disorder that has devastated their family and effects a reconciliation with Frank himself.

 

From Romania With Love  - ITV, dir. Charlie Russell. Dec 2012 1 X 50 min.

3 orphans brought to Britain in 1990 amidst the media furore following the fall of Ceausescu go back to Romania in search of their birth mothers and the country they left behind.

 

“OUR WAR Series 1: Caught in the Crossfire” – BBC3 dir. Stuart Bernard, Exec. Colin Barr. 2011. 1 x 60min

Prog 3 of 3. Groundbreaking series telling the history of 10 years of the War in Afghanistan through unmitigated footage from soldiers’ headcams Winner – BAFTA ‘Best Factual Series’ 2012, ‘Best Factual Series’, Broadcast Awards 2012, Nominated for Grierson

 

LOUIS THEROUX: Extreme Love – Autism”  - BBC 2, dir. Jamie Pickup 2012. 1 x 60 min.

Louis meets children and families affected by Autism and spends time in a specialist school for the condition.

 

THE MIDWIVES: Fighting for Life - The Garden for BBC 2, dir. Grace Reynolds 2012. 1x 60min

Series following midwives. This programme looks at high risk pregnancies.

 

“LOUIS THEROUX: The Ultra-Zionists” – BBC2, dir. Andy Wells 2010. 1 X 60min.

Louis turns his attentions to the West Bank, and examines the motivations of some of the controversial Jewish settlers, as well as those who support and oppose them. Shortlisted for Grierson Award 2011

 

 “THE TUBE” –Blast! Films for BBC2 – 2 x 60 min, dir. Danny Horan 2012

Unique series covering every aspect of the London Underground and the staff who work on it. Nominated for Broadcast Award 2013

 

“FIRST CUT: Superheroes of Suburbia”  - C4, dir. Christian Watt, Exec. Zac Beatty 2011. 1 x 24 min.

Examines the surreal yet steadily growing cult of real-life superheroes and their motivations.

 

 “WONDERLAND: The Kids Who Play With Fire” – BBC2, dir. Vanessa Stockley 2010. 1 X 60min

Documentary following 3 young potential arsonists and the efforts of the Fire Service to curb their compulsion.

 

“LOUIS THEROUX: America’s Medicated Kids”- BBC2, dir. Danny Horan2010 1 x 60min

Louis investigates the growing phenomena of kids put on psycho-active medication to control behavioural disorders in the US.

 

HORIZON: Man’s Best Friend- BBC2, dir. Dan Child 2009. 1 X 60 min

An examination of the significance of the relationship between humans and dogs.

 

THE FAMILY SERIES 2”Dragonfly for C4, Series Director David Clews. 2009 (BAFTA nominated series)

 

Two Feet in the Grave” – BBC1, dir. Dan Child.  2009. 1 x 60min. Richard Wilson explores the taboo of death and the way we die in Britain today, arguing for more openness and understanding around this issue.

 

“WONDERLAND: Bus to the End of the World”* –BBC2 for Nick Mirsky, dir. David Clews 2007. 1 x 40min

An unusual package tour round Israel for Christians who believe Armageddon is imminent. *Foreign Press Award – ‘Best Travel Film’ 2008

 

“Eunuchs” – Form Media for C4 dir. Danny Horan, 2007 1 X 50 min

An investigation of the growing phenomenon of voluntary castration, following several eunuchs, including one 20yr old about to undergo surgery.

 

“Kirsten O’Brien’s Topless Ambition” – Talkback Thames for BBC3 dir. Hannah Brownhill. 2008.  1 x 60min. Children’s presenter Kirsten O’Brien embarks on a personal journey in order to decide whether to do a lads’ mag shoot to further her career.

 

“The World’s Tallest Woman and Me” – Firefly for C4, dir. Kate Townsend 2008 1 x 50min.

Comedian Mark Dolan goes in search of female giants.

 

HIDDEN LIVES – Sweaty Betty” – RAW for C5 dir. Katherine Hagan 2007, 1 x 50min

The phenomenon of hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating & how it impacts on women’s lives.

 

 “Intervention” – betty for C4 dir. David Clews, 2006 1 x 50min

2 heroin addicts are helped out of addiction using a revolutionary method.

 

“First Love Second Chance” – Yorkshire for ITV dir. Wendie Ottewill, 2004

1 x 50 min - 2 people revisit their first romance and try to make love last

 

ARTS/EDUCATIONAL DOCS

 

“No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For” Optic Nerve for C4, 1997

50 min obituary documentary on Allen Ginsberg.

*Silver Award in ‘Arts’, US Film/TV Festival ‘98

 

“Modern American Poets” Optic Nerve for C4, 1996-97

4 x 30min docs on William Carlos Williams, Frank O’Hara, Gary Snyder, Amiri Baraka

 

“Letters From the Trenches” - Optic Nerve for C4 Learning, 1999

2 x 20 min doc series on WW1 – actors reading letters against archive footage

 

FORMATS / SERIES

 

“ROAR” – Cheetah for CBBC, AUG 2007 4 x 1hrs - Series of magazine animal progs for kids

 “The Secret Millionaire” pilot / prog 2 - RDF for C4 dir. Emily Jones, JAN-MAR 2006

“You Are What You Eat series 3” – Celador for C4 dir. Adeline Ramage DEC-JAN 2005/6

 “Make Me A Million” – RDF for Channel 4 dir. Danny Horan, 2005

 “Holiday Showdown” – RDF for ITV dir. Caroline Antscherl 2005

 “Wife Swap series 2” – RDF for Channel 4 dir. Simon Davies, 2003 (BAFTA-winning series)1 x 50 min

“Big Brother Series 1, 2 &3”

 

INDEPENDENTS/SHORT FILMS:

 

 “1’30’ – Piano Magic” – DIRECTOR & EDITOR, 2002

Pop promo for 4AD / Beggars Banquet Records

Alexander McQueen fashion show 1998

“Dust” - CO-PRODUCER, EDITOR, 2001 – animation about cleaning          

“Surface” - short film starring Chloe Sevigny, dir. Michael Cleary 1998