DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR / CAMERA / EDIT
2-PART TRUE CRIME SERIES • NDA – currently in production, BBC 2 • Director, Camera, Edit • June 2024 – present
Hidden Light Productions • Commissioner: Daisy Scalchi, BBC
BIG ZUU GOES TO MECCA (1 x 60’ single), BBC2 • Director / Camera / Edit • Jan – Sep 2023; Tx May 2024
Shooting, directing and edit producing this standout single authored documentary following award-winning chef and musician Big Zuu on a journey to Mecca to reconnect with his Islamic faith. An exploration of duality and the difficulty of balancing religious faith with a Western lifestyle. ACME Films • Exec: Jaimie D’Cruz
MANHUNT (3 x 60’) Channel 4 • Series Director / Camera / Edit • Filmed Jan 2022 – Dec 2022; Tx Jan 2024
Series following the work of Greater Manchester Police’s elite Force Critical Wanted Unit. Shot entirely on primes. Leading a team of 3 Shooting P/Ds, 2 APs, producer and researcher. Setting the visual style and tone of the series and taking ep 1 through the edit. Minnow Films
CRITICAL: DEAD OR ALIVE NETFLIX • Shooting Director • June 2024
6-part series following the work of paramedics, doctors, nurses and surgeons across London as they bring patients back from the brink of catastrophe. The Garden Productions • Exec: Spencer Kelly
NAMING THE DEAD NAT GEO • Director, Camera/DOP and Edit • Feb 2024 – June 2024
Director and edit across this 6-part premium access format following the DNA Doe unit and police in the US using genetic investigation to solve cold cases and bring closure to families. Scripting, directing DOP/drone (shooting on RED) and shooting actuality, interstitials and master interviews. Wall to Wall • Exec: Sally Benton
THE DETECTIVES: TAKING DOWN AN OCG and THE DETECTIVES: FIGHTING ORGANISED CRIME BBC2 • Additional Camera
Filmed 2018 – 2021; Tx Nov 2023
• BAFTA winner for Best Cinematography 2024 • BAFTA nominee for Best Factual Series 2022
Filmed over three years, this award-winning series follows gangland cases in Manchester involving murder, kidnap & drug crime. Minnow Films • Execs: Sophie Jones, Sophie Leonard; SD: Benedict Sanderson
F1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE NETFLIX • Edit Producer
• Nov 23 – Jan 24; Oct – Dec 2021 and 2022 Season 6 (Final episode 10), Season 5 (Episode 1) & Season 4 (Episode 5)
• Triple Emmy-nominated (2023/2024/2025) • PGA Award Nominated (2025)
Returning to craft the first and the final episodes of the Emmy-award-winning series that goes behind the scenes of Formula 1. Box to Box Films • Exec Prods: James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin
HOMETOWN: A TEENAGE KILLING BBC3 & iPlayer • Series Director / Camera • Jan 2021 – Dec 2021
Journalist Amber Haque returns to Manchester to explore issues of class, education and race – brought into sharp focus following the tragic murder of Manchester school boy Yousef Makki. Forest • Exec: Jez Lee
999: WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY C4 9PM • Shooting Director, Edit Producer and Master I/V Director
2 series: Feb 2019 – Oct 2019 & 2020
Shooting/directing obs films following officers in South Yorkshire and Northamptonshire Police. Edit producing a 60’ film and running key master interviews. Blast! Films • Exec: David Hodgkinson
LONG LOST FAMILY: BORN WITHOUT A TRACE ITV1 9PM • Producer/Director and Edit Producer • Oct 2020 – Dec 2020
Scripting, directing and edit producing the journeys of two women who were abandoned at birth and are now striving to find their birth parents. Directing DOP including cinematic car shots. Wall to Wall • Exec: Sally Benton
AFRICA with ADE ADEPITAN BBC2 9PM • Producer/Director & Edit Producer • May - Nov 2018
Journalist Ade Adepitan makes an epic journey across Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Mogadishu. I directed and edit produced a 1 x 60’ film. BBC Current Affairs • Exec: Sam Bagnall
THE DOCTOR WHO GAVE UP DRUGS BBC1 9PM • Shooting Director and Edit Producer • Nov 2017 – Jan 2018
Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates over-medication in children. Raw TV • Executive: Dominique Walker
WORLD’S BUSIEST CITIES: MEXICO CITY (1 x 60’) BBC2 8PM • Shooting Director and Edit Producer • Feb 2017 – Aug 2017
BBC Studios • Exec: Lisa Ausden; Commissioner: Patrick Holland
THIS WORLD: CALAIS, THE END OF THE JUNGLE (1 x 60’) BBC2 9PM • Additional Camera and Sound Recordist
•Sep 2016 – Feb 2017
2nd camera and sound for this single film about the Calais Jungle camp. Amos Pictures • Dir: Dan Reed
EXPOSURE: WHO’S DRIVING ON BRITAIN’S ROADS ITV1 9PM • Director, Camera, Narrator, Edit • May – Oct 2013 / Rare TV
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY and ADDITIONAL CAMERA
• GLITTER: THE PAEDOPHILE POPSTAR • 90’ Feature, ITV / Minnow Films, Nov 2023
• THE TROUBLE WITH MR DOODLE • 90’ Feature, SXSW / ACME Films, 2023 & 2024
• STREET KIDS UNITED – FEATURE DOC • Berlin Film Festival / F&ME Productions, 2010
REFEREES - CONTACT DETAILS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Daisy Scalchi • Commissioner, BBC
Jaimie D’Cruz • Creative Director, ACME Films
Spencer Kelly • Director of Factual, The Garden