I’m a freelance documentary director based in London. I’ve been making documentaries for  25 years and my work has been recognised by BAFTA, Rose d’Or, The Grierson Trust, The Royal Television Society and others. I focus on morally complex stories of scale and resonance. I combine intimate, psychologically authentic interviewing with compelling  storytelling and visual flair.

I grew up in Leeds, went to Lawnswood Comprehensive School then studied English Literature at Cambridge University before I started working as a researcher in television production. I went on to work as an assistant producer and then producer across a wide range of documentary genres from history to cookery, current affairs and the natural word. During this time I worked with and learned from some brilliant directors, editors and directors of photography and I developed a passion for documentary storytelling. 

 In 2007, I was commissioned through Channel 4’s new director’s scheme to make my first film -  Health Food Junkies  - an exploration of, what was then,  an emerging trend for wellness and extreme healthy eating. Since then, I have directed more than 20 films for  British broadcasters including the BBC and Channel 4 as well as for global streamers including  Netflix and Apple TV+.

My most recently released project, Twisted Yoga, is a 3-part limited series on Apple TV+ which tells a compelling story of a global yoga movement whose guru is awaiting trial in Paris, charged with kidnapping, rape and sex-trafficking.

My Netflix series JimmySavile: A BritishHorror Story, re-examined thousands of hours of archive footage alongside new testimony interviews to explore how a British television personality hoodwinked a nation for more than five decades. The series was critically acclaimed, received nominations and awards from Broadcast, Rose d’Or and BAFTA  and was a global hit on Netflix as the most watched film on the platform for several weeks.  

My feature length BBC documentary film TheCaseofSallyChallen followed Challen and her team as she appealed the conviction of murder after killing  her husband on the grounds of prolonged psychological abuse. The film received five star reviews and was described as  “an excellent and meticulous film” which “delved deeper than most into the intricacies of the case, and the main players psyches, tracing the filaments of each without becoming tangled up or intrusive”.  

Another of my BBC feature length films, HowtoDie: Simon’sChoice followed businessman Simon Binner and his wife Debbie as they faced the devastating decision of whether Simon should end his life in a Swiss assisted-dying clinic after a diagnosis of motor neurone disease. Made in close  collaboration with Simon and his family, the film was described as “a landmark documentary” and “remarkably nimble and considered”. The film was  nominated for a BAFTA , won a Grierson and several other awards and has since been named one the Grierson Trust’s  must-see documentaries of the last 50 years.

Other work includes OurWar: GoodbyeAfghanistan which combined frontline footage  shot by British soldiers with interviews and computer-generated imagery to tell the story of the UK’s 10-year campaign in Helmand. It won a Grierson Award  and was described as "breathtaking, stirring, intensely moving and shocking."

For Sudan: ThelastoftheRhinos,  I travelled to Sudan, Kenya and the  Democratic Republic of Congo to follow international teams of scientist andconservationists attempting to save the northern white rhinofrom extinction. The film won a Best Conservation Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival and was described as “surreal, fascinating, tear-jerking and jaw-dropping”. 

Alongside my single films, I have directed on and series directed multi-part documentary series including KeepingBritainAlive, a groundbreaking series which coordinated over 100 camera teams over a single 24-hour period  to capture a day in the life of the NHS and TheTubea character-driven and characterful behind-the-scenes portrait of the oldest and busiest underground train network in the world.