Filmography:
Born In Damascus (Short) 2021
- Director, Self-Shooter
- Funded by Screen Scotland and the SDI
- Winner of the Berlinale Crystal Bear for Best Short Film 2022
- Currently screening at Festivals internationally
Isle of Us (Short) 2020
- Director, Self-Shooter
- NFTS Graduation Documentary
- Premiered at Sheffield DocFest
- Nominated for BAFTA Student Award
Journey to Achill Island (Short) 2019
- Director, Self-Shooter
- NFTS First Year Documentary
What Happened to Baghdad (Short) 2018
- Director, Self-Shooter
- NFTS First Year Documentary
Like Sunday (Short) 2018
- Producer
- FIRST ACTS: films made by young filmmakers aged 16-25 from around the UK
Flight (Short) 2017
- Director, Self-Shooter
- Developed through ‘Bridging the Gap’ with the Scottish Documentary Institute
- Pitched: Sheffield Doc/Fest Mini Meet Market
- Nominated Best Factual – RTS East Student Awards
- Winner Best Under 25 – Underwire Festival 2018, Best Documentary – Norwich Film Festival 2017
- Official Selection – Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017, London Short Film Festival 2018, East End Film Festival 2018, Future Shorts 2018, Short Of The Week, The Atlantic Selects
Hester (Short) 2014
- Director, Cinematographer
- BAFTA New Talent Nominated 2014
- Edinburgh College Graduation Film
Saved By Shrapnel (Short) 2013
- Director, Self-Shooter
- Shortlisted: Creative Loop Awards – Student Showcase Creative Scotland 2013
TV Credits:
Series Researcher (Lightbox ‘Secrets of Miss America’ 4×60” A + E Networks 2022) – Researching key history moments across the series with editorial input, conducting research calls, DIT on UK shoot, covering for the AP on UK shoot, corresponding with contributors, sourcing archive, thorough fact-checking at each stage of the editing process and time-coding scripts. EP: Suzanne Lavery.
Series Researcher (Transistor Films ‘I Am a Killer’ series 3&4 12×40” Netflix 2022) – Casting, corresponding with contributors, securing access with sensitive subjects, sourcing archive, transcribing, thorough fact-checking at each stage of the editing process and time-coding scripts. Commissioner: Mollie Block/ EP: Ned Parker.
Researcher (Raw TV ‘Locked Up Abroad’ Nat Geo 2021) – Fact-checking, transcribing and time-coding scripts.
Researcher (Raw TV ‘Catching Killers’ Series 1 8×40” Netflix 2021) – Thorough fact-checking at each stage of the editing process, transcribing and time-coding scripts. Commissioner: Nat Grouille and Mollie Block/ EP: Louise Norman and Tom Keeling.
Director’s Assistant (Ch4 production ‘Help’ 2021) – Assisting director Marc Munden on one-off film produced by The Forge – shadowing the director, updating his script & making amendments, managing correspondence with the rest of the crew.
Director/self-shooter (Electronic Press Kit for ‘Help’ All3Media 2021) – Directing and shooting behind the scenes interviews with lead cast and crew on ‘Help’ – Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne and Marc Munden.
Development Assistant Director (‘Black Black Oil’ BBC Scotland 2021) – Assisting director Emma Davie, researching, casting and shooting tester footage with contributors.
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