My auto-fiction short film ‘Who’s Counting?’ — made in partnership with UK pregnancy charity Tommy’s — saw me channel my own experiences with miscarriage into an advocacy drama telling the story of a couple who have to endure the emotional and physical trauma of successive losses before they can receive support. The film – winner of Best Video Campaign and the Chair Award at The Drum Awards for Social Purpose, Best Short Film at Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival, Best Drama at the Performance Short Film Competition, recipient of a Silver at CICLOPE International Festival of Craft and a finalist at the British Short Film Awards – led to Tommy’s creating the ‘Record of Loss’, the first attempt to count the number of miscarriages in the UK.

My specialism working with actors to create truthful, intimate performance pieces continued in 2023 with a Christmas TVC campaign for Marie Curie. Elsewhere in commercials I have worked on international campaigns for brands as diverse as Jaguar Land Rover, LinkedIn and KitchenAid. My automotive and luxury product work includes ads for both TAG Heuer and Aston Martin, while my narrative TVC for Network Rail – central to the award-winning campaign ‘You vs. Train’ – dramatised a real life case to create a moving depiction of the dangers faced by young people trespassing on the railway.

In music, I have directed videos for unique British bands including Suede (Warner), The Magic Gang (Warner), and Hudson Taylor (Polydor), and acclaimed international acts such as Lang Lang (Decca) and Of Monsters And Men (Universal). My music documentary work includes content for Converse and Bushmills Whiskey, with two live music TV directing credits for Channel 4 (‘The Great Escape’, ‘RockCorps Presents NCS’). Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, I co-directed the 2016 music documentary feature ‘A Divorce Before Marriage’ which played at Warsaw, Leeds, Open City, and Doc ‘n Roll Film Festivals, alongside a run at Bertha DocHouse through Curzon.

Collaborating closely with my lead actresses and based on their respective lived experiences, I have two fiction shorts in post production — ‘Experience’, a portrait of an actress battling anxiety and self-doubt, and ‘Delivery’, a portrait of a midwife on the frontline of the NHS.

I also work as a Story and Edit Consultant across fiction and documentary features, most recently on the Grierson Award nominee ‘Name Me Lawand’.

I’m signed for commercials in the UK by FORM.
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