Film director and creative producer with a decade of experience working within documentary, short form commercial and online content. Based in broadcast and post-production with an arts, cultural and educational slant you'll find me as a senior creative lead, pitching, directing and managing across content creation from pre-production to post-production. Managerial and excellent experience at leading, devising, supervising content strategy and delivering new content strands strong brand identity and engaging storytelling.
When we truly recognise that our experience is fundamentally open and flexible, we are
free to respond creatively.
Projects
- Death of England: Face to faceFilmed documentary for: Death of England: Face to Face January 2021. Britain is locked down, divided and facing some difficult truths. Old friends Michael and Delroy are dealing with issues much closer to home. Tensions are running high. During an explosive afternoon in Delroy’s East London flat, the pair are forced to confront their relationship with their country – and with each other. Neil Maskell (Peaky Blinders, Small Axe) and Giles Terera (Hamilton) play Michael and Delroy in this powerf
- Antony & Cleopatra Content CampaignVideo content campaign for the National Theatre's 2019 production of Antony and Cleopatra. Antony & Cleopatra ‘Eternity was in our lips and eyes.’ Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous fated couple. Simon Godwin (Twelfth Night, Man and Superman, The Beaux' Stratagem) directs. Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war-torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony have fallen fiercel
- Romeo and Juliet Content CampaignRomeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way. Jessie Buckley (Wild Rose, Judy) and Josh O’Connor (The Crown, God’s Own Country) play Juliet and Romeo. The award-winning cast includes
- National Theatre Together CampaignNational Theatre Together Our ambitious new campaign to celebrate the people at the heart of what we do. “UK theatre is world-class, and brings with it a bucket-load of economic and social benefits. The NT is a place full of amazing people and elicits enormous affection, pride and passion in audiences around the world. Therapeutic, educational and egalitarian — it is an organisation for the moment. Not many organisations can influence and change the world — we can. We are asking you to once aga
- Death of England: Delroy Content CampaignThe incredible National Theatre team film the opening and closing night of Death of England: Delroy with a live audience, just before England enters a second national lockdown, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is their story. Death of England: Delroy is streaming for free from 7pm UK time on Friday 27 November: https://youtu.be/yVuCKaetRss It will be available on demand until 7pm UK time on Saturday 28 November. You need to start watching by 5.30pm on Saturday to be able to watch it all.
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Projects credited in
- People, Places & ThingsThe play tells the story of an actress struggling with drug-addiction. She reluctantly enters rehab, but refuses to respect the rules of the programme, or even to give the doctor her real name. The campaign image is inspired by Francis Bacon portraits, and suggests the multiple facets of the unreliable narrator. Photography by John Spinks
- Les BlancsWritten by a civil-rights activist, ‘Les Blancs’ (the Whites) tells the story of an African man who returns from Europe to find that racial tensions and anti-colonialist feelings have brought his country to the brink of civil war. The campaign image introduces ‘The Woman’, a mysterious character who haunts the hero and urges him to join the fight. The title across her face references both tribal paintings and protest markings. Photography (Anna-Maria Nabirye) by Franklyn Rodgers
- SaloméYaël Farber rewrites the biblical tale, placing the character at the centre of a revolution against the Romans occupying her people’s land. The campaign image is inspired by the use of sand in Susan Hilferty set design, and by Caravaggio paintings of religious ecstasy and martyrdom. Photography (Isabella Niloufar) by Sebastian Nevols Trailer by Mike Marriage
- Barber Shop ChroniclesInua Ellams play leaps from Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra to show how African men gather in barber shops to discuss women, fatherhood, football, politics and the state of the world. The image puts the audience right in the barber chair, with the title handpainted on the wall in the style of the barber shop signs found in Africa. Photography by Dean Chalkley Title treatment by Jamie Malcom
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Work history
Director and ProducerLigatura Films
London, United KingdomFull Time
Binding exciting visuals with storytelling, LF is devoted to helping clients connect with audiences through the power of visual marketing.Binding exciting visuals with storytelling, LF is devoted to helping clients connect with audiences through the power of visual marketing.
https://ligaturafilms.com/
Film MakerNational Theatre
Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PX, UKFull Time
Based in broadcast and post-production with a cultural and educational slant you'll find me chopping, cutting content for the truly inspiring National Theatre. Helping to make the stage an interactive space for all
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Skills
- Dance Film
- Documentary Film
- Editing Film
- Abode Premiere
- Editor Film
- Film Camera
- Filmmaking
- Short Films
- Film Directing
- Film Post-production
Education
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MA FilmUniversity of Birmingham
- Birmingham, United Kingdom