Louisa is an award winning documentary filmmaker passionate about exploring the intersection of art and social commentary. Her work focuses on creating character-driven narratives that shed light on important social issues. Louisa's first short film THEY (2019) is a portrait of a family raising their child with a gender open approach. The film has been selected by the 2019 BFI London Film Festival and was screened at a number of international film festivals. While studying at the University of the Arts London, Louisa was recognised by one of the most prestigious events in UK documentary film - the Grierson Awards. She was shortlisted in the All3Media: Best Student Documentary category. Over the past few years, Louisa has been involved in four commissioned documentary projects for The New Yorker and The New York Times and most recently was selected by the BFI and Doc Society to attend CPH:DOX 2023 as part of their official UK Producers Delegation.
Projects
- THEY (Short Documentary)THEY is an intimate portrait of Hobbit and Jake, who have decided to raise their one-year-old child Anoush gender open. The family lives on a houseboat in the UK and in order to prevent people from making gender-related assumptions, they are keeping the biological sex of their baby a secret.
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Work history
PhotographerTEDxLondon
London, United KingdomFreelance
Work Experience Design and ResearchPulse Films
- London, United KingdomInternship
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Skills
- Analog Photography
- Digital Photograhy
- Documentaries
- Film Photography
- Directing
- Photoshop
Education
Film and TelevisionUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
London, United Kingdom
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Media and Communicationsuniversity of Passau
- Passau, Germany