The Way We Live - Freelance , Palestine
2012 - Director/Cameraperson
The Way We Live looks at how Palestinians are affected by Israeli Land laws.

Noor and his family are in The Seam Zone trapped between Israel and Palestine. The only access to his property is through a gate controlled by Israeli soldiers.

Aya and Kafia are twins living in a Bedouin community. They are under threat of forced displacement and relocation to a rubbish dump.

Rafika, 88 years old, is under threat of eviction. The Settlers who have illegally moved into her extension, verbally and physically abuse her. She and the nine members of her family are crammed into her two bedroom house, they want their life back.

Behind Rebel Lines - Current TV , United Kingdom
2012 - Producer/Director
Behind Rebel Lines, brings journalist Andrew Mueller face-to-face with those engaging in some of the UK's largest protests to find out the stories behind the slogans.




In-Justice - Development Pictures & Tin Roof Productions , Afghanistan
2011 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
"In-Justice" tells the story of two Afghan women, illegally jailed for crimes which don't exist.

Farida, 26, fled an abusive husband to start a new life with another man.

Gulnaz, 19, fell pregnant by her rapist.



Women in War and Peace in Afghanistan - Fork Films/PBS , Afghanistan
2011 - Cameraperson
Women in War and Peace in Afghanistan is a report on women in Afghanistan who are making a courageous attempt to have their voices included in the government's peace negotiations with the Taliban.



Nazifa's Story - Oxfam , Afghanistan
2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
Getting girls back into school has been one of the rare Afghan success stories of the last 9 years. But the progress made is in danger of slipping away.

Nazifa's story looks at one girls struggle to stay in school.

Space for Giants - Tin Roof Productions & LEP , Kenya
2010 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
A pioneering documentary on human-elephant conflict in the North of Kenya.

Fairtrade Cotton  - Fairtrade & Talk Back Thames , India
2009 - Producer/Director (Self-shooting)
In an appeal for people in the Uk to buy fair trade cotton. Lisa Butcher, a model from the Uk went out to India to find out about Fair trade cotton. A B-roll was sent out to broadcasters in the Uk. We also produced a teaser for a World Cotton Story for Channel Four.

NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL
Shooting Diector/Editor

3 x 8 min 

The Way We Live is a series of short films looking at how Israeli land laws are affecting the people of Palestine. 


CURRENT TV
Shooting Director

Directing Behind Rebel Lines a series where journalist Andrew Mueller meets the people who protest to find out what motivates them and whether the things they do make any difference.


Shooting Director
Sept 10 - April 2011

BBC 2 INTERESTED

Directing Documentary about Women in Prison in Afghanistan.
From story conception to negotiating access to character finding and development. Sole self-shooter on Z5, 5D and EX1 and Edit director and assembling edit.
Producer: Leslie Knott


FORK FILMS
Shooting AP
Jan 11

PBS Women in War and Peace 1 x 60
Film following 3 high profile women in Afghan society.
Director. Gini Reticker Producer: Claudia Rizzi


Oxfam
Shooting Director
Nov 10 - Jan 11

Guardian Online 1 x 3
Nazifa's story - Following one girls and her families struggle to keep her in school in Afghanistan. Mazar-e-Sharif.
Sole self-shooter and director. Filming on Z5. Editing on Final Cut Pro


Oxfam
Shooting Director
Nov - Dec 11

Khalifa 1 x 5

In Badakshan, northern Afghanistan people struggle to survive, this film shows how Khalifa's projects have helped over the last year.
Sole self-shooter. Filming on Z5 and editing on Final Cut Pro


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
July 10 - Sept

World Bank 1 x 15

Directing Documentary about reconstruction in Afghanistan.
Traveling country wide in hostile environments following 4 success stories in Herat, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul.
From story conception to negotiating access to character finding and development. Sole self-shooter on Z1 and Editing on Final Cut pro


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
Feb 10 - July 10

Liakipia Elephant Project 1 x 30

Directing Documentary about human elephant conflict in the North of Kenya.
From story conception to negotiating access to character finding and development. Sole self-shooter on Z1 and Editing on Final Cut Pro


Talk Back Thames
Shooting Director
Nov 10 -Dec 10

Channel 4 development 1 x 3 and Fairtrade b-roll

Produced and directed taster tape following model Lisa Butcher as she talks to farmers in North East India.
Executive Producer: Jane Quegley, Lisa Butcher


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
June 10

Times Online 1 x 4

Directing a documentary following Laura Bailey as she designs her first jewelry collection in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sole self-shooter, filming on Z1 editing on Final Cut Pro.


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
October 10

CAFOD 1 x 10

Part of a series of fund raising films for CAFOD filmed in Kisumu on Z1

Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
July - September 10

Made 1 x 15

A promotional film about a jewelry company working with famous jewelry designers in Kibera, Kenya's largest slum.
Self-shooting Z1, editing Final Cut Pro

Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
March - April

CAFOD 1 x 10

A fund raising film for a peace-building project in Kenya's largest slum, Kibera. Filmed on Z1, edited on Final Cut Pro.


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
February

Medicines Sans Frontier 3 x 3

A series of self-portraits of people living with TB.
Self-shooting Z1


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
November 2010

Medicines Sans Frontier 1 x 3

Footage broadcasted on World AIDS days. Showing MSF's work in Homa Bay, Kenya
Self-shooting Z1


Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
July - October 2008

Rehabilitation of Arid Environments 1 x 15
A fundraising film following two farms as they learn how to overcome Kenya's dry land problems.
Self-shooting Z1. Editing Final Cut Pro

Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
June - Decmeber 2008

Cheli and Peacock Safaris 4 x 3

A series of commercials for Cheli and Peacocks luxury lodges in Kenya..
Shooting on Z1, editing on Final Cut Pro

Tin Roof Productions
Shooting Director
January - April 2008

CAFOD 1 x 15

As peace was looking hopeful after 22 years of war in Northern Uganda we followed two women kidnapped by the Lord Resistance Army and kept a sex slaves.
Self-shooting on Z1, Editing on Final Cut Pro


UN OCHA IRIN
Producer and Assistant editor
March - September 2007

UN IRIN OCHA 1 x 40

A documentary following the stories of 4 people trying to survive in Kenya's largest slum, Kibera.
Editing on Final Cut Pro

One World TV
Producer
October - February 2007

One World TV 4 x 3
A series of podcast about people using video for change.

Sherborne School for Girls

University of the West of England

Metropolitan Film School

BA (Hons) Media and Culture Studies.
University of West of England

Documentary Film Course
Metropolitan Film School, Ealing Film Studios

Camera equipment: Canon 5D
                                 Sony Z5 

Audio: Sennheiser Wireless 
           Sennheiser K6/Me66 

Tripod: Manfrotto MN504

Mac Book Pro with Final Cut Pro