Titanic - Case Closed - Bedlam Productions , Unspecified
2011 - Producer/Director
In Production:
Feature length drama-doc, for the makers of Oscar and BAFTA winning 'The King's Speech'. Drama, documentary, CGI - new, revelatory science explaining the disaster in the North Atlantic in 1912. For global release in April 2012. (NGI/Smithsonian)

Fatal Attractions - Oxford Scientific Films , United States of America
2011 - Series Producer
Co-creator and series producer/director of a major 13 part drama-doc series for Animal Planet. Highly cinematic, taking as a basis thriller genres. One of the most successful series in the channel's history. Recommissioned.

Human Prey (Eaten Alive) - drama/doc - Cineflix/Discovery/Animal Planet , South Africa
2008 - Writer/Director
Dramatising some remarkable shark attacks - CGI and animatronics, extensive underwater filming.

The Da Vinci Detective - 120 min doc - Darlow Smithson/Ch4 , Italy
2006 - Producer/Director
Feature length art/science doc on a forensic investigation into the art of Da Vinci.

"Channel 4 offers something of substance . a fine example of these excellent documentaries" - Financial Times *****

Panasonic -Beijing (TVC) - Bang/CNN , China
2008 - Director
4 x 1 min.
Director of 4 doc-style commercials highlighting Panasonic's involvement in Beijing '08.

Situation Critical - Miracle at Quecreek (drama/doc) - Darlow Smithson/Nat Geo , United States of America
2007 - Director
Producer/director of a drama doc that explored the miraculous rescue of nine miners in Pennsylvania. Location drama filming in a coal mine, at a drilling site and the actual location of the rescue.

Air Crash Investigation - Blow Out - Cineflix/Nat Geo/FIVE , Unspecified
2005 - Producer/Director
1 x 50 min
Pilot blown from cockpit at 17,000 feet.
Cineflix for Nat Geo/FIVE
"Thrilling. One of the most amazing flying stories of all times is not an exageration" - The Times.
"Riveting documentary" - Evening Standard
"Brought a genuine tear to my eyes. Emotionally gripping stuff" - Digital Spy

Bombers - drama doc - Stirling Productions , Northern Ireland
2003 - Producer/Director
The strategy and technology behind the Irish bombing campaign over the past 30 years. Involved drama reconstruction of N Ireland's most notorious bombing campaigns, and interviews with the perpetrators bomb disposal experts.

Horizon - Stone Age Columbus (doc) - BBC , Unspecified
2005 - Producer/Director
50 min
The first Europeans to reach America did so 17,000 years before Columbus.
Dramatic reconstructions with Eskimos on Arctic ice flows.
TV6 for BBC2/NOVA
"Startling. The programme managed to make a fantastical scenario genuinely plausible" - The Times.
"Truly fascinating. . captivating reconstructions. . this near 40-years-old-series is right back at the top of it''s form." - The Belfast Telegraph.

The Real Herod - Atlantic Productions , United Kingdom
2005 - Director
50 min drama/doc exploring the life of Herod the Great. Dramatic reconstruction combined with archaeological history of the hold land.

Crossings - Jackie Chan/Joan Chen - Bang/Discovery , Unspecified
2002 - Producer/Director
2 x 50 min
Producer and director of celebrity profiles of the biggest movies stars in Asia (Jackie Chan/Joan Chen). Formatted the series. Extensive location filming - Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, USA.

True Horror - with Anthony Head (doc/drama) - October Films/Discovery , Unspecified
2004 - Producer/Director
1 x 50 min
Witchcraft - Finding the parallels between a the 16th century Scottish witch trials and the present witchcraft practiced in South Africa. Presented by Anthony Head.

Making Astronauts & Learning to Love the Grey.  - Maverick TV/BBC2 , United Kingdom
2001 - Director
Series Director - 6 x 30 min.
Drama series dealing with the emotional and ethical fall-out of the new sciences of genetic engineering and cloning.
Maverick TV for BBC2

The Language Master (doc) - Stone City Films , Unspecified
1997 - Producer/Director
Acclaimed 40 min doc.
Woody Allen, Bob Dylan, Francois Truffaut all paid the language teacher and war hero Michel Thomas $10,000 to learn a language. He was taken to a North London 6th Form College to test his claims.

Versatile, RTS award winning producer/director - BBC1, 2, ITV, Ch4, 5. ''Horizon'', single docs, drama docs, theatre, commercials etc.

MSc History and Philosophy of Science
BSc Physics

Seven years at the BBC as Producer/AP working on documentary, live studio, outside broadcast, game shows.
National Film & TV School - short course - directing actors.
BBC Training - Single Camera directing course.
Robert McKee - Story structure.
Robert McKee - Genre (thriller, horror)
Lyric Theatre, Belfast - associate director