ARTDOCS - Creative Director, Camera, Producer, Editor & Founder (2010 - Present):

I am a shooting and editing Producer Director in creative documentary. I also make artist films as part of an ongoing multidisciplinary practice. Over 20 years I have made work for some of the best brands in fashion, art, museum, heritage and broadcast, alongside my own independent documentaries, shown across the globe in major festivals in documentary, experimental film, and art galleries.
After studying Fine Art and then Film Production, I began making charity films for Sightsavers, Oxfam and Save the Children, shooting and editing in India and abroad. I was looking for adventure, travelling to Siberia in 2006 to meet the Second Coming, but my breakthrough came with PS Your Mystery Sender (2010), about fashion icon Paul Smith, developed through the Scottish Documentary Institute's Bridging the Gap Scheme, and I set up ART DOCS to produce it. It travelled to festivals and broadcasters including Hot Docs, Doc/Fest, BBC, SVT and SBS, picking up awards along the way.
In 2012 I was accepted onto the Documentary Campus Master School to develop my first feature, Paa Joe & The Lion, which I shot and edited myself over six years, six trips to Ghana and 45 days of UK production, drawing from around 300 hours of footage. It premiered at Doc/Fest and SXSW, where it was nominated for an award in the Visions Programme, before travelling to over 30 international festivals and selling to Amazon Prime.
Since 2011, I've also developed my own artist practice (working with 16mm celluloid film, printmaking, film sculptures and performance events in landscapes) supported by Arts Council, international residencies, and commissions including Somerset House and the Milan Triennale. Alongside this, I've built long-running relationships with galleries and museums like NPG and National Trust, creating short, well-crafted documentaries about art, nature and history.

My current film project is the biggest documentary to date: Benjamin Zephaniah: Rebel Poet, about my friend and long-term collaborator. Commissioned by Sky Arts, with a BAFTA-winning team and Oscar-nominated editor Paul Dosaj, the film will be released in 2027.

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