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London, GB

Multi award winning feature documentary My Name is Happy, winner of 2024 Grierson award, tells the extraordinary story of Turkish teenager Mutlu Kaya, aspiring pop star and survivor of a devastating attempted femicide. The film premiered at IDFA in November. UK premiere in February 2023 with theatrical release in selected UK cinemas thereafter. See.

London, United Kingdom

Nick works as a freelance filmmaker as well as producing commissioned work through his independent production company Red Zed Films. Recent Red Zed credits include Grierson finalist 'The Condemned' (BBC Storyville); 'Return of the Lost Boys' (BBC2); 'The Ayahuasca Trail'; 'Railway Children'; 'Rory Peck trust' & 'Dancing at the Vatican'. He has several.

Lead director on Netflix series 'Bad Boy Billionaires', a 4 part series investigating renegade & corrupt billionaires in India

London

Oceans 7 Films is an SPV company for the production of feature documentary 'Against the Tides' about a British open water swimmer who attempts an extreme challenge: Oceans 7. The film premiered at Sheffield Documentary Festival in June 2017, and is scheduled for UK theatrical release in early 2019

London, United Kingdom

Producer/ director/ DP of 'Saying Goodbye' (BBC2), the centrepiece documentary for BBC's 'Children in Need' campaign, looking at the experience of children who have experienced bereavement.

Moscow/ London

Red Velvet Films is an SPV company set up for the production of 'Bolshoi Babylon' a feature length documentary about the scandals behind the scenes at Russia's famous ballet company. Produced by Simon Chinn and funded by BBC Storyville, HBO & Altitude, the film premiered at Toronto Film Festival and opened in 100 UK cinemas in 2016. It was longlisted for.

Vietnam/ South Africa

Lead director for Netflix & Fusion series 'The Traffickers' about black markets around the world. This episode investigated the illegal trade in rhino horns, from consumers in Vietnam to poachers in South Africa.

Russian Federation

The Condemned is a highly acclaimed feature documentary about a prison for serial killers in the Urals. Premiered at Moscow Film Festival, screened x4 by BBC Storyville and at over 20 international film festivals. The film was described as a 'compulsive and staggeringly well crafted masterpiece', and was a finalist for the Grierson Awards.

Kabul, Afghanistan/ USA

Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline is an intensively moving documentary profiling the work of photographer Giles Duley as he returned to Afghanistan for the first time since he lost multiple limbs in an IED explosion.

Sierra Leone

The Diamond Hunters - series teaser following gemstone miners in the hills of Sierra Leone

South Sudan

Fishing in the Danger Zone (Channel 4) follows journalist Alex Perry as he attempts to catch the world's largest freshwater fish in a warzone. What could possibly go wrong?

Mumbai Area, India

Director/ DP of the award winning, BAFTA nominated 'Slumdog Children of Mumbai' (Channel 4), following homeless kids aged 8-13 over 4 months living on the streets and through the monsoon

China/ Hongkong

'Return to Tiananmen' follows Kate Adie as she goes back to the scene of the student demonstrations of 1989 to visit survivors and families of the victims.