IN THE COLD DARK NIGHT

• Nominated: Outstanding Writing: Documentary – 42nd News & Documentary Emmys 2021
• Nominated: Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema – Georgia Film Critics Association 2020

THE TALWARS: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

• Winner: Best Editor (Singapore) – Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018
• Nominated: Best Editor (Asia) – Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018

THE WITCHING HOUR

• Winner: Rising Star Award – Canada International Film Festival 2016

SMALL-TIME REVOLUTIONARY

• Film of the Month – October 2013 / Side by Side Film Festival
• Nominated: Best Short Film at Rushes Soho Shorts 2010

FIREWOOD

• Nominated: Crystal Bear at Berlin International Film Festival 2008

FRIENDS FOREVER

• Winner: Post-Graduate Drama Award at Royal Television Society Awards 2008

HOME

• Nominated: Best Editing at LA 168 Project Competition 2008

DOVE: MOSS FOLK

• Winner: Best Editing at Kodak Student Commercials 2007

THE SERPENT

• Nominated: Golden Globes – Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series for Tahar Rahim 2022
• Nominated: BAFTA TV Award – Best Production Design 2022
• Nominated: BAFTA TV Award – Best Costume Design 2022
• Nominated: Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Best Drama Series 2022
• Nominated: Royal Television Society – Best Actor for Tahar Rahim 2022
• Nominated: Royal Television Society – Best Writer 2022
• Nominated: Royal Television Society – Best Costume Design 2021
• Nominated: Royal Television Society – Best Effects 2021
• Nominated: Royal Television Society – Best Picture Enhancement 2021
• Nominated: Camerimage – Golden Frog 2021

IN THE COLD DARK NIGHT

• Nominated: Outstanding Writing: Documentary – 42nd News & Documentary Emmys 2021
• Nominated: Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema – Georgia Film Critics Association 2020

THE TALWARS: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

• Winner: Best Documentary Series – Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018
• Winner: Best Foreign Documentary – China Academy Awards of Documentary Film 2018

OUT OF THIN AIR

• Winner: Best Documentary – Cinema Scandinavia Awards 2017
• Nominated: Documentary of the Year – Edda Awards 2018

JOHNNO’S DEAD

• Winner: Shorts TV Award – Brest European Short Film Festival 2017
• Winner: Best Animation – Aesthetica Film Festival 2017
• Winner: Best Animation – Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2017
• Special Mention – Cardiff International Animation Festival 2017
• Winner: Best British Animation – London International Animation Festival 2016

GENERATION RIGHT

• Winner: Best Documentary – London Classic Film Festival 2017
• Winner: Gold Award – Oregon Film Awards 2015
• Winner: IMPACT Docs Awards – Best of Show & Award of Excellence 2015

NAZI BOOTS

• Winner: Best Cinematography – Underwire Film Festival 2015

THE HEALTH FOUNDATION: FLO

• Winner: Best Film of the Year – Haelo Film Awards 2015
• Winner: Best Commission – Haelo Film Awards 2015

DON’T BLAME US COS WE’RE FAMOUS

• Winner: Best Short Film – East End Film Festival 2015

WE ARE FIRE

• Vimeo Staff Pick – December 2014

GORILLAS IN THE CROSSFIRE

• New York Times – Best of Op Docs 2014

VIRUNGA

• Over 50 international awards including:
• Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary 2015
• Bafta-nominated for Best Documentary 2015
• Winner: 2016 Doc Impact Awards
• Winner: Best Cinema Documentary – The Grierson Awards 2015
• Winner: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography, also nominated for Outstanding Documentary 2015
• Winner: Peabody Award 2015
• Winner: Best Documentary – Environmental Media Association Awards 2015
• Winner: Best Cinematography – Cinema Eye Honors 2015
• Winner: Best Feature Documentary – DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Emerging International Filmmaker Award – Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2014
• Winner: Best Documentary – Little Rock Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Best Documentary – Docville International Documentary Festival 2014
• Winner: Best Documentary – Guanajuato International Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Best Documentary – Camden International Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Best International Documentary – Cinemambiente 2014
• Winner: Best Documentary, Student Jury – Cinemambiente 2014
• Winner: Best Documentary – Kino Okus 2014
• Winner: People’s Choice Award – Filmambiente 2014
• Winner: Special Jury Prize – Filmambiente 2014
• Winner: Audience Award – GreenFilmFest 2014
• Winner: Act Now! Award – Crested Butte Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Black Pearl Award – Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Zelda Penzel Award – Hamptons International Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Rabinowitz Grant for Social Justice – Hamptons International Film Festival 2014
• Winner: Innovation Award – Tribeca Film Festival 2014
• Nominated: Best Cinema Documentary – Grierson Award 2015
• Nominated: Best Documentary – Directors Guild of America Awards 2015
• Nominated: Best Documentary – Independent Spirit Awards 2015
• Nominated: Best Documentary – Producers Guild of America Awards 2015
• Nominated: Best Documentary, Best Song – Satellite Awards 2015
• Nominated: Best Documentary, Best Production, Best Cinematography – Cinema Eye Honors Awards 2015
• Nominated: Best Documentary – British Independent Film Awards 2014
• Nominated: Best Documentary – Tribeca Film Festival 2014

THE NINE MUSES

• Special Mention – Sheffield Innovation Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011
• 2nd Prize – Muhr Asia/Africa Documentary Award – Dubai Int. Film Festival 2010
• Nominated: Orizzonti Prize at Venice Film Festival 2010

MORNING ECHO

• Winner: LA Bafta Award of Excellence at Mill Valley International Film Festival 2009
• Winner: Best Actress Award for Kerry Fox at London Short Film Festival 2010

TRANSIT

• Winner: Best Short Film – Gryphon Award at Giffoni Film Festival 2010
• Winner: Best Short Film at Be Film Festival, New York 2010
• Winner: Best Short Film at Pentedattilo Film Festival 2010
• Winner: Best Short Film at “I’ve Seen Films” Milan Film Festival 2010
• Special Jury Mention at Porto International Short Film Festival 2009

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

• Shortlisted for Oscar Academy Award – Best Short Animation 2008
• Winner: Bruce Corwin Award – Best Short Animation at Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008
• Winner: Best Animation Award at the Tenerife International Film Festival 2008
• 2nd Prize in the Student Animation category at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2008
• Silver Hugo Award at the 43rd Chicago International Film Festival 2007
• Winner: Best Animation at the 25th Rhode Island International Film Festival 2007
• Winner: Special Jury Prize at Bologna European Festival of Film Schools 2007
• Nominated: Best Post-Graduate Animation at Royal Television Society Awards 2008
• Nominated: Golden Reel Awards 2008
• Nominated: Cinefondation Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2007
• Nominated: Iris Short Film Prize 2007

FRIENDS FOREVER

• Winner: Best Post-Graduate Drama at Royal Television Society Awards 2008
• Winner: Future Filmmaker Award at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2008
• Winner: Best Student Cinematography at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2008
• 2nd Prize Student Fiction at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2008
• Winner: Best Director Award at Ourense Film Festival 2008
• Winner: Canal+ Award at Premiers Plans Film Festival 2008
• Winner: Best Short Film Award at Dinard Film Festival 2007
• Nominated: Silver Lion at Venice Film Festival 2007

WE ARE ALL RWANDANS

• Winner: Best World Short at Phoenix Film Festival 2008
• Honorary Mention at LA Pan-African Film Festival 2008

THE PORTRAIT

• Award of Excellence at Accolade Competition California 2008
• Nominated: Best Visuals at Limelight Film & Arts Awards 2010
• Nominated: Best Short Film at Galway International Film Festival 2008

HOME

• Winner: Best Director at LA 168 Project Competition 2008
• Winner: Best Supporting Actress at LA 168 Project Competition 2008

DOVE: MOSS FOLK

• Winner: Best Sound Design and Production Design at Kodak Student Commercials 2007

LIVING IN SILENCE

• Special Jury Mention Award at Signals International Film Festival 2006

TELEVISION

WILLOW

• 2022 / Fantasy Adventure Series
• 8 x 45 min / Lucasfilm / Disney+ / Imagine Entertainment

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (S3)

• 2022 / Fantasy Drama Series
• 7 x 45 min / Sky / Bad Wolf

DOMINA

• 2021 / Drama Series
• 8 x 55min / Sky / Fifty Fathoms

THE SERPENT

• 2021 / Drama Series
• 8 x 50 min / BBC / Netflix / Mammoth Screen

ENDEAVOUR

• 2020 / Drama Series – Season 7
• 1 x 89 min / ITV / Mammoth Screen

THE TALWARS: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

• 2017 / Documentary Series
• 4 x 45 min / HBO / Star / Make Productions

LAWLESS OCEANS

• 2016 / Documentary Series
• 6 x 50 min / National Geographic / Wall to Wall Media

WHAT DO ARTISTS DO ALL DAY: DEREK BOSHIER

• 2015 / Documentary
• Dir: Zara Hayes / 30 min / PEEK Films / BBC
• Broadcast on BBC4

PLAYING BALL

• 2015 / Fiction / Comedy
• Dir: Rachna Suri / 15 min / BBC
• Original BBC Drama Short for iPlayer, premiere in July 2015
• Pick of the Day – The Sunday Times

CHINESE LESSONS

• 2013 / Documentary
• Dir: Haryun Kim / 47 min / Summer Lotus Films / Al Jazeera English

SEE ME

• 2011 / Fiction / Drama
• Dir: Catherine Shepherd / 19 min / Quark Films / Film4
• Starring: Olivia Colman, Sophie Wu

FEATURES

IN THE COLD DARK NIGHT

• 2020 / Documentary Feature
• Dir: Stephen Robert Morse, Nick Hampson / Co-dir: Miikka Leskinen
• 82 min (ABC) & 87 min (Sky) / Lone Wolf Studios / Radical Media / ABC / Sky / Hulu
• Emmy-nomination for Outstanding Writing: Documentary

OUT OF THIN AIR

• 2017 / Documentary Feature
• Dir: Dylan Howitt / 85 min / Netflix / BBC / RUV / Mosaic Films / Saga Film
• Hot Docs Documentary Festival, Sheffield DocFest
• Financial Times: “A tautly constructed documentary that combines all the thrills of Scandi noir with the frisson of reality.” ✮✮✮✮✮
• Screen Daily: “Fascinating compelling thriller…In terms of its pacing, focus and ability to condense complex information, Out Of Thin Air starts to resemble a David Fincher film like Zodiac.“
• Hollywood Reporter: “Director Howitt employs a skilful mixture of archival footage, talking head interviews and gorgeously photographed, dreamlike recreations, often redolent of Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line.“
• Radio Times: “Superbly done…Recommended.“
• The Times: “Fascinating…full of twists and turns.“
• The Sunday Times: CRITIC’S CHOICE “A dreamy, drug laced story of a youthquake in volcano country.“
• The Independent: “Straight out of Scandi-Noir.“
• Daily Mail: “A riveting real life story.” ✮✮✮✮
• Mail on Sunday: “We’re used to European crime dramas, but here the chilling story is all too real.“
• The Guardian: “The first hand testimony…is especially harrowing.“
• Daily Telegraph: “Gripping true crime documentary.“
• The Observer: “Masterful.“

THE LAST ANIMALS

• 2016 / Documentary Feature
• Dir: Kate Brooks / 85 min / The Last Animals Ltd / Atlas Films
• Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs Documentary Festival
• Winner of 6 international documentary awards and 4 nominations

GENERATION RIGHT

• 2015 / Documentary
• Dir: Michelle Coomber / 43 min / Medina Films / Sheffield DocFest
• Winner of 3 international documentary awards

VIRUNGA

• 2014 / Documentary Feature
• Dir: Orlando Von Einsiedel / 98 min / Netflix / Bertha Foundation / BRITDOC / Grain Media / Violet Films / Appian Way
• Nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA award, Winner of over 50 international film awards
• Festival Selections: Tribeca Film Festival, HotDocs, Edinburgh Int Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest
• Cinema releases in the USA and UK in 2014, global release on Netflix, November 2014
• Variety: “With enough action, pathos, suspense, venal villains, stalwart heroes and endangered gorillas for a dozen fiction films […] extraordinary.”
• NY Times: “A searing documentary set in Congo.”
• LA Times: “A work of heart-wrenching tenderness and heart-stopping suspense.”
• Hollywood Reporter: “Powerful.”
• Indiewire: “Stirring.”

SEVEN STREETS, TWO MARKETS AND A WEDDING

• 2014 / Archive Feature
• Dir: Deborah Salter / 66 min / Film London / BFI / London Screen Archives
• Cinema release in the UK in 2014
• The Independent: “Evocative and strangely moving.” ★★★★
• The Financial Times: “Lovely, melancholy, dizzying.” ★★★★
• Camden Review: “Haunting, beautiful and poignant.” ★★★★
• The Sunday Times: “Riveting.” ★★★★
• Total Film: ★★★★

A CLASS OF THEIR OWN

• 2013 / Documentary Feature
• Dir: Haryun Kim / 85 min / Summer Lotus Films / Al Jazeera English

THE FOLD (Director’s Cut)

• 2013 / Fiction / Drama
• Dir: John Jencks / 86 min / Electric Shadow Company
• Starring: Catherine McCormack, Dakota Blue Richards

THE NINE MUSES

• 2010 / Fiction / Sci-Fi / Documentary
• Dir: John Akomfrah OBE / 93 min / Smoking Dogs Films / BBC / UKFC / Screen West
• Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, London Film Festival
• Theatrical releases in the United States and United Kingdom

MNEMOSYNE

• 2010 / Documentary / History
• Dir: John Akomfrah / 45 min / Smoking Dogs Films / UK Film Council / BBC / Screen West
• “Mnemosyne: a mind-blowing film that merges documentary and artistic essay in a way that astonishes, confounds and moves.” Ken Russell, The Times 15 Jan 2010

SHORTS

MR WHIPPY

• 2019 / Fiction / Drama
• Dir: Rachna Suri / 13 min / BBC Films / Elation Pictures / Pia Pressure

JOHNNO’S DEAD

• 2016 / Fiction / Live Action / Animation
• Dir: Chris Shepherd / 8 min / ARTE France / CNC / Autour de Minuit / Polkadot
• Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, London International Animation Festival, London Short Film Festival

CORVIDAE

• 2014 / Fiction / Horror
• Dir: Tom De Ville / 12 min / Wolfheart Productions / Cat & Weasel
• Starring: Maisie Williams

OUR LAD

• 2013 / Fiction / Drama
• Dir: Rachna Suri / 12 min / Peek Films / Channel 4
• Starring: Shazad Latif, Aqib Khan

MORNING ECHO

• 2010 / Fiction / Drama / Comedy
• Dir: Hope Dickson Leach / 15 min / Keel Films / UK Film Council
• Starring: Kerry Fox, Peter Sullivan

PAPA’S BOY

• 2010 / 3D Animation / Comedy
• Dir: Leevi Lemmetty / 3 min / Ink & Light / Breakthru Films / YLE Finland

TRANSIT

• 2009 / Fiction / Drama
• Dir: Chris Roche / 7 min / Pogo Films
• Starring: John Bell, William Nadylam

JUNCTION

• 2009 / Fiction / Drama
• Dir: Afolabi Kuti / 11 min / Broedmachine
• Starring: Wayne Kaplan, Louise Lee, Justin Marosa

SUPRAMAN AND THE SCHOOL OF NECESSITY

• 2008 / Fiction / Comedy
• Dir: Debs Paterson / 15 min / Footprint Films
• Starring: Surya, H.V. Prakash, Meese Anjanappa

WE ARE ALL RWANDANS

• 2008 / Fiction / Drama / Biopic
• Dir: Debs Paterson / 25 min / Catsiye
• Starring: Ayuub Kasaga Mago

FRIENDS FOREVER

• 2007 / Fiction / Drama / Mystery / Fantasy
• Dir: Marcal Fores / 23 min / National Film + Television School
• Starring: Sean Hart, Sean Bourke, Talulah Riley, Emma Hamilton
• Venice Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, London Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shorts Fest
• Broadcast on Canal+

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

• 2007 / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy
• Dir: Joe Tucker / 12 min / National Film + Television School
• Featuring: Steve Coogan, Ian McKellen, Julia Davis
• Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shorts Fest
• Broadcast on Channel 4

FEATURES

IN THE COLD DARK NIGHT

• 2020 / Documentary
• 87 min / Lone Wolf Studios / Radical Media / ABC / Sky
• Directors: Stephen Robert Morse, Nick Hampson. Co-director: Miikka Leskinen
• Writers: Miikka Leskinen, Stephen Robert Morse, Max Peltz
• Emmy-nomination for Outstanding Writing: Documentary
• Broadcast on ABC and Sky, streaming on Hulu and NOW

SHORTS

THE WITCHING HOUR

• 2014 / Fiction / Drama / Comedy / Crime
• 15 min / 65 Wilding Films / Finnish Film Foundation / Yle Finland / West-Finland Film Commission
• Starring: Niina Koponen, Pyry Nikkilä, Kaisa Mattila
• Winner: Rising Star Award at Canada International Film Festival 2016
• Helsinki International Film Festival, Grenoble Short Film Festival, Helsinki Short Film Festival, Ottawa International Film Festival, Dublin International Short Film Festival, Canada International Film Festival, Bratislava International Film Festival
• Broadcast on Yle (Finnish National Broadcaster)

ALL IN GOOD TIME

• 2011 / Fiction / Drama / Mystery
• 12 min / 65 Wilding Films / Finnish Film Foundation
• Starring: Nadine Lewington, Celyn Jones, Elizabeth Elvin
• London Short Film Festival, Belgrade Film Festival

SMALL-TIME REVOLUTIONARY

• 2010 / Fiction / Drama / History
• 18 min / 65 Wilding Films / YLE Finland / Finnish Film Foundation
• Starring: Alexander Barnes, Carol Holt, John Albasiny
• Featuring: Ian McKellen, Michael Cashman
• London Short Film Festival, Britspotting Film Festival, London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival, Los Angeles Outfest, Rushes Soho Shorts, San Francisco Frameline Film Festival, Helsinki International Short Film Festival, Chicago Reeling Film Festival
• Broadcast on YLE Finland

FIREWOOD

• 2007 / Fiction / Drama
• 13 min / National Film + Television School
• Starring: Amy Tweed, Ashley George
• Berlin Film Festival, Drama Film Festival