Your instructor
25 years of BBC documentary filmmaking — and a course built from everything I've learned about telling human stories simply and honestly.
On location — [place, year]
My story
"I've spent my career looking for the extraordinary inside ordinary lives."
[Introduce yourself here — where you're from, how you got into documentary filmmaking, and what drew you to the BBC. This is the place for warmth and personality, not just credentials. 2–3 sentences.]
[Talk about a formative project or moment — a film that changed how you thought about storytelling, or a person you met on a shoot who stayed with you. This is the paragraph people remember. 2–3 sentences.]
[Bring it to the present — what you're working on now, where you live, what your life looks like outside of work. Ground yourself as a real person before the professional credentials. 1–2 sentences.]
"The stories I love most are the ones that happen in kitchens, on allotments, in cars on the way somewhere."
[This is where the pivot to the course goes — why you decided to make it, who it's for, and what you hope people take away from it. Be direct and genuine. 2–3 sentences.]
Years in documentary
Films made for BBC
Countries filmed in
Industry awards
Why this course exists
[Explain the gap you saw — what people are missing when they try to make films, or why standard filmmaking courses don't work for most people. 2–3 sentences.]
"Everything I teach in this course is something I use on every single shoot. None of it requires anything you don't already have."
[Talk about how you developed the course — did you test it with friends, run workshops, notice something specific that was missing? 2–3 sentences.]
[End with who this is for — be specific. Not "anyone who wants to make films" but the actual person you had in mind when you built it. 1–2 sentences.]
Selected work
Join the course and make your first film — with just your phone and the stories already around you.
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