Charity Films
& Campaigns
Documentary Filmmaker
In London
Human-centred, documentary-led films that help charities share
important stories, reach new audiences and create meaningful connections
with the people who support their work.
INTRODUCTION & APPROACHMaking Space
For People To Speak
& Tell Their Own
Stories
Charity filmmaking is where I cut my teeth. It taught me to listen carefully, adapt quickly and find the human story within complex subjects and unfamiliar environments. More than a decade later, those lessons still shape how I direct, interview and work with people on camera. Based in London, I work with charities, agencies and production companies across the UK and internationally, supporting projects from creative development and contributor research through filming, editing and delivery. I can lead the complete process or join an existing production team.
Charity films rarely happen under controlled conditions. Locations change, schedules move and the revealing moment is not always the one anticipated in the treatment. I enjoy that responsiveness: thinking on my feet, solving problems and recognising the story as it develops. This work has taught me to approach personal subjects with care and balance an organisation’s message with each contributor’s experience. People should never feel reduced to a case study; the strongest films let them speak in their words and trust the audience to form a connection.
FEATURED CAMPAIGNA Global Campaign,
Told Through Local Voices
In 2025, WaterAid commissioned me to travel independently to Malawi and capture stories for #TeamWater—the global creator-led campaign founded by MrBeast and Mark Rober to help bring clean water to communities around the world.
The concept was carefully scripted and storyboarded, with contributors speaking directly to the audience in English, which was an additional language for many of them. Working with a translator and local WaterAid colleagues, I spent one day recceing and four days filming in communities that could be difficult to reach.
As the self-shooting director, I was responsible for directing contributors and capturing the complete range of footage required by the UK production team. This included the people behind the campaign and the practical work taking place on the ground, from drilling and pipe laying to water testing and pump maintenance.
THE IMPACT
9.2 million+
Views of the Social Cut on TikTok
$40 million
Raised by the global #TeamWater campaign
2 million people
Set to receive lasting access to clean water
WaterAid UK was one of the first charities I worked with and has remained an important creative relationship throughout my career.
From award-winning documentaries to major fundraising campaigns, each project has reinforced my belief in the ability of one person’s story to illuminate a much wider issue.
More Than A Decade Of Films For WaterAid
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Across The Tracks
Filmed in Uttar Pradesh, Across The Tracks follows Radha Verma. After her daughter narrowly escaped a physical attack, Radha became determined to build one of the first toilets in a community of 3,500 people. I worked as Director of Photography and editor on the award-winning documentary, which screened internationally and received more than three million views, bringing Radha’s experience and the wider importance of safe sanitation to a global audience.
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Parallel Lives
An interactive documentary contrasting the experiences of midwives in the UK and rural Tanzania, where limited access to clean water placed mothers and newborns at risk. As Director of Photography, I helped create two parallel visual narratives that viewers could move between. The film became the centrepiece of WaterAid’s Deliver Life appeal, a UK Aid Match campaign through which supporters raised almost £5 million.
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Tyler West: Water Means Life
Filmed in Zambia for WaterAid’s Water Means Life winter appeal, this project followed presenter Tyler West as he met families, teachers and schoolchildren living with—and without—access to clean water and sanitation. I filmed Tyler’s journey as he learned how water shapes health, education and livelihoods. The campaign launched his role as a WaterAid Ambassador and brought the experiences of communities in Zambia to audiences across the UK.
RECENT SELECTED WORKLife Alongside Cancer,
Beyond The Diagnosis
Are You Better Yet? was an exhibition created by Fujifilm and Trekstock Cancer Support exploring life alongside cancer for young people, from diagnosis and treatment to recovery and everything that continues afterwards.
Photographer Michael Leckie created a series of portraits featuring eight Trekstock ambassadors. My role was to capture the personal stories behind those portraits and document the photographic process for a film screened as part of the exhibition at the Fujifilm House of Photography in London.
The production required two units to work simultaneously within a tightly structured schedule. While I interviewed each ambassador immediately after their portrait session, I also directed a second unit filming the photography and interactions taking place elsewhere in the studio. The finished work included a main exhibition film and a shorter version for social media.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. I work directly with charity communications and campaign teams, as well as through creative agencies and production companies. I can manage a complete film or join an existing team for a particular part of the production.
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Yes. My work can include creative development, contributor research, pre-interviews, producing, directing, filming, editing and final delivery. The exact production structure is shaped around the needs, schedule and budget of each campaign.
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Much of my work involves people who have little or no experience on camera. I take time to explain the process, understand boundaries and create a conversational filming environment in which contributors can speak in their own words.
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Yes. I am based in London and work throughout the UK and internationally. My overseas charity work has included productions in India, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi and Zambia.
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No. Some projects benefit from the closeness and flexibility of a self-shooting director, while others require a larger crew or specialist support. I am equally comfortable working independently, assembling the appropriate team or collaborating within an existing production.
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Yes. A production can be planned around a main documentary alongside shorter social edits, campaign cut-downs, vertical versions and other platform-specific deliverables. Thinking about these requirements during development and filming helps each version feel purposeful rather than simply shortened.
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