Experience

Boundary Pictures

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Producer / Director

  • May 2014 - Present

  Award-winning storytelling for educators, innovators and the curious. Award-winning storytelling for educators, innovators and the curious.



Freelance (Self employed)

• Writing and Editing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Writer / Director / Editor

  • Apr 2002 - Present

  An award-winning filmmaker and journalist with 19 years experience in documentary, Zan has worked internationally and was one of the first filmmakers to work in a participatory way with children and vulnerable groups. She has a track record of originating and executing broadcast commissions and funded projects. Specialities: Storytelling, storytelling, access negotiation, script and commentary writing, working with vulnerable people and storytelling. An award-winning filmmaker and journalist with 19 years experience in documentary, Zan has worked internationally and was one of the first filmmakers to work in a participatory way with children and vulnerable groups. She has a track record of originating and executing broadcast commissions and funded projects. Specialities: Storytelling, storytelling, access negotiation, script and commentary writing, working with vulnerable people and storytelling.



Blink TV

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Video Editor

  • Dec 2019 - Dec 2019

  Editing on "How we tamed the Cat and Dog" (working title), a one-hour science doc for BBC and PBS. Editing on "How we tamed the Cat and Dog" (working title), a one-hour science doc for BBC and PBS.



Knickerbockerglory TV

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer and Editor

  • Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

  Writing, structuring, edit producing and Avid Editing a one-hour obs doc for Channel 5: "The Builders Next Door". Writing, structuring, edit producing and Avid Editing a one-hour obs doc for Channel 5: "The Builders Next Door".



Best Beginnings (charity)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Baby Buddy Filmmaker

  • Sep 2014 - 2016

  Observational filmmaking with teenage mums and babies accross London, making short films for award-winning app "Baby Buddy", for charity Best Beginnings. This is a lottery-funded project backed by the Department for Health, Guys and St. Thomas Hospital and the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Midwives, among many others. If you are pregnant and in the UK you will have been urged by your midwife to use it! Observational filmmaking with teenage mums and babies accross London, making short films for award-winning app "Baby Buddy", for charity Best Beginnings. This is a lottery-funded project backed by the Department for Health, Guys and St. Thomas Hospital and the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Midwives, among many others. If you are pregnant and in the UK you will have been urged by your midwife to use it!



Raw Cut Television

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Avid Editor, Neighbourhood Blues, BBC1

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2015

  Cutting / scriptwriting a couple of episodes of Neighbourhood Blues (BBC), working with observational footage of the police in Somerset. Cutting / scriptwriting a couple of episodes of Neighbourhood Blues (BBC), working with observational footage of the police in Somerset.



FLAME MEDIA

• Netherlands
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Edit Producer

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Overseeing the edit (writing and structuring stories) for a 45 minute BBC daytime current affairs programme. Overseeing the edit (writing and structuring stories) for a 45 minute BBC daytime current affairs programme.



Heirloom Media

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shooting PD

  • Feb 2010 - Nov 2013

  I have worked with Heirloom Media and Best Beginnnings since 2007, filming with parents, babies, health professionals and celebrities. Films include: Out of the Blue - A series of films, part of the "Heads Together" campaign, about preinatal mental health Our Chance - A series of films aimed at reducing stillbirth Baby Buddy - 200 short films for an innovative app aimed at improving parenting skills Small Wonders - A series of films about the experience of premature birth From Bump to Breastfeeding - A DVD for new parents following breastfeeding mums Show less



Out There News Ltd

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Mar 2007 - Mar 2009

  I cut on various Out There News Projects, including two 'Witness' commissions for Al Jazeera, a Channel 4 news film about Christiania, Channel 4 News stuff about Iraq and a series for the launch of BBC Arabic. I cut on various Out There News Projects, including two 'Witness' commissions for Al Jazeera, a Channel 4 news film about Christiania, Channel 4 News stuff about Iraq and a series for the launch of BBC Arabic.



Films of Record Limited

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Producer

  • Apr 2006 - Oct 2006

  Working closely with BAFTA award-winning Roger Graef, this role included meeting regularly with commissioning editors from all the major broadcasters, devising and writing up programme ideas, and directing / making promos. During this time I was particularly proud to negotiate access and secure a commission for a This World (BBC1) on a Sharia court in Nigeria. Working closely with BAFTA award-winning Roger Graef, this role included meeting regularly with commissioning editors from all the major broadcasters, devising and writing up programme ideas, and directing / making promos. During this time I was particularly proud to negotiate access and secure a commission for a This World (BBC1) on a Sharia court in Nigeria.



Landmark Films

• Oxford, United Kingdom

• Producer / Director and Development AP

  • Mar 2006 - Sep 2006

  (2007) ‘Extraordinary People: Beat it’ PD and development AP, Channel 5 Single person one-hour doc about a woman addicted to shopping. I also developed and cast the series, winning the commission. (2007) ‘Extraordinary People: Beat it’ PD and development AP, Channel 5 Single person one-hour doc about a woman addicted to shopping. I also developed and cast the series, winning the commission.



ITV

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Shooting PD / Editor

  • Mar 2004 - Jul 2004

  I worked as a part of the multi-skilled team at The Lab, on a series called 'Booze Britain' which we made for Bravo. I negotiated access to the police forces, set up shoots, directed, shot, edited and script-wrote. Finally I also cut the one-hour specials. I worked as a part of the multi-skilled team at The Lab, on a series called 'Booze Britain' which we made for Bravo. I negotiated access to the police forces, set up shoots, directed, shot, edited and script-wrote. Finally I also cut the one-hour specials.



Tyger Tyger

• Palestinian Territory

• Director of Participatory Video Project

  • Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

  I was one of the directors of the 'Child of Bethlehem' project, doing the bulk of the fund-raising and designing the video aspect of the project, which later became an award-winning film. Working in the West Bank, Palestine, we taught a group of children (9-14) documentary skills and worked with them to make a series of 3-minute participatory films about moments of happiness in their lives. I conceived the idea, co-directed with Stuart Bamforth, produced and field-edited this film. I was one of the directors of the 'Child of Bethlehem' project, doing the bulk of the fund-raising and designing the video aspect of the project, which later became an award-winning film. Working in the West Bank, Palestine, we taught a group of children (9-14) documentary skills and worked with them to make a series of 3-minute participatory films about moments of happiness in their lives. I conceived the idea, co-directed with Stuart Bamforth, produced and field-edited this film.



Rise Phoenix

• Video Maker

  • 1999 - 2002

  I worked on two projects in the Balkans as a filmmaker and also made a promotional film for the charity. I worked on two projects in the Balkans as a filmmaker and also made a promotional film for the charity.



The Oxford Channel

• Arts Producer

  • Mar 1999 - Jun 2001

  The Oxford Channel was a new, local Terrestrial channel set up by Thomas Harding (Undercurrents). Some of the senior staff were ex-BBC and I received quality training on the job as a multi-skiller shooting in the new medium of DV. Among other roles, I devised and produced the Arts show, edited for the daily live magazine show, and trained up interns in production skills. It was sort of like the 'Press Gang' except for TV! The Oxford Channel was a new, local Terrestrial channel set up by Thomas Harding (Undercurrents). Some of the senior staff were ex-BBC and I received quality training on the job as a multi-skiller shooting in the new medium of DV. Among other roles, I devised and produced the Arts show, edited for the daily live magazine show, and trained up interns in production skills. It was sort of like the 'Press Gang' except for TV!