Zoë is an accomplished Bafta winning and double Emmy nominated director of world-class documentaries. She has made singles, feature length documentaries and series for the world’s broadcasters and streamers including BBC, ITV, Sky, Disney +, Migu and NETFLIX.
She has directed films with leading artists in the field...
Read MoreZoë is an accomplished Bafta winning and double Emmy nominated director of world-class documentaries. She has made singles, feature length documentaries and series for the world’s broadcasters and streamers including BBC, ITV, Sky, Disney +, Migu and NETFLIX.
She has directed films with leading artists in the fields of music, art and dance.
Her latest documentaries include 'Duran Duran: There is Something you Should Know' and 'Greatest Guitar Riffs' featuring Brian May, Tony Iommi and Andy Summers. 'There is Something You Should Know' was broadcast as part of a Boys on Film special on BBC Four. The film has been hugely successful, repeated frequently, nominated for a RTS for best documentary, with a US premiere on Showtime and was aquired by NETFLIX.
Zoë also developed and produced a major international series on dance, fronted by acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan. Filmed across five continents and featuring some of the leading dancers and choreographers of our time, 'Why do we Dance' was nominated for an International Emmy 2020 for Outstanding Arts Documentary.
Outside of the Arts, Zoë has directed a number of International series including: a major blue-chip series on Tea for BBC Studios narrated by Hugh Bonneville, a road trip docu-series 'Jews on Bikes’ for Sky Atlantic in which a band of motorbiking British Jews travel the east coast of America to re-discover their Jewish identity, 'Alison Jackson on Trump', provocateur Jackson dissects a mix of art, politics and satire as she sets about a new series of work on her favourite subject. And lastly, Zoe is a returning director for Joanna Lumley’s travelogues, having directed films in Indonesia, Madagascar and France.
In 2020 Zoe directed her horror/fantasy debut scripted short The Cunning Man. The Cunning Man is a tale about a rural practitioner of the dark arts who becomes the target of a small town conspiracy. The short film was sponsored by Directors UK and was winner of Challenge Alexa competition. The Cunning Man was BAFTA long listed and has received an official selection at over 38 festivals worldwide. It has won 23 International Film Festival awards including 5 for Best Director.
Having two strings to her bow means Zoë delivers high-end documentary films with the cinematic sensibilities of drama.
In short, Zoë has established a reputation for making work that is slick, provocative and constantly pushes the creative boundaries of documentary film making.
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