Writer, director, editor & lecturer born in London in 1962, grew up in Hull, East Yorkshire. Read BA (Hons) English Language & Literature at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1981-1984, then worked as a picture editor at BBC TV News in London before attending the National Film & TV School from 1989-1992. Lived in Berlin, Germany between 1992 – 2006, working variously as a writer, director, editor and lecturer, then Head of Documentary at the European Film College, Denmark 2006-8. Currently Programme Leader for the documentary course at Newport Film School, founded by John Grierson in 1966 and now part of the University of South Wales.

Films as writer/director include CHEKHOV’S CLOSE-UPS (European Film Academy, 1994) MEMORY OF BERLIN (ZDF, 1998); BEHIND WORDS (MDR, 2005) FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN (ZDF, 2006); POWER & PLACE, (Centre for Alternative Technology, 2010). Also worked on CINEMANIA (2002) & MEMORIES OF RAIN (2004).