FULL BIOGRAPHY:

Currently directing a 90 minute feature documentary for Netflix.

Director and Producer, Ep 2  “Surgeons’ Cut”  Netflix Original :   1 x 60 minutes

A film about an amazing Mexican brain surgeon who hopped the fence 30 years ago and is now a top brain surgeon in the US. 

Episode two, ‘The Sacred Brain’ in the four part series made by BBC Studios for Netflix.

Director and Producer, “Carlos Acosta - the Reluctant Ballet Dancer” : 1x 50 minutes

Commissioned by the BBC for the flagship arts series “Imagine”

(Lucy Blakstad Films production).

Series Producer / Director, “Bridges Trilogy” : 3 x 50 minute films

A BBC series about people whose lives are connected by a bridge in London, New York and Bosnia. 

(Lucy Blakstad Films production)

Series Producer/Director, “Naked”: 4 x 40 minute films

A BBC series about how we feel about our bodies for the age we are at – from teens to old age.

Director and Producer,  “From Dreams to Reality” : 1 x 60 minutes

A BBC series about The Royal Ballet School and The Royal Ballet Company filmed over a year.

  (Lucy Blakstad Films production)

Director and Producer, Modern Times, BBC flagship documentary series:

  “Lido” 1 x 50 minute film: A diverse oasis in the heart of London

“Hong Kong” 1 x 50 minute film: Hong Kong residents on the brink of the handover

“Weekenders” 1 x 50 minute film: Families who escape from the city every weekend

“Flatmates” 1 x 50 minute film: five households searching for the perfect roommate

Other Credits:

Director:   “The Birthday” A short drama commissioned by Film Four.

One of twelve films selected for the International Berlin Film Festival, won a Ulysses Award and was shortlisted for the Turner Short Film Prize.

 Writer/ Director:   “Shipping Forecast”  National Maritime Museum

An installation art film commissioned by the museum as part of a series by six contemporary artists. Shown on a giant video wall in the main entrance

and opened by the Queen !

Awards     

                           BAFTA  

                                     Royal Television Society Award

                                     Ulysses Award

The Birthday was short-listed for the International Turner Classic Short Film Award.

Commercials

Directed a wide range of campaigns over the past 10 years including the very first "Dove" Real Beauty campaign (Ogilvy) which was the first time

“real” people with regular curvy bodies had been used in beauty commercials.

Visit Wales (Wieden & Kennedy), First Direct (WCRS), Royal Bank Of Scotland (M&C Saatchi), BT (AMV) and a cinema film for Medecins Sans Frontieres shot in Liberia.

A recent campaign for Cancer Research UK was shot on ipads in peoples’ own homes and received five stars in David’s Reviews.

Additional

  • Judging panel for BAFTA “best documentary cinematographer”

  • Giving annual directing masterclass at the National Film and Television School

  • Awarded an honorary doctorate of the arts from Wolverhampton University

  • Masterclass by invitation at various film festivals including the Banff International Film Festival in Canada and Sheffield International Documentary Festival in the UK

  • Co-founder of a charity “Project Cuba” helping under privileged children

  •  Central St Martins School of Art and Kingston graduate

  • Best production to date: being a mum of two teenagers: Rafael and Lila