Documentary Producer/Director, Photographer and Writer
“Bella has done fantastic work on several productions at Windfall. Creative, tenacious, and an outstanding writer – she makes excellent films that fully reflect the hard work and dedication she puts into them.“
DAN KENDALL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WINDFALL FILMS
- I’m a Specialist Factual (science, archeology and history) Producer, Director, and Edit Producer with 20 years’ experience making shows for national and international broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery.
- My most recent film about the evolution of the whale, When Whales Could Walk, aired on NOVA (PBS) and CBC’s The Nature of Things in 2024. My previous film for NOVA, Ice Age Footprints (about the discovery of 23,000 year old human fossil footprints in White Sands, New Mexico) won a AAAS Kavli Science journalism award. I’ve also directed two medal-winning films at the New York Film and TV Festivals. Find out more.
- Outside of documentaries, I’m a travel and wildlife photographer, writer, and creator of the multi-award-winning travel and photography website Passport & Pixels. Find out more.
“You are a seriously good writer! I’ve been editing for 26 years and it is easy to become blasé about cliche-filled descriptions of elephants, but I don’t ever recall reading a description as vivid as yours. Seriously good stuff..“
CRAIG RIX, EDITOR, TRAVEL AFRICA MAGAZINE
- In the past few years I’ve been a winner or finalist for more than 25 travel industry awards for writing, photography and blogging including winning Best Photography at the Travel Media Awards 2020 and Blog of the Year at the British Guild of Travel Writers’ Awards 2023. Find out more.
- My work has been published in: Nat Geo Traveller, BBC Travel, Adventure.com, Lonely Planet, The Telegraph, Travel Africa, Wanderlust, Selling Travel, The Great Outdoors, JRNY magazine, BBC Wildlife Magazine, and Amateur Photographer and Luxury Travel AU among many others.
- I was the featured pro photographer in Digital Photographer Magazine’s 14-page travel photography feature for 2024.
- I’m also a public speaker including at the Destinations Show with G Adventures, on a Nat Geo Traveller Photography Masterclass panel and at the Amateur Photographer Outdoor Photography Festival.
