About My Documentary Work
“Bella is a talented and highly professional PD. She is an accomplished director with a real flair for visuals and she combines this with impressive attention to detail. At every stage of production, from scripting through to the edit, Bella has shown herself to be a fantastic filmmaker. She is also a great team player and it has been a pleasure to work with her.”
JACQUI FARNHAM, Series Producer, BBC History / Science
I’m a capable and versatile Specialist Factual Producer, Director and Edit Producer with 20 years’ broadcast TV experience.
I have produced and directed programmes across a wide range of subject matters and genres, from travel to history and from science to current affairs.
I’ve organised and directed shoots from Namibia to Norway and from Iceland to India. I’ve interviewed leaders of industry, top scientists and historians, victims of crime and ordinary members of the public. I’ve filmed from helicopters and zip wires, down mines, in sensitive laboratories and on ancient archaeological sites.
Credits include Lost Treasures of Egypt and Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece (both National Geographic Channel) When Whales Could Walk (PBS/NOVA and CBC), Ice Age Footprints (PBS/Nova), Lost Tombs of the Ancient Maya (Science Channel and Channel 4), Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs (Science Channel and Channel 4), and Unearthed: Rome’s Gate to Hell and the Legend of King Midas (Science Channel and France TV).
I’ve also worked on well-known shows like Food Unwrapped (Channel 4), The One Show (BBC 1), Fake Britain (BBC 1), Come Dine With Me (Channel 4), The Great British Bake Off (BBC 2) and Crimewatch (BBC 1).
Awards
- Silver Award, Video In-Depth Reporting for Ice Age Footprints at the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards 2022.
- Finalist, Travel Broadcast Programme of the Year for Lost Tombs of the Maya at the Travel Media Awards 2022.
- Bronze Medal for Lost Tombs of the Maya at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2022.
- Silver Medal for Lost Pyramids of the Aztecs at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2021.
Companies I’ve worked for
