Docs & More: Mart Bira

My guest this week is Mart Bira, a woman who’s student documentary won critical acclaim. Growing up in Mongolia she grew up with a love of storytelling and started working …

Docs & More: Mina Keshavarz

Born in Iran, my guest this week has worked as a journalist, co-founding a documentary magazine, “From Tehran”. For the past 18 years Mina Keshavarz has also been working as …

Docs & More: Barry Avrich

This week I’m joined by the multi-award winning Canadian film maker, Barry Avrich. He has a style that focuses on powerful personalities and past subjects of his films include Lew …

Docs & More: Maia Lekow

This week I’m joined by a Kenyan musician from Nairobi who has now turned documentary maker. As well as being the front woman of the explosive band Maia & The …

Docs & More: Sharron Ward

This week we’re joined by Sharron Ward, a filmmaker, born in Gisborne, NZ, the home of “Middle Earth,” from The Lord of The Rings. Sharron took a more unusual path …

Docs & More: Joe Bullman

This week we’re joined by Joe Bullman a documentary writer and director. His documentaries include The Crime Scene Cleaner and the award-winning The Man Who Bought Mustique. He also received …

Docs & More: James Jones

This week we’re joined by James Jones, a multi award-winning British director, making documentary films in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous places. His films include On the …

Docs & More: Ruhi Hamid

This week we’re joined by Ruhi Hamid, a British filmmaker born in Tanzania of Pakistani heritage. She has made numerous award-winning documentaries for the broadcasters – British, European and also …

Docs & More: Ashok Prasad

In this week’s episode we hear from Ashok Prasad who’s won a number of awards for their documentary films including an international Emmy and been nominated for a few RTS …

Docs & More: Sofia Olins

Sofia Olins moved into documentaries after starting off in television working on programmes like The Royle Family, The Peep Show and The IT Crowd. This, though, wasn’t enough and Sofia …