Lizzie White – Producer/Director
(Sound-recording Series Director/Edit Producer)
31 Cowper Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6NZ
0117 9735794:m.07890 007245:
[email protected]
trained to self-shoot, DV Talent London
awards
2003 RTS Current Affairs Award: Desperately Seeking
2004 nominated for RTS Documentary Award: Class Act
I am a passionate story-teller with 20 years experience making observational documentaries, presenter-led and investigative current affairs films for TV broadcast. I love getting under the skin of a subject, quick to establish rapport with contributors, drawing stories out and telling them in visually compelling and imaginative ways. Many of my programmes have involved negotiating and sustaining difficult access, as well as dealing with sensitive issues. All my P/D experience has involved developing, directing, editing and taking the project through to final delivery. I am currently developing Just A Girl From Koof with Redbird Media, about the life and work of women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi, who was due to run for President of Afghanistan this April.
presenter-led films
producer/director: Secrets of the Arabian Nights, BBC4/BBC2, 60’ - Richard E Grant discovers how these magical stories arrived in the West 300 years ago and how they have influenced and enchanted us ever since. Quickfire Media, 2010/11
producer: Ms. Dynamite in Search of Nanny Maroon, BBC2, Abolition of the Slave Trade Season, 60’ – Ms Dynamite goes in the footsteps of an African Jamaican heroine. Focus Productions, 2007
observational series
series producer/sound- recording director: Emergency-Firefighters, ITV1/Discovery – 6x30’ observational series follows Avon’s frontline service over 4 months, 3 years on from the dispute. Swift Films, 2006
series director: Class Act, Carlton – 6x30’ observational series following a year in the life of acting students at Bristol’s Old Vic Theatre School, first years coping with new pressures, third years searching for their first acting break in the real world Brenda Rowe Productions. Nominated for RTS Documentary Award, 2004
series director: Getting A Life, Carlton – 3x30’ observational series follows young homeless people struggling for independence in a foyer hostel. Brenda Rowe Productions, 2002
working with vulnerable people
producer/director: Desperately Seeking, ITV – 2x30’ current affairs documentary examines what it’s like to seek asylum in Britain. ITV. RTS Current Affairs Award, 2003
director: This Way Home, HTV - follows three homeless families trying to set up home again. Brenda Rowe Productions, 2001
associate producer: Break-Up, C4 - series follows divorcing couples through family mediation. Soul Purpose Productions, 2000
through women’s eyes
director: Funny Girls, Carlton – a take on the world of women stand-up comics. Brenda Rowe Productions, 2000
director: The Netball Posse ‘The West Story’, HTV - follows the fortunes of a black women’s netball team in inner city Bristol. Brenda Rowe Productions, 1999
director/producer: Here Across The Water , student film, BBC Regional TV commission, 4 Irish women's stories of migration across the decades. BBC West, 1992
science
director: Inside Out, Discovery Health/worldwide - examines the revolutionary role of 3D imaging in surgery Foreign Office, 2001
director: Saving The New Born Brain, Discovery Health/worldwide - looks at new treatments for babies brain damaged at birth Foreign Office, 2000
investigative current affairs
associate producer: ‘Citizen’s ’ Arrest’ Homeworkers, C4 - a Sheffield woman challenges the exploitation of Britain’s one million homeworkers. BRP, 1997
associate producer: Paddington-a week after, C4 - survivors recall the day of the crash. ITN Factual, 1999
associate producer: ‘Joe Public’ Esso, C4 - investigates Esso Petroleum’s work practices. BRP, 1998
dvcam director: Chiapas: massacre in slow motion Human rights film about the low intensity war in southern Mexico. Faction Films, 1998
dvcam director: developing idea about herbal treatment of HIV/Aids in South Africa for C4 news item, 2004
development producer
series developed : Berlin Baby; Hello,Can You Heal Me?; Brain Works, Faction Films, 2008/9
research
researcher: Keeping it in the Family ‘Witness’ C4 - asks how family group conferencing can prevent James being taken into care. films of record, 1997
researcher: The Child Business ‘Undercover Britain’ C4 - exposes profiteering/neglect in private children’s homes. films of record , 1997
researcher: The Learning Curve HTV – 6 pt series on education. Hummingbird Cameo Films, 1996
development research: Fifty Films About Poverty C4’s Poverty Season. Barraclough Carey Productions, 1995
researcher: The Lowdown BBC Childrens’ TV. Turning Over Films, 1995
researcher: Bringing Up Baby part of BBC1’s Family Season BBC TV Features , 1993
researcher: Labour of Love BBC2’s history of parenting in the first half of the century. Testimony Films, 1992
qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Film & TV, Bristol University
M. Ed, Sociology & Psychology, Bristol University
PGCE, English & Drama, Southampton University
BA, Drama & American Studies, Hull University (2:1)
previous career details
Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Education Policy Studies, University of West of England
Community teacher, Bristol Truancy Centre,14 – 16 year olds; Women’s Studies tutor, University of Bristol & Sex Education teacher, Brook Clinic
English & Drama teacher, Bristol comprehensive schools
personal details
Interests acappella singing, film, theatre, politics, travel
Full, clean driving license
Conversational French, German & basic Spanish Lizzie White: April 2014
