I am an award winning documentary director/producer based in London.
I have years of experience taking complex human interest stories and telling them in an accessible and engaging way for a broad audience.

DOCUMENTARY PROJECT

BBC BITESIZE EDUCATIONAL FILMS (2023)

BBC Bitesize is a series of educational films and a free online study support resource designed to help with learning, revision and homework. This 2023 series focus on the educational route to various professions. This shoot explored how to become a pilot.

Producer: Hamlett Films Director: Elin Moe

HOW TO GET ON WITH ANYBODY
(2023, in production)

A documentary about a maverick orthodox rabbi building bridges between seemingly divergent communities and people. As a member of a Hasidic community in North-London, a religious group often portrayed as insular, this man could not be further from this typecast. Herschel received an OBE from Queen Elisabeth for his work on interfaith understanding. He is the founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum, the first of its type in the world, as well as numerous other initiatives to help dialogues between people. Herschel tirelessly thinks of ways to reach across any divide and find some communality with everyone he meets.

Produced by: Moe Films/ Whitter Films. In production.

CAMINO A CASA (2022)/EKSIL (2023)

Documentary films about a family who struggle to break free from the shadows of the 1980s Uruguyan dictatorship. When a Norwegian play about their life is staged, the father Carlos and his daughter Cecilia finally confront events from their past. Refugees of the Uruguayan dictatorship, the two search for answers about how it shaped their lives and split the family apart.

Their story is told both in a feature length version (Camino a Casa) for cinema and a TV version (EKSIL) for Norwegian broadcaster, NRK. The feature version has been screened at film festivals across South America, in Uruguay, Argentina, Columbia, and in Europe. Camino a Casa won the ‘Viewer’s choice award’ by Uruguyan TV Ciudad, in 2022. The film was also shortlisted in the ‘Best Documentary’ category for the Platino Awards in Madrid, 2023.

NRK broadcast EKSIL in May 2023. More details here: The Journey Home

Produced by: Medieoperatørene, Guazu Media, Moe Films, La Escena.

DECOLONISING ACADEMIA (2023)

Documentary with renowned academics discussing the impact of the British Empire on education and knowledge production in the western world. The film explores ways to decolonise the universities and criminology and consider what this means for the future of universities as sites of knowledge production and social justice.

Produced by: Hamlett Films/ Open University. Director: Elin Moe

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FILMS
FOR THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

A series of films exploring under-represented perspectives or stories in children’s literature that challenge traditional representations and story narratives.
Photos from the author interview film with Kandace Chimbiri, who represented Black History in Children’s literature, with her children’s history book about the Windrush.

Produced by: Hamlett Films/ Open University. Director: Elin Moe

BEHIND THE FAÇADE (2021)

Award winning documentary investigating the failings of the British construction industry that contributed to the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017.
The film is a self-examination from people within the construction industry about the systemic failures that led to the Grenfell tragedy. We discuss the industry’s need for a deep culture change to prevent another Grenfell and the importance of safe and decent housing for all.
Winner of the EVCOM awards, in 2022.
Produced by: Hamlett Films/ Vivalda. Director: Elin Moe

EDUCATING WALES (2019-2020)

Project commissioned by the Welsh Government and Open University exploring good teaching methodologies in Welsh schools. Filmed across 16 schools over a year.

Produced by: Hamlett Films/ Open University Director: Elin Moe

PRINT JOURNALISM

I regularly write for Norwegian magazines and newspapers. I have written articles on a range of topics over the years, most often exploring aspects of international history and society.