Hannah Berryman
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Hannah Berryman is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker known for combining archive footage, inventive animation, and recreation with contemporary narratives and powerful interviews with high-profile figures to uncover the human stories behind defining cultural moments.
Her 2025 feature documentary Spacewoman premiered at DOC NYC and CPH:DOX to critical acclaim. The film follows astronaut Eileen Collins from a young girl growing up on the wrong side of the tracks with a secret dream of spaceflight to becoming the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft. Drawing on rich archival material, intimate interviews, and atmospheric present-day filming, Spacewoman captures both the drama of Collins’ groundbreaking missions and the deeply human, emotional story of family bonds and perseverance in a male-dominated era. The film enjoyed a successful UK theatrical release in 2025, with a US theatrical release planned for spring 2026.
“The film is a powerful and moving tribute to a remarkable woman. ”
Nominated for a Grierson Award (Best Arts), Hannah’s Coco Chanel: Uncovered is a feature documentary for BBC/Fremantle Worldwide that reveals the complex and compelling life of the enigmatic designer behind the global fashion house. Combining inventive animation, beautifully crafted interviews with leading writers, curators, and those who knew Chanel personally, alongside filming in the places she lived and rare archive access granted through close collaboration with the House of Chanel, the film offers a richly layered portrait of an enduring icon.
“I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious fashion designer, a true Lucifer’ — the words of Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, heard at the start of this rich, in-depth Arena film.”
Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm, her 2020 BAFTA-nominated feature documentary for the BBC and distributed by Autlook Sales Worldwide, tells the extraordinary story of Welsh farmers who created a world-class recording studio on their land. The film features interviews with artists including Ozzy Osbourne, Robert Plant, Liam Gallagher, and Chris Martin.
“These and other stories in Hannah Berryman’s film are so extraordinary that you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a Spinal Tap-style spoof.”
“Apparently it took director Hannah Berryman five years to make Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm. It was worth it.”
Other critically acclaimed work includes the two-part Grierson Best Arts–nominated series Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (BBC), which examined her campaign against the permissive revolution of the 1970s; the BAFTA-nominated BBC film Miss World: Beauty Queens & Bedlam, exploring the feminist protests surrounding the 1970 Miss World contest; Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal, a two-part profile whose subject’s life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolutions that transformed Britain during the 20th century (BBC/PBS Worldwide); the Grierson-shortlisted documentary A Very English Education, exploring the emotional legacy of British boarding schools; and the Grierson-nominated High Society Brides, an entertaining and revealing look at the upper-class women featured in Country Life magazine across the decades.
Hannah also spent time as Head of Film and Video at Condé Nast, where she launched Vogue’s popular Inside the Wardrobe shorts, honing her short-form storytelling skills for the branded sector.