Katharine English
Kat is a BAFTA and RTS award-winning filmmaker. She makes bold and critically-acclaimed films with captivating story-telling, emotion, humour and pathos at their heart.
Her recent docuseries for Netflix, UNTOLD: SWAMP KINGS drills down into the rollercoaster story of a legendary football team. Reviewed as “exceptionally entertaining” in The Sunday Times, it's an unrelenting drama that ripples well beyond the locker room. As Series Director, Kat brought a high-end cinematic ascetic to this four-part premium series.
In her film for landmark series OUR WAR, a daring mission deep into enemy territory is captured on camera by soldiers during Afganistan’s bloodiest summer on record. Acclaimed for its “power and poignancy”, this film won Kat a BAFTA Best Factual Director nomination. The series won a second BAFTA Best Documentary Series.
BLAIR & BROWN: THE NEW LABOUR REVOLUTION featured candid interviews with two prime ministers and a cast of veteran insiders for a forensic take on this seminal era in our political landscape. It won Best Documentary Series, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
From feature docs to drama docs, Kat delivers vision, ambition and nuanced storytelling. For her film about online grooming MURDER GAMES, Kat wrote and directed a drama from her interviews with Breck Bednar’s friends to explore the web of lies that lured intelligent 14 year-old Breck to his killer. This film is screened in British schools as part of the PSHE curriculum.
Skilled in directing actors and working with onscreen talent, Kat is also passionate about documentary cinematography and where the project calls for it, enjoys shooting her own films on prime lenses.
Awards
2013 BAFTA Award - Best Documentary Series
Winner - Our War2013 BAFTA Award - Best Director, Factual
Nominee - Our War2013 Grierson Award - Best Documentary Series
Nominee - Our War2013 RTS Award - Best Documentary Series
Nominee - Our War2013 Broadcast Awards - Best Documentary Series
Nominee - Our War2009 Regional RTS Award - Best Independent Programme
Winner - One Life: Male, 33 Seeks Puberty1998 Emmy Award - Best Single Documentary
Nominee - Black Box: The Death of TWA800