As a filmmaker I constantly find myself drawn to underdog stories, tales of impossible achievement, in fantastical worlds.

After working as a 2nd-unit director on the BAFTA-nominated film The Eagle Huntress I was inspired to make my own documentary set in a far away lan...

My 100% Pure New Zealand commercial has reached over a million views on Facebook. This project was shot over a year while traveling to some of the most remote and spectacular parts of New Zealand.

There were a lot of early mornings capturing sunrise and a lot of late ni...

A few years ago I was sitting down with my good friend Simon Niblett, a talented cinematographer and drone fanatic. We were both playing around with fun ideas that we could do with a drone and one of our favourite was the idea of a drone carrying a person. For a long t...

In June 2014 I received an email from Otto Bell, a creative director based in New York. He was making a film called ‘The Eagle Huntress’ about one of the first female Eagle Hunters, Asholpan, a 13 years old girl living in the outskirts of Bayan-Ölgii, Mongolia. As soon...

I was asked to talk at the London Screenwriters festival. It was such a fun event and I felt a very warm welcome from all those that attended. The energy and excitement from the festival is contagious. I had the pleasure of being on stage with the Oscar winning filmmak...

I spent two weeks traveling around Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan where I filmed and interviewed Eagle Hunters from all around these two beautiful countries for a feature documentary that will be out next year!

Here's my video blog from th...

I remember the first time I picked up a camera like it was yesterday! I was aged 9 and my step dad had purchased a Sony camcorder for my mum as she wanted to film myself and my brothers growing up! However I managed to get my hands on it before my mum had had a chance...

Over the weekend I attended the Isle of Man Film Festival where my short film ‘Modern Man’ was screened. It was an awesome event with a huge variety of incredible films shown from all around the globe! It was exciting to be part of such a high calibre of filmmaking tal...

I’ve just come back from the Edinburgh Film Festival where I was chosen to be part of the Talent Lab. I had the most incredible time meeting inspired and motivated filmmakers from all walks of life! The EIFF Talent Lab was set up in 2011 to give up-and-coming filmmaker...

9 DAYS. 96 CITIES AND 26 COUNTRIES.

Over the last 9 days ‘Modern Man‘ has be shown in 96 cities and 26 countries around the world. All the way from France through to America! It’s been insanely exciting and  I was able to attend the opening in Paris. It was incredible t...

Our short film ‘Colton’s Big Night’ was selected to be part of the collaborative feature film  ’50 Kisses‘ and last night we saw the finished film on the big screen at the world premiere! It was an amazing night and very rewarding to see all the filmmakers hardwork com...

I’ve always loved making short films; for me, they’ve been a chance to make mistakes and learn the craft without putting huge amounts of other people’s money at risk. They’re a great film school. The other huge benefit is that for a short film, it’s possible to produce...