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.
Most recently, Katharine filmed and directed KYLE: THE GUNMAN WHO DIVIDED AMERICA for BBC. Described as a “startling film” by The Guardian, and made with unprecedented access to teen-shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, the film explores how a deadly and ineffective vigilante became a far-right role model.
Her series for Netflix, UNTOLD: SWAMP KINGS tells the rollercoaster story of legendary football team The Florida Gators. Reviewed as “exceptionally entertaining” in The Sunday Times, as Series Director Kat build brought a high-end cinematic ascetic to this 4 part premium series.
In OUR WAR, a 3 days mission deep into enemy territory is captured on helmet-cam by young soldiers during Afghanistan’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 features candid interviews with two prime ministers and a cast of veteran insiders for a forensic take on the rise and fall of New Labour. It won Best Documentary Series, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
In MURDER GAMES, emotional testimony from Breck Bednar’s gaming friends became the basis of a factual drama written and directed by Katharine, exploring how the 14-year-old schoolboy was befriended by a stranger online and lured to his death. This film is screened in British schools as part of the PSHE curriculum.
Skilled in directing actors for drama as in FIRST LADIES working with onscreen talent, Kat is passionate about documentary cinematography and enjoys shooting her own films on prime lenses.
More clips and full films are available at www.katharineenglish.com
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