Born in London in 1962. Read English Language & Literature at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1981-84, then worked as an picture editor at the BBC before studies at the National Film & TV School 1989-92. Nominated for the Student Award accompanying Lord Richard Attenborough's 1992 Shakespeare Prize (Stiftung FVS, Hamburg). Fellow of the Nipkow Programme, Berlin 1992-93; Lecturer in Film at the University of the Arts, Berlin 1996-2001.  Artist-in-residence, Villa Aurora, Los Angeles Autumn 2003. Based in Berlin as a writer, director and editor of documentaries between 1992 - 2006. Head of documentary, European Film College in Denmark. Currently Programme Leader, Documentary Film & TV, Newport Film School, Wales/UK. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Films as writer/director include POWER & PLACE (2009), FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN (2006), BEHIND WORDS (2005), MEMORY OF BERLIN (1998), CHEKHOV'S CLOSE-UPS (1994). Currently developing BORON MON AMOUR (2013)