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This Directory is a talent pool of Scotland's documentary filmmaking women* (of all disciplines and levels of experience) who are looking for paid work. If you are hiring please do make use of the directory – each profile includes contact details.

If you are part of Scotland's professional community of female documentary makers and you are looking for work or might be in the future, please create a profile to tell us about yourself and your work! You can be working in any role – director, producer, editor, camera etc and with any level of experience.

If you have any problems with the site please email [email protected]

*Our definition includes cis women, trans women, genderqueer, femme/feminine-identifying and non-binary filmmakers.

Carla Shah Laroche

Carla Shah Laroche

Filmmaker / BTG
Early
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
Molly Shelton

Molly Shelton

Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Glasgow
Documentary Filmmaker, Journalist, Organiser, Campaigner, Writer and Researcher.
Hollie Smith

Hollie Smith

Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Glasgow
Former journo turned documentary and obs-doc specialist with a penchant for all things 'The One Show'
Wilma Smith

Wilma Smith

Mine Horse Pictures
Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
By Montrose
Zero budget filmmaker for 25 years. Made a BtG ‘The Review’ (2016). Working Mum who is dedicated to tell stories.
Hannah Spreckley

Hannah Spreckley

Entry
on the ScreenSkills scale
Glasgow
Early in the stages of a documentary career after several years as a print journalist.
Miranda Stern

Miranda Stern

Early
on the ScreenSkills scale
Glasgow
A self-shooting filmmaker / director
Sara Stroud

Sara Stroud

NESCOL
Aberdeen
Film maker, Artist, and TV production lecturer. I have 20 years experience in corporate and educational film making. I also am a video Artist using creating installations and sculptural objects that incorporate film.
Stephanie Symington

Stephanie Symington

Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Paisley
A figure skating, pole dancing, arthritic and Dyslexic Researcher.
Becky Thomson

Becky Thomson

Expert
on the ScreenSkills scale
Location not geo-coded yet
Very experienced Documentary Sound Recordist,Production Sound Mixer for Feature Films & HETV, Recordist in TV Factual, Commercials and Branded Content. Sense of humour
Shona Thomson

Shona Thomson

A Kind of Seeing
Expert
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
I make and research films that give archive footage a wider platform. I also create and produce events that use archive film to kickstart conversations around identity, heritage and representation. I use the past to talk about the future.
Morag Tinto

Morag Tinto

Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Glasgow
Self-shooting PD based in Glasgow making arts and documentaries, also a visiting tutor at the NFTS.
Marie Trestrail
Edinburgh City
Marie is a recent graduate of the Edinburgh College of Art’s MA Film Directing Program. She specialises in documentary filmmaking but is passionate about all art at the intersection of social justice, education and community building.
Parisa Urquhart

Parisa Urquhart

Urquhart Media
Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Glasgow
BAFTA-winning Scottish Iranian documentary director and producer making content that has a particular focus on identity and colonisation. Stories emerge from Scotland but resonate globally and span current affairs films for Channel 4 News, documentaries f
Sophie van Bree

Sophie van Bree

Edinburgh College of Art
Entry
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
Steph R Ward

Steph R Ward

Early
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
Lindsay watson

Lindsay watson

Lindsay Watson
Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
A wide range of experience from cutting factual documentaries for BBC broadcast including the four part series Arctic Academy, exhibition films for National Museums, fashion films and TV commercials. She has a strong sense of narrative and structure and
Caroline Whyte

Caroline Whyte

SlingShot Studios
Early
on the ScreenSkills scale
Fife
Associate Producer, Production Editor, Podcast editor at SlingShot Studios
Sian Yeshe

Sian Yeshe

Entry
on the ScreenSkills scale
Langholm
Sian Yeshe is an emerging artist from Langholm, Scotland. Sian explores people based narratives through a practice founded in documentary film and installation.
xixi zhu

xixi zhu

Entry
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
I'm currently a postgraduate student in MA film directing at the University of Edinburgh. A documentary filmmaker based in Scotland who wants to tell good stories
Elena Zini

Elena Zini

Screen Language Ltd
Experienced
on the ScreenSkills scale
Edinburgh
Proud founder of Screen Language Ltd, which offers accessibility and linguistic services for the film industry such as subtitling, audio description, translation, transcription, live captioning, BSL interpretation..