A great story can educate and inspire, or motivate people to act. The job of an impact producer is connecting the story with tangible impact in the real world, and helping the filmmakers achieve this. I view this role as a combination between my work as a campaigner, a filmmaker, and a community builder.

This might mean connecting the filmmaking team with relevant charities for funding, grassroots organisations for distribution, or people with lived experience to ground the film in reality. This might mean creating an engagement tool on or offline for film viewers to extend their experience. This might mean building a promotional campaign for the film with existing organisations working in this space to amplify work already being done. It can mean anything – as long as it drives behavioural, narrative, or even policy change.

I specialise in creating impact with films in the climate and technology space, but am open to all social impact issues. Please get in touch for consultancy if you need an impact producer working across the UK and USA.

Select projects

• Really Good Exposure – dir. Megan Prescott (Skins)

A short film based on the award-winning play of the same name ahead of its Soho Theatre run, created in partnership with National Ugly Mugs, a charity advocating against violence towards sex workers. Releasing 2025.

• The Future Thanks You – The UN – dir. Oscar McNabb

A series of seven micro-documentaries created in all seven continents to give a global vision of the world in 2035, if we find solutions to combat the climate crisis. Shared through trusted messengers across TikTok and a coalition of over 50 organisations in the arts and climate space, leading to over 60,000 participants in the online experience.

• Not Just Small Talk – Wellcome – dir. Fionn

A series of three social-first documentary shorts and two celebrity messenger shorts (with Doctor Hillary and Angela Rippon) about the real-life dangers of heatwaves in the UK and on European holidays, caused by climate change. Distributed through a coalition of NGO and grassroots organisations, and through a top-tier media push.

• Grounded – dir. Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap)

A short film based on the true story of Elin Ersson, who livestreamed her refusal to sit down on a plane in order to stop a man she didn’t know being deported. Elin was planned by Josefin Frida Petterson. Funding came from grant organisations in the social justice space, and the film’s festival run coincided with a series of events telling the stories of activists involved in anti-deportation work. The film was long-listed for the 2020 Academy Awards.

• Oksijan – dir. Edward Watts (For Sama)

A short film based on the true story of Ahmad, a seven year old Afghan refugee, who fled from his home with his brother to find safety in Europe. The film was created to recognise the work of refugee charity Choose Love, and was funded by a grassroots crowdfunding campaign. It premiered at BFI LFF, and after a successful festival run was screened on Director’s Notes.