DIRECTOR

THE WARGAME | 4 x 60’ | The Garden | Sky

As Series Director, I helped realise this landmark documentary series, combining documentary storytelling with AI-assisted filmmaking and meticulous research, placing senior politicians, military leaders and intelligence chiefs inside a realistic national security crisis. The series explores the extraordinary decisions made at the highest levels of government under the threat of modern warfare through an immersive, cinematic approach to factual storytelling.

TITANIC: THE DIGITAL RESURRECTION| 1 x 90’ | Atlantic Productions | Disney+

A feature-length documentary using cutting-edge scanning technology to create the first high-resolution 3D digital twin of the Titanic wreck. Through a groundbreaking investigation, the film uncovers new insights into the ship’s final hours, revealing stories of heroism, tragedy and survival aboard the world’s most famous ocean liner.

2024 / 2025: THE YEAR FROM SPACE | 2 x 90’ | Atlantic Productions | Channel 4

Two feature-length documentaries telling the year’s defining stories through awe-inspiring satellite imagery. Offering a unique perspective on the beauty and fragility of our planet, the films reveal the hidden connections between Earth’s natural forces, humanity and the events that shaped the year.

FBI DECADES: 1970s | 2 x 50’ | October Films | Nat Geo

A documentary series exploring the social and political upheaval of 1970s America through the FBI investigations that defined the decade. Combining rare archive material, first-hand testimony and compelling storytelling, the series traces the events, forces and conflicts that reshaped the United States during one of the most consequential decades in its history.

LOST CITIES REVEALED, WITH ALBERT LIN | 1 x 50’ | Raw TV | Nat Geo / Disney+

An ambitious archaeological adventure series following Albert Lin on high-risk expeditions to uncover lost civilisations using pioneering technology, scientific investigation and adventure storytelling. Blending exploration, archaeology and cutting-edge visualisation, the series uncovers hidden chapters of human history in some of the world’s most remote and challenging landscapes.

COLOSSEUM | 2 x 60’ | October Films | BBC / History Channel

A drama-documentary series charting the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the lens of its most iconic arena. Blending cinematic drama, large-scale visual effects and expert historical insight, the series brings to life the people, politics and power struggles that shaped one of history’s greatest civilisations.

SECRETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM | 3 x 60’ | Bigger Bang Productions

A documentary series exploring humanity’s quest to understand the outer reaches of our solar system. Across three episodes, I wrote, directed, filmed and edited stories combining archive, first-hand testimony and spectacular space imagery to reveal the missions that transformed our understanding of the universe.

My Mars episode was nominated for a 2021 EMMY award in the ‘Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary’ category.

REVOLUTIONS | 6 x 60’ | Bigger Bang Productions | BBC / PBS

A history series telling the story of the inventions and ideas that changed the course of human civilisation. As Series Drama Director, I created a distinctive visual language that blended cinematic drama, documentary storytelling and innovative visual techniques to immerse audiences in the moments that shaped our world.

NO MAN LEFT BEHIND | 2 x 50’ | Raw TV | National Geographic

A documentary series telling the extraordinary true stories of soldiers trapped behind enemy lines and forced to fight for survival against overwhelming odds. Blending first-hand testimony, cinematic drama and present-day actuality, the series explores the courage, resilience and split-second decisions that determine who makes it home.

CHALLENGE THE DESERT | 1 x 50’ | Arrow Media | National Geographic

A documentary following Honda’s factory motorcycle team as they took on the Dakar Rally, the world’s toughest off-road endurance race. Filmed in extreme conditions across South America, the film combines spectacular action with an intimate portrait of determination, ambition and failure in one of the planet’s harshest environments.

ULTIMATE WARFARE | 2 x 50’ | Arrow Media | Discovery

A drama-documentary series exploring defining battles of modern warfare through first-hand testimony, dramatic reconstruction and large-scale visual effects. Drawing on the experiences of the soldiers and commanders who fought them, the series shows how individual decisions can alter the course of history.

AYN Al SHAHEEN FILMS – CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Creative Director at one of Qatar’s leading independent production companies, overseeing a broad slate of factual productions. From large-scale multi-camera shoots using Phantom cameras, helicopters, Cineflex systems and underwater cinematography to intimate observational documentaries, the role demanded both creative leadership and technical innovation.

EDITOR

NALEDI: A BABY ELEPHANT’S TALE | Vulcan Productions

Pulled from three years’ filming and thousands of hours of footage, this feature tells the story of a baby elephant born into captivity whose fragile life becomes emblematic of her wild cousins’ fight for survival. Nominated for an Emmy Award in 2018.

MUTINY | 1 x 60’ | Windfall Films | Channel 4

(Editor/Edit Producer)

Adrift in the Pacific Ocean, nine men set out to recreate one of the greatest feats ever: the 4000-mile trip of Captain Bligh in a tiny wooden boat after the mutiny on the Bounty. Nominated for 2 Broadcast Awards.

DECODING NEANDERTHALS | 1 x 50’ | Arrow Media | PBS

(Producer/Editor)

Through the use of dramatic reconstruction and CGI we investigated the truth behind the disappearance of man’s closest genetic cousin 30,000 years ago, and reveal for the first time that humans actually procreated with Neanderthals.

TITANIC: THE NEW EVIDENCE | 1 x 60’ | Blink Films | Channel 4

Investigative journalist and Titanic expert Senan Molony examines recently unearthed photographs of the launch and maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic that may shed new light on the disaster.

PARANORMAL WITNESS | 1 x 50’ | Raw TV | SyFy

Drama doc using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, personal photos, and real footage, combined with grittily realistic drama to convey extraordinary and terrifying events.

I SHOULDN’T BE ALIVE | 4 x 60’ | Darlow Smithson | Discovery / Channel 4

Influential drama doc series from the makers of “Touching the Void” that depicts the amazing survival stories of heroic people as they cheat seemingly certain death and live to tell the story. I helped craft the show’s unique and groundbreaking visual style and had the honour/ignominy of having my opening sequence pastiched frame perfect by South Park.

INTO THE UNIVERSE WITH STEPHEN HAWKING | 3 x 60’ | Darlow Smithson | Discovery / Channel 4

A multi-million dollar flagship production that marries the world’s greatest living mind with cutting-edge CGI to explore the splendour and majesty of the solar system as never seen before.

CRUISE SHIP DISASTER: INSIDE THE CONCORDIA | 1 x 50’ | Darlow Smithson | Discovery

Airing just 10 days after the terrible event, this doc featured exclusive footage and CGI to take an inside look at what caused the tragic Concordia disaster.

SURVIVING… PETER SUTCLIFFE | 1 x 50’ | Redback Films | Sky One

A beautifully crafted “old school” doc that forgoes the usual visual trickery and allows character and story to be at the forefront as it charts the horrific campaign of Britain’s most notorious serial killer and the victims who survived to tell the tale.

MAKING HISTORY: STONEHENGE | 1 x 60’ | 360 Productions | National Geographic

Travel 4,000 years back in time and see Stonehenge not as a ruin but as a prehistoric temple. Experts unearth evidence of ancient weapons, "magic" stones, and murder victims.

SKILLS

CAMERA: Sony FS-7, FS-5, F5 Cannon, C300, Sony PMW 300, Cannon 5D, eMotimo 3-axis Time-lapse rig

EDIT SYSTEMS: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut X

SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Motion, 3D Studio Max

ACCREDITATION: Car and motorcycle licence, valid I Visa, Hostile Environment Awareness Training, PADI Advanced Diver, US Military Security clearance

LANGUAGES: English, Portuguese (conversational)