Sophie Elwin Harris +44 (0)7740 946681 Director | Producer | Writer [email protected]

Sophie Elwin Harris +44 (0)7740 946681 Director | Producer | Writer Sophie.Elwinharris@Gmail.Com

ú Award-winning film-maker: 22 years of experience in specialist factual TV, 19 in a PD role ú High-end shows for the major US and UK broadcasters: Nat Geo, Smithsonian, C4, PBS, BBC2, BBC4, BBC1 & Discovery ú Clear, boldly-structured narratives from complex subjects ú Versatile in tone and style ú Visually creative - experienced with CGI, animation and drama reconstruction ú Specialist filming: desert, ice, caves, rock climbing, drones, helicopters ú In 2019, I won exclusive access to carry out the first 3D laser scan of Tham Luang cave for Nat Geo’s strand Drain The Oceans, developed, produced & directed the resulting episode.

Awards

Bronze World Medal, New York Festivals 2019 (Drain The Oceans: Egypt’s Lost Wonders) Gold World Medal, New York Festivals 2018 (Drain The Sunken Pirate City) European Science TV award 2010 (Museum of Life) BAFTA & RTS nominated (Earth Power of the Planet & Little Angels)

PD Credits

America’s Deadliest Volcano Disaster, 1hr, National Geographic, Off the Fence Productions - A 40th anniversary special to mark the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens. Using animation of rarely seen photographs, with survivor interviews the film charts the unfolding catastrophe. Exec: Sarah Peat

Drain the Oceans: Thai Cave Rescue, 1hr, National Geographic, MSP TV. I developed this world exclusive by winning access to Tham Luang cave, to conduct the first laser scan inside. This involved working with 3 fixers and 5 Thai government departments. The scan data combined with CGI offers the first accurate visualisation of the world’s most dangerous cave-diving rescue of all time. Execs: Phil Craig, Tom Adams

Drain the Oceans: 3 x 1hr National Geographic, MSP TV 3 eps: Egypt’s Lost Wonders, Drain the Sunken Pirate City and Secrets of the Mediterranean. Using sonar scans, scientific data and CGI to remove water, the shows explore the mysteries of sunken cities, submarine volcanoes and lost archaeological wonders. Involved complex foreign shoots in Sudan, Egypt and Jamaica TX 2018 Execs: Phil Craig, Mark Fielder

America’s Secret Space Heroes: 2 x 1hr Smithsonian Channel, Arrow Media 2 of 6 eps: Saturn V and Lunar Module. The stories of the engineers and technicians who built the machines that put humans into space and landed them on the Moon. TX 2017 SP: Dr Duncan Copp, Exec: Ash Potterton

Secret History: Shakespeare’s Tomb 1hr, C4 / PBS, Arrow Media The first-ever archaeological investigation in Shakespeare’s mysterious tomb, presented by Dr Helen Castor. TX March 2016 Exec: Alison Turner

Immortal Egypt: 2 x 1hr BBC2, Lion Television, 2 of 4 eps of the history of Ancient Egypt with Egyptologist, Professor Joann Fletcher. With animation. TX 2015 Exec: Bill Locke

Coast, Series 10: BBC2 PD’ed the Nick Crane ‘spines’ of 3 x 1hr shows plus 6 Coast features. Involved filming inside remote sea caves. TX July 2015 SP: Sian Price

Secrets of the Bodysnatchers, 1hr C4, A Time Team Special revealing inside the Victorian body trade and rise of modern medicine. Drama recon. TX 2014 Exec: Alison Turner

Britain’s Stone Age Tsunami, 1hr C4, A Time Team Special the definitive story of the tsunami that devastated Britain’s East Coast in 6000BC. TX 2013 Exec: Philip Clarke

Time Team: 2 x 1hr C4, Cardinal Wolsey’s Lost Palace & Upton Castle. Directed 3 crews with multiple contributors and presenters, includes CGI TX 2013 SP: Sian Price

The Story of Wales: 2 x 1 hr, BBC2 & BBC1 Wales, Green Bay Media. 2 eps of landmark history of Wales with Huw Edwards, CGI & drama recon. TX 2012 Exec: Phil George

Secret Britain: Hidden Heart, 1hr BBC1, BBC Ep 2 Exploring the hidden gems in the British countryside with Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker. TX Aug 2010 SP: Sarah Gibbs

Museum of Life, 6 x 1hr BBC2 Behind the scenes at London’s Natural History Museum. European Science TV award 2010, Best TV programme. TX 2010 SP: Tim Green

Catastrophe: Birth, 1hr C4 / Discovery US, Pioneer Productions Ep 1 in a series revealing how Earth’s catastrophes shaped the evolution of life. TX Nov 2008 Exec: Stuart Clarke

Weird Connections, 2 x 30 mins, Discovery US, Outline Productions how quirky science experiments led to a world-changing outcome. TX Oct 2008 Exec: Helen Hawkden

Earth Power of the Planet: Ice, 1hr BBC2 / Nat Geo BAFTA nominated series. Presented by Iain Stewart. Greenland, Arctic Norway & the Alps. TX 2007 Exec: Phil Dolling

Tales from the Jungle: Malinowski, 1hr, BBC4 How one idiosyncratic man changed anthropology. With stylised drama reconstructions. TX 2006 Exec: Matthew Barrett

Time: Earthtime, 1 hr, BBC4 Ep 3 of series presented by physicist Michio Kaku. How the discovery of Earth’s age changed humanity. TX 2006 SP: Cameron Balbirnie

Horizon: The Atkins Diet, 50 mins, BBC2 Co-produced this RTS nominated detective story that unravels the scientific truth about how the diet works. TX 2004 Exec: Matthew Barrett

Little Angels, 2 x 30 mins, BBC3 / BBC1 2 eps of this BAFTA nominated obs docs format following families struggling with parenting. TX 2004 Exec: Sasha Baveystock

Rough Science, 6 x 30 mins, BBC2 Kate Humble and 6 scientists complete science challenges to find gold in New Zealand. TX 2003 SP: Steve Evanson

What the Victorians Did for Us 1 x 30 mins, BBC 2 With Adam Hart-Davis. Effect Victorian rules had on sports, engineering and dog breeding. TX 2001 SP: Cameron Balbirnie

Other Credits

Professional Development

ú Hostile Environments: Attended safety & survival course for remote filming in Northern Sudan. ú Series Producer Programme: Selected to join a yearlong talent initiative in 2010. I attended master classes and specialist training to develop SP skills. ú Experience working with ropes access teams, boats, caves, diving teams, helicopters & drones ú PADI Scuba diver

Education

BSc (Hons) 2.1 Geology, Bristol University. A levels: Biology, Chemistry, Physics

References on request