Bold Director Kate McMullen grew up on Pink Floyd’s Grantchester Meadows, near Cambridge. Working as Creative Director in Paris and Shanghai on campaigns for Adidas and Absolut, before making her debut docu-fiction ‘Nail House’. A story about the merciless modernisation of old Shanghai. Shot on a lunch-money budget, it won Kate her first awards and was an indication of what defines her as a filmmaker.

Kate’s background is in history, and she finds subject matter where no-one else looks, weaving wit and colour into her work. Comme les Roses tackles Maoist mania in sixties’ Paris; Welcome to Malta is a gripping critique of abortion rights, disguised as a tourism advert; The Real Saint George fact-checks the white knight; and multi-awarded Little Berlin, narrated by Christoph Waltz, illustrates Cold War tensions with a bull separated from his cows.

Kate’s commercial work includes campaigns for Tesco, Bupa, and Zurich Insurance.