About

Natalie is an award-winning filmmaker with a visual arts background. She is known for her films that blend documentary and fiction, and is fascinated by the relationship between landscape, time and memory. Her latest short, The Veiled City, had its world premiere at Berlinale 2023 and was funded by BFI Doc Society. It’s gone onto screen at over 40 film festivals and win 8 awards, including Best Documentary at Curtas Vila do Conde, the Oscar qualifying Mikeldi for Best Documentary Short at Zinebi Bilbao, and British Short Film of the Year at the London Critics' Circle Film Awards. It was also nominated for an IDA Documentary Award and was a Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards.

Her previous short, Beyond the North Winds, premiered at Visions du Reel and went onto screen at Karlovy Vary and Sundance London among others, and won awards at Flickers Rhode Island and Poitiers Film Festival. It was also nominated for an IDA Documentary Award. Another of her films, After the Silence, was shortlisted for a Grierson.

Natalie is an alumna of the NFTS MA in Documentary Directing where her studies were supported by a John Brabourne Award and scholarship from the BBC. Upon graduating, she was selected by the British Council to represent the UK at Future Frames New Directors talent scheme run by European Film Promotion. In 2021, she was selected for the Short Form Station at Berlinale Talents.

Natalie frequently works as a Self-Shooting Director, filming and directing documentary content for clients including Netflix, Royal Opera House, Frieze, Studio Linguini and After Party Studios. She also has a number of producing credits on documentaries for the BBC and independent theatrical release.

Natalie is from British-Colombian heritage and is a fluent Spanish speaker. She was recently awarded R&D funding from BFI Doc Society for her debut feature.

Awards & Talent Programs

Nominee: Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards, 2024
Winner: British Short Film of the Year, London Critics' Circle, 2024
Winner: UNICEF Young Adults Award, Lago Film Fest, 2024
Winner: Documentary Debut Award, Huesca International Film Festival, 2024
Winner: Best Short Film, FINCA, International Environmental Film Festival, 2024
Winner: Special Jury Prize, CineGlobe Film Festival, CERN, 2024
Nominee: Best Short Documentary, IDA Documentary Awards, 2023
Winner: Mikeldi for Best Documentary Short Film, Zinebi Bilbao, 2023 (Oscar Qualifying)
Winner: Best Documentary, Curtas Vila do Conde, 2023
BAFTA Connect Member 2022 - 25
BFI Doc Society Made of Truth short film funding 21/22
Berlinale Talents, Short Form Station, 2021
Nominee: Best British/Irish Short Film, London Critics' Circle, 2020
Winner: Green Planet Award, Flickers Rhode Island IFF, 2020
Nominee: Best Student Film, IDA Documentary Awards, 2019
Winner: Best Short Screenplay, Poitiers Film Festival, 2019
Future Frames: New Directors, European Film Promotion, 2019
Longlisted: Best Student Film, One World Media Awards, 2019
John Brabourne Award, Film & TV Charity, 2018
Shortlised: Best Student Film, Grierson Awards, 2018