About

Natalie is an award-winning filmmaker with a visual arts background. Her work blends documentary and fiction, exploring the relationship between landscape, time and memory. She is currently developing her debut feature, ELECTRIC WAVES, with support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and BFI Doc Society.

Her short The Veiled City, premiered at Berlinale in 2023 and was funded by BFI Doc Society. Made entirely from archive footage, the film explores London’s Great Smog of 1952 through the lens of the present-day climate crisis. It has screened at more than 50 international film festivals, winning eight 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 selected as 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. It won awards at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival and Poitiers Film Festival, and was nominated for an IDA Documentary Award. 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 a BBC scholarship. She was subsequently selected by the British Council to represent the UK in Future Frames, a new directors’ talent programme run by European Film Promotion, and in 2021 was selected for Berlinale Talents’ Short Form Station.

Alongside her independent filmmaking, Natalie works as a self-shooting director and producer, filming and directing documentary content for clients including Netflix, the Royal Opera House, Frieze, Studio Linguini and After Party Studios. She also has producing credits on documentaries for the BBC and independent theatrical release.

Natalie is from British-Colombian heritage and is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Awards & Talent Programs

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grantee, 2025
BFI Doc Society Feature Development, 2025
BFI Doc Society RAD Fund Awardee, 2024
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