“Cat is a phenomenal managing producer and has effectively managed multiple production teams across a range of projects which I have had the privilege of working with her on.
Alongside my peers at the National Trust and WWF-UK I commissioned Cat to lead on multimedia content for the ‘Save Our Wild Isles’ advocacy campaign in 2023, bringing awareness of the UK nature crisis to broad audiences. Working across 3 x different charities on a singular activity is not easy, but her ability to interact and build relationships with both internal and external partners was incredibly valuable and Cat's focus on solutions and mitigating potential risks kept production on track and avoided scaling costs.
I have always found Cat to be extremely creative, collaborative and innovative with the art of the possible and the work she produces continues to exceed expectations.”
Lynn Chambers, Head of Creative & Digital Content, RSPB
“Having worked with Catherine across several projects, I would describe her as being extremely positive, creative, a fantastic communicator and incredibly talented at what she does.
A real highlight was the creation of a spoken word film, which featured 12 UK Youth Ambassadors, from a range of backgrounds and abilities, ages 16-24, from across the UK. Our aim was to celebrate everything they had achieved during their time in the role and help raise awareness of the programme moving forwards.
The quality of the final piece ‘This is Our Voice’ is exceptional and has played an integral part in our promotion of the Programme across our internal and external stakeholders.”
Ash Williams, UK Youth Ambassador Project Manager, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
“Cat is a dream to work with. She was our photographer and videographer on a client trip to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh.
In a challenging, high pressure environment, she expertly captured
some beautiful photography and video, including interviews with
high profile, time-poor delegates. Her advice and support on
interviews was also invaluable. She was organised, dynamic and energetic despite some long, unpredictable days running around
the never-ending maze that is COP.
If you get the opportunity to work with her, take it immediately.”
Florence Stuart-Leach, Head of Digital, di:ga communications
“Catherine is one of the best producers I know. Not only does she have the technical knowledge to make things happen, but she executes her projects with an attitude that enriches the whole experience both for the production team and for clients. During her time at ITN Productions she worked across groundbreaking Live TV commercials project 'TA live', a national internal comms series for Morrisons, and one of the Government’s largest video commissions of the time, 'Digital Babies'.
Since leaving ITN I've also brought Catherine on board at TCO London where she's continued to deliver great work. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her.”
Simon Baker, Managing Director, TCO London
“Quite frankly, I never want to know a life without Catherine in it ever again! Since working together on two large scale virtual reality dramas, Cat has become an essential collaborator for me and my team. She is the best producer and 1st assistant director I’ve ever worked with. She is proactive, highly organised (honestly, her excel skills are enviably) and most importantly she fosters an incredibly supportive environment to work in.
She is one of those people that lights up a room when she walks into it and genuinely has the ability to create instant rapport with cast and crew alike to get the best out of them. Cat is so trustworthy and talented, she makes production feel like a walk in the park. Trust me, you’ll work with her and never look back!”
Alex Rühl, Director, Cats are not Peas
“We have worked with Catherine on both shoots and edits, where she has engaged with all our partner organisations and contributors with excellent professional and adaptable communication. Highly technical, she is able to resolve multiple challenges whilst developing the creative.
Managing different schedules and projects, Catherine can quickly grasp complex situations or issues and is able to address them within time pressured deadlines with confidence, focus and sensitivity.
Approachable, enthusiastic and fully committed to her work, Catherine brought excellence to our projects and joy to our team.”
Ruth Allier-Dugdale, Artistic Director, Yellow Box Theatre
“Catherine is a supremely talented Director and Film Producer. I have worked with her on multiple films over the last few years. Her vision and attention to detail, often dealing with sensitive subject matters, is second to none. Her passion and compassion comes across both on and off screen. Long may we continue working together making great films!”
Benji Merrison, Composer
“It was a pleasure working with Catherine as a producer at ITN Productions. She is thoroughly organised and diligent in her work, but also capable of bringing a creative flair to the array of content we made. It’s that creativity which becomes invaluable in providing tailored solutions for clients, and ensuring a smooth production experience.”
Simon Shelley, Head of Industry News, ITN Productions
“I've had the pleasure to work with Catherine on several projects at WaterAid, including some of our more complex productions. The creativity, grit and passion Catherine brings to a project is unique (and infectious!). Catherine is a talented producer and director and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her.”
Brenda McIlwraith, Partnership Communications Manager, WaterAid
“Catherine was a fantastic addition to the ITN Productions corporate team during her stint as a contractor there. She was always up for a new challenge and managed to deliver a number of challenging video projects. Catherine was a lead producer on a number of our Industry News projects - high-end news-style video content - for clients in a wide range of sectors. As well as being able to manage a large number of video projects at the same time, all at varying stages of production, Catherine was an excellent account manager, with clients always speaking very highly of her.”
Derek Dyson, Executive Producer, ITN Productions
“Catherine is a multitalented Film Producer - an excellent storyteller, self-shooter and editor. It's been a joy working with Cat over the years on a variety of projects and I've learnt a lot from her through developing ideas, going on international shoots together and collaborating closely on multiple edits. Not only is she super creative, she has amazing attention to detail, organisational skills and ability to manage a range of different projects simultaneously.”
Isabelle Rose Povey, Filmmaker & Photographer
“While working at Mencap, Catherine was managing Snap! photo and film competition aimed at bringing awareness about learning disability. Thanks to her brilliant organisation skills and ability to network with people at all levels, Catherine excelled in this role and ensured that the project was a success.”
Anna Kleinmann, Marketing Communications Manager, Mencap
“Catherine is a Film Producer who I always enjoy working with. I’ve worked with Catherine in hot, hectic slums in India and busy hospitals in the UK and Tanzania and have always admired her leadership. I have full confidence in her ability to build a strong and captivating story while maintaining a sensitive relationship with the subject.
This attention to detail is seen through to the edit suite where I have worked under her direction on a variety of projects from short films to long-form documentaries. I look forward to working with Catherine in the future and throughout my career.”
Chris Turner, DOP
“Working with Catherine was a great experience from start to finish. She helped conceptualise the content approach for a project which was targeting a new demographic for Diabetes UK and really took on board the brief and our objectives to shape the creative direction. Catherine was organised and transparent with her plans, project roadmap and tasks so we easily kept on track with the project and it was delivered perfectly on time. Catherine was really active and enthusiastic which was helpful to keep up momentum and drive forward to delivery.
It was great working with Catherine, would definitely think of her for future projects and would definitely recommend.”
Fay Kendall, Marketing & Communications Manager, Diabetes UK
“Catherine was great fun to work for during her time as my manager. She is extremely passionate and driven about her job, inspiring those that report directly into her to work hard and strive to deliver the very best. I thrived under her leadership, where I felt extremely well supported but I was also given the space to develop and make the role my own. As the film team manager, Cat had a meticulous eye for detail and understood the requirement of certain processes in order to ensure her team could deliver quality content on time.
Cat has an infectious, positive attitude towards her work and team and I hope one day to work for her again!”
Hannah Stanton, Film Producer, WaterAid
“Cat is an outstanding film producer and did a great job whilst in the film team at WaterAid. With an infectious enthusiasm for developing creative ideas and a real knack for getting people to share her vision for projects, she also has a great head for planning, organisation and management.
She brings a rare blend of creativity, efficiency and humour to her work and is able to communicate at all levels of an organisation and its audience.
Cat would be an asset to anyone looking for an inspiring and very hard working film producer to create inspiring and meaningful content. With Cat, your project will be in safe hands.”