Studio 9 Films Ltd is the company led by award winning
filmmaker and photojournalist Fiona Lloyd-Davies.
It produces programmes for major broadcasters, including the BBC,
Channel 4 and Al Jazeera English, and is commissioned to make films by NGOs.
Studio 9 Films builds on Fiona's extensive experience of producing compelling films
about complex subjects from difficult locations.
With her proven track record as a series producer,
and seasoned producer/director the company delivers powerfcul, high-quality films
for traditional, multi-platform broadcasts as well as theatrical presentations.
Collaboration is welcomed.
With Fiona's long term experience and unique skill set, Studio 9 Films is an
inviting place for filmmakers to come and be nurtured and develop.
The company hosts short courses and bespoke filmmaking training.
The courses cater for young, emerging journalists and filmmakers;
photographers who wish to expand their knowledge to the moving image;
and those who are looking for introductory or refresher courses in specific areas.
FIONA LLOYD-DAVIES
Award winning filmmaker & photojournalist, Fiona Lloyd-Davies is one of the UK's
most experienced foreign documentary and current affairs journalists.
She’s been making films and taking pictures about human rights issues in areas of conflict since 1992,
including in Bosnia, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Her film about Honour Killing in Pakistan License to Kill for BBC2 Correspondent strand
helped bring about a change in the law in Pakistan and was awarded
a Royal Television Society award for Best International Journalism.
Fiona found her way into this genre through an ad hoc trip to Bosnia in the first few months
of the war in 1992. It landed her first job on Clive Gordon's BAFTA award winning
feature documentary:The Unforgiving. It also started her passion for exposing human rights issue's
and bringing stories from areas of conflict to a wider audience.
Her work combines journalism with a strong visual style that she learnt as
a graduate of the Royal College of Art.
She’s also a widely published and exhibited photojournalist in UK broadsheets and magazines
such as the Guardian, The Observer magazine and the Herald.
She films much of her own work, drawing out intensely personal and difficult stories
from people often at their most vulnerable; drawing the viewer into the subjects life
to render a deeply drawn portrait, while preserving
the dignity and integrity of their story.
Fiona is used to managing a wide variety of teams from young students
doing work experience to large documentary teams, and series producing broadcast films.
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ASSOCIATES
Award winning composer and saxophonist, Steve Hamilton has been writing music for Studio 9 Films for many years.
He first worked with Fiona on the BBC film Looking for Karadzic in 2002.
Fiona says “ it’s always a joy working with Steve. His music gives an added layer to my films, raising them to another level”.
AWARDS
2015
Congo Rape trial
RTS Nomination for ‘Best Independent’
One World Media Awards Nomination
Seeds of Hope
One World Media Awards Nomination
2013
Justice in Action
Best International Documentary
The Peoples Film Festival New York
2005
Baghdad Blogger series
Royal Television Society Award for Innovation
2001
Licence to Kill
Royal Television Society Award for Current Affairs International
The Refugee Trail
European Online Journalism award for the best investigative reporting:
Maggie O'Kane & Fiona Lloyd-Davies
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
My Amazing Brain: Richard's War
"...unmissable, inspirational telly."
Melanie Reid, The Times
Seeds of Hope
"#seedsofhope is a must watch!”
@GEFOfficial
"I think I stopped breathing for about 10 minutes
after I watched the trailer for Seeds of Hope".
Barbara Arnett, Michigan
Justice in Action
Ed Vulliamy, award winning journalist -
"The best film about Bosnia that I’ve ever seen."
Stacey Dooley investigates...: Kids with Guns
The Times – 4 stars “Humanity in the heart of darkness
...got to the right interviewees,
asked the right questions & drew … the right conclusions.”
The World's Most Dangerous Place to be a Woman
Jeremy Hunt, Culture secretary “A remarkable piece of journalism,
the BBC at its very best”
SEEDS OF HOPE
“A visually stunning and gut-achingly harrowing new film”
Newsweek
“… unforgettable …a story of the triumph of human nature over terrible abuse.”
Evening Standard
“Seeds of Hope conveys unimaginable pain,
but also the hope and strength of the women
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
Mobina Jaffer , Senator for British Columbia, Canada
Harrowing reality, awesome courage”
Howard Drake , UK High Commissioner. Canada
Since 2013 Seeds of Hope has been shown all over the world
at the Pulitzer Center Film Festival; The West End Cinema, Washington DC;
St Louis International Film Festival; Ottawa,
the ESVC Summit, the Frontline Club;
Ham High Hotel Cinema. London; Trieste International Festival “Film for Peace”; Edinburgh, Philadelphia; the United Nations, New York; McGill University, Montreal; ‘this human World’, the International Human Rights Film Festival, Vienna; the Human Rights Film Festival, Zagreb.