Awards & Press

THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT
Nomination – Outstanding Original Song (Children’s and Animation), Daytime Emmys 2011
Winner – Best Song for a TV Series, Cynosis Kids Awards 2012

INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY
“It is hard to see how Michael Mosley’s new series about the human body could be bettered.” – Times

MOTHER OF MANY
Winner – Best Animated Short Film, BAFTA 2010

RICHARD HAMMOND’S INVISIBLE WORLDS
“With celestial music that would have you almost sobbing before the miraculous imagery…” – Sunday Times
Critics choice in all major UK newspapers.
Winner – Best Sound, Royal Television Society Awards 2010

ME & MY MONSTERS
“Sometimes a children’s programme comes along that’s so inspired it becomes just as popular with adults, and here’s another family hit from the brilliant creators of The Muppet Show” – TV Times
“They don’t come much bigger than this fantastic new daily sitcom” – Radio Times

THE TAKING OF PRINCE HARRY
“Justly controversial, captivating television” – The Observer

LA UVA (short film)
Winner – Best Music, Bahia Film Festival, Brazil 2010

CHARLIE & LOLA
Series 2: Winner – Best Original Score, Royal Television Society Awards 2007
(Jury’s comments: “Totally new, inspired, varied, incredible and a minor miracle!”)
Series 2: Winner – Best Children’s Programme, Broadcast Awards 2007
Series 2: Winner – Best Pre-School Series, BAFTA 2007
Series 3: Winner – Best Pre-School Series, BAFTA 2008
Series 3: Winner – Best Animation, BAFTA 2008

BRITAIN FROM ABOVE
Runner-up – Best Music, Bulldog Televisual Awards 2009
Winner  - Best non-fiction programme, International Digital Emmys 2009
Nomination – Best Documentary Series, Broadcast Awards 2009
‘This new series is a revelation. You won’t find a more striking, original and illuminating series anywhere on television at the moment… It’s an entrancing hour of your time.’ – The Times
“Since I spent most of last week’s column complaining about intrusive music, I’d better add that the music here helped drive everything forward with a constant sense of urgency and excitement.” – Telegraph on Sunday (John Preston)
“A truly breathtaking documentary” – Time Out

COMRADES
Nominated for the ‘First Appearance’ award at International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam, 2008
Screened at Belfast Film Festival, 2009

GABRIEL PROKOFIEV: CONCERTO FOR TURNTABLES & ORCHESTRA
Winner – Best Contemporary Classical Album, Independent Music Awards, 2009
(I did one of the remixes on this album, and also on Gabriel’s earlier String Quartet No. 1 release).

THE TRUE STORY
“An intriguing historical documentary” – The Independent on Sunday
“Another fascinating film in the True Story strand” – Daily Express
“A Compelling documentary” – Daily Mail

CITY OF CRANES
Winner – Best Documentary Short at Los Angeles Film Festival, 2008
Winner – Jury Award for Best Short at Full Frame Film Festival, 2008
Winner – Hellenic Red Cross Audience Award at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, 2008
The film was also exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
“Stunningly poetic” – Dox Magazine

ASYLUM
Winner – Best Documentary, Lubeck Film Festival 2007

FLIGHTY
Winner of DePict Short Film Competition, 2006

SUNNY INTERVALS & SHOWERS
Nominated for Grierson Award at British Documentary Awards, 2007. Screened at Festivals in Sheffield, Prague, Berlin & Chicago. Subsequently broadcast by the BBC in 2006 as part of Storyville strand and made critics’ choice in Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, Sunday Times, Time Out, & Daily Mail

LITTLE SCARS
Winner – Best Non-Factual Student Film, Royal Television Society Awards 2004
“This beautifully made film is a credit to everyone involved. Every technical skill of filmmaking helped reveal the marvellous and understandable performances within complex relationships”, RTS Jury.

THE INTIMACY OF STRANGERS

Winner – Best Short Documentary, Big Sky Film Festival, 2004
Recipient of President’s Award, Full Frame Film Festival, 2004
Winner – Best Documentary, Balchik Film Festival, 2004

THE COMPUTER VIRUS
Winner – Best Comedy, ICA Awards 2004; Screened at Cannes Film Festival, 2004

MOO(N)
Nominated for Best Film at the Cutting Edge, 2004
Nominated for Best Sound at the British Animation Awards 2004
Screened at Sundance (2005) and festivals in London, Miami, Ottawa, New York, Berlin, Edinburgh & Wellington(NZ)

THE LUCKIEST NUT IN THE WORLD
‘Pick of the day’ in Guardian, Telegraph, Independent, Sunday Times, Observer & Time Out.
Winner – Best Short Film, Full Frame Documentary Festival 2003

BABYSITTING
Winner – Best Short Film, Kinofilm Festival (Manchester), 2002

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CUBA IN D MINOR
Winner – Documentary award, Crested Bute Film Festival 2001
Winner – Best Editing, Rhode Island International Film Festival 2001
Winner – Creative Excellence Award, Silver Street International Film Festival 2001

WAG THE DOGMA
Kodak/Celect Student film of the year, 2000
Winner – Best Documentary, Atlanta Festival, 2001

INSIDE OUT MAN
Winner – Best Short Film, Kinofilm Festival (Manchester), 1999