The scope and timescale of documentaries often allow us to engage with a person or situation over years, allowing transformation to structure a narrative that is unscripted yet profoundly satisfying. Amy’s feature documentaries have been screened extensively in over 40 countries, translated into 14 languages and are seen in cinemas, festivals, and international broadcasters in every continent. She has a strong interest in collaborative creativity, developing features and shorts with stem cell scientists, neurologists, the hospice movement, Maggie’s Centres, and now with military veterans with PTSD.
This research has been funded by The British Film Institute, Creative Scotland, Wellcome Trust, Hartley Foundation and rewarded with 14 international awards, and nominations, from a Joris Ivens award to the University Tam Dalyell medal for public engagement with science.
As a working film-maker, Amy is committed to research by practice, and this passion for research is the basis of her teaching. She encourages each of her postgraduate students in Film & Television and Film Medicine, to recognise that documentary is a form of art alive with potential.
