Aside from his photographic work, Ian is a BAFTA, RTS and Grierson award-winning director of photography with extensive experience filming documentaries, history, factual, entertainment, music and arts programmes. He has worked with all the main UK broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channels Four and Five, Sky and international broadcasters such as Disney, National Geographic, Oprah Winfrey Network, Paramount, Discovery and Smithsonian, in more than 50 countries worldwide. His films have also won a UNESCO Award.
Selected Film and Television credits
Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park (Sky Docs, 3×60 mins True Vision TV) Director: Alex Thomas Producer Sian Guerra Producer/Director Lindsay Konieczny Exec Producer Brian Woods. Raw and emotional doc series exploring institutional racism and violence against women. Grierson Awards 2025 Winner Netflix Best Documentary Series & Best Crime & Justice documentary. Winner Broadcast Best documentary series 2025. BAFTA nominee 2026.
Brexit, How We Did It: Inside the 2016 Brexit Referendum (BBC 2x 60 mins Brook Lapping), Series Director Max Stern Series Producer Norma Percy. The real inside Brexit story with all the key politicians involved.
Erased: WWII’s Heroes of Color (Disney/Nat Geographic, October Films & 22 Summers 4×60 mins) Various directors including Alex Thomas Exec Producers Idris Elba, Elba Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Annabel Hobley. Dramatised series uncovering the untold stories of over 8 million soldiers of colour in WWII. Nominated for Best Doc at Film Independent Spirit Awards & Best Non-Fiction History & Biography at the Real Screen Awards, 2025
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World (BBC/CNN, 3×60 mins Zinc Media) Directors Thomas Pollard Max Stern Series Producer Angus Macqueen Execs Tanya Shaw & Norma Percy. Forty years after the original Live Aid concerts this 3-part series revisits the origins of the movement, and its cultural and political legacy.
Brothers in Dance: Anthony and Kel Matsena (BBC TV). The story of Swansea-based, Zimbabwean-born brothers and choreographers moving to Wales as children and competing on Britain’s Got Talent to becoming two of the most innovative and in-demand emerging artists on the UK dance scene. Winner Cymru (Welsh) BAFTA Single Documentary Award for 2023
The Battle for Black Music: Paid In Full (BBC/CBC, 3×60 mins Zinc Media & 22 Summers) Directors Guy Evans, Tom Pollard Execs Greg Sanderson, Idris Elba. Series exploring the long-standing exploitation of Black musicians within the recording industry. Various international award nominations.