Paddy is a documentary director based in London. A multiple BAFTA nominee and winner, his work has received numerous other industry accolades, including Royal Television Society, Broadcast and Grierson awards.
Over the last 20 years, his highly personal and often poignant films have explored the communities, cultures and sub-cultures through which we define ourselves. From Eton scholars to Banger racers, Hasidic Jews to London rent-boys, rebellious pensioners to reformed drug addicts, his ability to tell people’s stories with warmth, insight and irreverence has brought his work widespread critical acclaim, with credits across well-known strands such as Wonderland, Cutting Edge and Louis Theroux. Paddy also directs commercials and is represented by Just So.
Described by The Times as ‘a filmmaker of such exceptional talent, so gifted and unassuming that you scarcely notice how accomplished he is’, Paddy’s work has included KIDS for Channel 4, an intimate and moving portrait of young people living in the care of Coventry Children’s Services; two series of PRISON (also for Channel 4) - an honest, sometimes harrowing, and often humorous document of day-to-day life inside the UK prison system; THE TRIBE, a ground-breaking portrayal of tribal families living in an Ethiopian village; and THE PANDEMIC AT No.47, a film documenting life under the first lockdown for the residents of the London street on which he and his family live.
Most recently, Paddy has scored a major success with HELL JUMPER for the BBC, which tells the extraordinary story of Chris Parry, a volunteer civilian ‘evacuator’ from Cornwall who saved hundreds of lives in Ukraine, before losing his own during the rescue of a stranded woman from the frontline in 2023. Called ‘a masterpiece in storytelling’ by The Times, this film brings Paddy’s signature style to a feature-length narrative, combining heart-stopping footage from within the combat zone captured by Parry himself, with the tender and thought-provoking testimony of the family and friends who knew him best.
