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Claim your profileAn accomplished film maker and journalist, working between documentary and high-end branded content. - Award-winning director (Lovie, AIB, Press Freedom and INMA-winning, RTS and Webby-nominated) and as Producer-Director at The Economist oversaw some of their highest rating films (1m+ views in 24 hours). - Experienced storyteller and published author: ‘Unspeakable: The Things we Can not Say’ (Canongate 2019) ‘a beguiling mix of memoir, investigative journalism and literary criticism’ ’Extremely affecting…a caring inquisitive book’ — Scotland on Sunday, 4.1* Amazon, 4.5* Audible. Shortlisted for the Manchester prize for fiction for short stories. Currently working on long reads for The Economist. -Long-form edit producer, bringing a director's sensibility to the edit, as well as the ability to work quickly under pressure thanks to years of current affairs experience. - Passionate about leading projects about women and girls, past highlights include: films about resisting FGM; ending child marriage in Niger; sexual abuse in the British military; Afghan war widows and the women fighting Putin. Get in touch to discuss a collaborationwww.harrietshawcross.com
Master Of Arts, Creative Writing at Saint Joseph'S UniversityGraduated: 2016
Masters, Journalism at City St George’S, University Of LondonGraduated: 2007
Masters, English Literature at The University Of EdinburghGraduated: 2006
English Literature at University Of California, BerkeleyGraduated: 2004