I'm an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer and presenter with a love of history, travel and storytelling. I co-founded independent production company Grammar Productions, to make innovative documentaries that delve deeper into history and how it affects the lives of people and societies around the world today. My latest project - The Last Overland - involved driving 19,000km from Singapore to London in 2019, recreating one of history’s greatest road journeys.

Since studying politics and history at Cambridge University, my work has taken me to some of the less-travelled corners of the world, including the back-country of Sierra Leone, the remote Peruvian Andes and the insurgent-ridden southern Philippines. My filmmaking projects combine a passion for history and adventure.

In 2013, I began work on my debut documentary, We Were Kings. Telling the incredible true story of Burma’s lost royal family, it was the first ever winner of the Whicker’s World Foundation Funding Award, the biggest single documentary funding prize in the UK. Filmed through three seismic years in Burma’s history, it premiered at the British Library in 2017 and has since been broadcast all across the world.

In 2017, I set out to explore another little-understood chapter of world history - WW2 in south-east Asia. In Forgotten Allies: the search for Burma’s lost heroes, I discovered veterans from Burma who had fought for Britain, yet had never been acknowledged for their service. The film was made possible by an international crowd-funding campaign, endorsed by Dame Vera Lynn, the Royal British Legion and the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, and resulted in a considerable rise in charitable support for veterans in Burma.

In 2019, I completed The Last Overland, crossing 23 countries in 111 days - my greatest adventure to date. The Last Overland Expedition was undertaken in collaboration with major brands including Land Rover, Singapore Tourism Board, Craghoppers, Bremont and Opihr Gin. It also raised funds for two causes close to my heart - dementia treatment and veterans care. I live between the UK and Burma, and I'm currently cooking up my next adventure.