Havana Marking
agent: Moray Coulter - moray@sternwild.com
Havana is one of the leading British authorial documentary directors of her time. She has made many feature and long-form documentaries for the major streamers, and for theatrical release and international sales. A director and executive producer, the films that Havana has helped develop, executive-produced or direct have gained one Academy Award Nomination, seven Sundance Awards, and four EMMYs. Havana’s films include Afghan Star, Hell and Back Again (EP’d) Smash & Grab, Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (EP’d) and Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies and Cyber Attacks, and The Kleptocrats
For 3 years to 2021, Havana was Senior/Executive Producer at Nutopia on various films in the History and Science genres, and a key member of the development team. She worked to create premium, original series for the global market, always with cutting edge technology and stunning visuals.
Havana’s work with Nutopia was focused on developing narrative-led, character-driven stories that scale up the feature doc sensibility in the contemporary factual landscape. She has pitched to Discovery, AMC, EPIX, Nat Geo, Netflix, Apple, HBO, C4 and the BBC.