Zoë Dobson
agent: Natalie Spanier - natalie@sternwild.com
Zoë Dobson is an accomplished Bafta winning and double Emmy nominated director of world-class documentaries. She specialises in music & arts documentaries as well as high-end travelogues. Zoe has made singles, feature length documentaries and series for the world’s broadcasters and streamers including BBC, ITV, Sky Arts Sky Atlantic, Disney +, CNN, Migu and Netflix.
Her latest documentaries include: access docuseries Backstage with the English National Ballet for Sky Arts, the Netflix film, Duran Duran: There is Something you Should Know and Sky’s Greatest Guitar Riffs featuring Brian May, Tony Iommi and Andy Summers.
Zoë also developed and produced a major international series fronted by acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan. Filmed across five continents and featuring some of the leading choreographers of our time, Why do we Dance was nominated for an International Emmy for Outstanding Arts Documentary.
Outside of the Arts, Zoë has directed a number of high-end titles, including the gastronomic pilgrimage series, Eva Longoria Searching for Spain for CNN, a major blue-chip series on Tea, One Cup:A Thousand Stories for BBC Studios narrated by Hugh Bonneville, a road trip docu-series Jews on Bikes for Sky Atlantic and is a returning director for Joanna Lumley’s global travelogues including Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail.
In 2020 Zoe directed her horror/fantasy debut scripted short Cunning Man Long listed for a Bafta, the film has won over 30 festival awards, including five Best Director awards.
Having two strings to her bow means Zoë delivers high-end documentary films with the cinematic sensibilities of drama.
In short, Zoë has established a reputation for making work that is slick, provocative and constantly pushes the creative boundaries of documentary film making.