Bettina Talbot

Bettina worked in the Broadcast Industry for over 14 years in London and Berlin. Working as a freelancer on mainly factual programmes for major UK and US channels such as Channel 4, BBC and National Geographic, her roles inlcuded self-shooting producer and director, production manager and edit producer. She also worked on several docu dramas as the series drama producer responsible for the re-enactments.

Documentaries and series she worked on include science documentaries such as BAFTA award winning "Inside Nature's Giants" for Channel 4, "Monster Moves: Mountain Mission" for National Geographic as well as history drama docs such as "The Great Escape: The Reckoning" (Channel 4) and "America's Secret Space Heroes" for Smithsonian Channel and long running "Locked Up Abroad" series for National Geogrpahic and Channel 5 UK.

She started working as a part-time member of staff at the UWS in January 2021. 

My area of expertise is in documentary filmmaking for Television with the focus on science, history and docu-drama and the way the visual stories unfold. 

I am also interested in Natural History Documentaries and the way they are getting produced internationally as well as the way the narratives work in these programmes and whose voices we encounter. 

I am very interested in feminist theories as well as representation and production culture and ethics.

My current research activities focus on starting a PhD about Natural History Filmmaking representation and practice. 

I can offer exeprtise in documentary filmmaking, story or idea development for TV and edit producing.