Women's Sports Stories
Women athletes were always there. The attention wasn't. So I give them a spotlight of my own.
An ongoing series on Instagram and TikTok that I research, write, film, edit and design myself. As a documentary filmmaker I've filmed a lot of athletes, mostly by accident, and their stories stayed with me. Every post comes with receipts: sourced history, explainers and on-the-ground series, in one visual style. The trailer reached 41,000 views.
For thirty years women's sport got about 5% of sports coverage.
It's around 15% now, still nowhere near half. Most people can't name the players, and the history behind them is even less known.
Women athletes were always there.
The attention to what they were doing wasn't. People don't need convincing to care about these stories. They just need to hear them.
A one-person channel that tells those stories with receipts, in two formats.
Short documentary reels about what's happening now, and the Women's Sports Pioneers: collectible cards for the women history forgot.
Why women athletes deserve a spotlight, and why I'm making one. 41K views.
From 400 spectators in 1972, after a 50-year ban, to 62,306 at a Lionesses qualifier.
Why brands still call campaigns with women athletes “risky”, and the work that proved them wrong.
A two-hour train ride to watch football at the UK's first bar dedicated to women's sport.
It's World Cup season, and the story isn't a player: the women refereeing the men's tournament.
Korea won 3 golds at this year's Winter Olympics. All of them by women. Part 1 of a 5-part series filmed in Korea.
Collectible cards for women athletes who never got the recognition they earned. One card per pioneer, with a hook, three numbers and an archive photo, and every fact checked against its source.
The IOC said no. So she built her own Olympics.