Kate
Misrahi
I'm a hugely empathetic documentary maker, passionate about telling emotionally and psychologically charged stories that explore who we are today, often through the lens of history.
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I've directed a host of celbrity/high-profile presenters in award-winning premium factual series, but also love to nurture new talent in innovative and visually distinctive short-form films.
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My speciality is archive-driven retrospective films that combine my love of art, music and social history to tell compelling stories with warmth and humour.
Collaborationg with my contributors is always key.
Press
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain (BBC2)
“New and ingenious way of telling an important but familiar story, using gut-wrenching first-hand testimony, meticulous records from the time and whizzy graphics”, The Telegraph
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Mixed Britannia (BBC2)
“The second part of George Alagiah's history of mixed-race Britain is engaging, affecting and occasionally upsetting”, Time Out
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The Victorians with Jeremy Paxman (BBC2)
“Splendid, if disquieting, stuff” The Guardian;
“A fascinating and lively programme, that provides a rare opportunity to see Paxo peering at a male chastity device.” The Times
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America in Color (Smithsonian Channel)
"One of the most ambitious colorizing projects ever undertaken, which finds the real humanity behind the march of history", New York Times
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Robert Rauschenberg: Pop Art Pioneer (BBC2)
"A gorgeous, playful exploration of the icon of post-war US art, with a lovely accompanying soundtrack”, The Guardian
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The Man Who Fought the Planners (BBC4)
“Kate Misrahi’s film was wonderful about architecture and brilliant about a contradictory person”, The Times
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The World's Most Photographed: Muhammad Ali (BBC2)
"Kate Misrahi’s film on Ali skilfully elided real and reconstructed film, still and moving images. When it came to visual style, it danced like a butterfly”, The Independent
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Awards
BAFTA nominated - Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain (BBC2)
Rose D'Or nominated - Art That Made Us (BBC2)
Grierson nominated - The Victorians with Jeremy Paxman (BBC1)
Focal International Archive Award Winner - The Thirties in Colour (BBC4)
Art Fifa Prize nominated - Sir Kenneth Clark (BBC2)
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BBC Production Award for Diversity nominated - Women Who Spit (BBC iPlayer)
Credits
MAR 22 - SEP 22
OCT 21 - FEB 22
JUN 21 - JUL 21
MAR 20 - APR 20
NOV 20 - JAN 21
OCT 20 - DEC 20
SEP 19 - FEB 20
MAY 19 - JUL 19
OCT 18 - JAN 19
OCT 17 - APR 18
FEB 17 - JUN 17
AUG 16 - NOV 16
APR 16 - JUN 16
DEC 15 - MAR 16
OCT 15 -JAN 16
JULY 15
MAY 15
SEPT 14
AUG 14 - SEP 14
FEB 14 -MAY 14
NOV 13 - JAN 14
JUL 13 - OCT 13
MAR 12 -JUNE 12
SEP 11 -DEC 12
JAN 11 -MAY 11
AUG 10 -DEC 10
MAR 09 -JULY 09
APR 08 - SEPT 08
NOV 07 - FEB 08
SEP 06 - MAR 07
SEP 05 - MAR 06
MAR 05 - JULY 05
JAN 04 - MAY 04
SEP 03 - DEC 03
MAR 03 - JUNE 03
OCT 01 - JAN 02
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Gianni Versace: Billion Dollar Bling - Paramount+ [DIRECTOR]
Art That Made Us (Ep7) - BBC2 [DIRECTOR]
Amol Rajan Interviews: Sundar Pichai - BBC2 [DIRECTOR]
Landmark - Sky Arts 1 [DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER]
Diana’s Decades - ITV1 [EDIT PRODUCER]
Sofia Coppola: Life Cinematic - BBC2 [DIRECTOR]
Royal History's Biggest Fibs pres. by Lucy Worsley - BBC4 [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR]
America and Britiain in Color - Smithsonian Channel [SERIES PRODUCER]
America in Color - Smithsonian Channel [EDIT PRODUCER]
The Queen Mother (2 part series) - C5/Netflix [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR]
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain (Ep3) - BBC2 [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR]
Robert Rauschenberg: Pop Art Pioneer - BBC2 [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR]
New Tate Modern: Switched On - BBC2 [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR]
The 80's With Dominic Sandbrook (Ep2) - BBC2 [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Andrew Graham-Dixon Goes Public - BBC2 [PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Artsnight: The Pram in the Hallway, pres. by Lily Cole -BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Women Who Spit (5 short films)- BBCiPLAYER (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Abbey Clancy's Front Row: London Fashion Week Special - BBCiPLAYER (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
The Man Who Fought The Planners: The Story of Ian Nairn - BBC4 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Sir Kenneth Clark: Portrait of a Civilised Man - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Henri Matisse: A Cut Above the Rest pres. by Alastair Sooke - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Vicky Featherstone: All Change at The Royal Court - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
The Culture Show (various short films) - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Mixed Britannia pres. by George Alagiah (Ep2) - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
The British At Work pres. by Kirsty Young (Ep3) - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Seven Ages of Britain pres. David Dimbleby (Ep5) - BBC1 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
The Victorians: Their Life in Pictures pres. by Jeremy Paxman (EP2) - BBC1 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
The Thirties in Colour: End of an Era (EP4) - BBC4 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
How We Built Britain pres. by David Dimbleby (EP6) - BBC1 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Marvels of the Modern Age pres. by Dan Cruickshank (EP4) - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Imagine on Marc Quinn pres. by Alan Yentob - BBC1 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
World's Most Photographed (Muhammad Ali & James Dean) - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Britain's Best Buildings: Hardwick Hall pres. by Dan Cruickshank - BBC2 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Imagine on John Mortimer pres. by Alan Yentob - BBC1 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
Omnibus: Iris Murdoch Strange Love - BBC1 (PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
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