Johanna Schwartz

Johanna Schwartz is an award-winning American born, UK based filmmaker who creates thought-provoking documentaries with a profound sense of place and time, and a highly praised natural filming style. Working across the world, with a particular focus on Africa, she has produced and directed films for broadcasters such as the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, The History Channel, PBS, CNBC, CNN , MTV among others.

The films she has worked on have won numerous awards including TV Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Association Media Awards and a Prix Italia nomination. As a director she has won Gold at the New York Film and Television Festival as well as receiving over 100 "picks of the day" in the British press. This is her feature length film debut as a director.

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