Life Through My Lens Profiles 2014
Meet the talented bunch of filmmakers behind our 2014 submissions, alongside our latest How 2 experts.
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Profile: Abigail Ramsey, Amy Cooper, Danielle O’Toole, Sam Fisher and Sian Meredith
This group of filmmakers made a film about how we might see ourselves in the future.
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Profile: Adam Thornton
Adam's film Vélo explores the simplicity and discipline of riding a "fixie" bike.
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Profile: Agnieszka Chmura
Agnieszka made a series of films about the experience of young Polish Londoners.
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Profile: Alex Ayre
Alex's film profiles a young kickboxer who is preparing for his first pro fight
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Profile: Alex Clinton
Alex's film investigates facial hair fashions.
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Profile: Alex Shaw
Alex's film Dad: A Personal Journey describes a meeting with his estranged father.
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Profile: Andy Oxley
Andy's film Born to be Mild uncovers the unusual interests of the Dull Men's Club.
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Profile: Autism Bedfordshire
A collective of filmmakers made What's Normal Anyway?
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Profile: Ben Williams
Ben has made three films about breakdancing and the culture that surrounds it.
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Profile: Bernard Bushnell
Bernard's film is a powerful insight into living with motor neurone disease.
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Profile: Bobby Davies
Bobby's film Start the Jam explores the world of roller derby.
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Profile: Boo Prabhaker
Boo made her film to show the amazing things dogs can do.
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Profile: Cameron Mackay
Cameron's film goes behind the scenes on an Arctic expedition.
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Profile: Chloe White
Chloe's film documents how Kieran's life changed when he was diagnosed with MS.
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Profile: Chris Shaw
Chris's film goes behind the scenes at a free party.
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Profile: Connor Rathbone
Connor's passion for archery shines through in his film.
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Profile: Dan Lewsey and Pedro Younis
Dan and Pedro filmed street buskers in Canterbury, Kent.
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Profile: Dan Rymer
Dan's film Being Sam follows the story of a transgender woman.
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Profile: Danielle Swindells
Danielle's film Another Place considers the attraction of the sea.
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Profile: Ed Hancox
Ed Hancox's film looks at an unusual relationship.
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Profile: Edwin Mingard
Edwin's film Channelling Talent looks at the issue of talent in the music industry.
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(L-R) Solveig, Jannis & EmmaProfile: Emma Clingo, Jannis Döring and Solveig Ufer
The group's film focuses on the challenge of long-distance relationships.
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Profile: Francis Carroll
Francis' film is a profile of musician Marcus Bonfanti.
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Profile: Garry Paton
Garry is a professional editor and director who has worked on loads of BBC programmes.
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Profile: Giulietta Verdon-Roe
Giulietta filmed an unusual interpretation of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
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Profile: Hassan Abdullahi
Hassan worked with Matt Maude to make a powerful film for the Writing Britain series.
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Profile: Ibrahim Ahmed
Ibrahim has had two films published on BBC Fresh.
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Profile: Ioan Holland
Ioan's film tackles big themes about life through the experience of one person.
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Profile: Jahangir Alam
Jahangir's film Broken Country was filmed in Bangladesh.
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Profile: Jason Caines and Katya Ochagavia
Jason and Katya document the views of skaters and BMXers at Stockwell skatepark.
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Profile: Joanna Poulton
Joanna focused on the impact of her mum's cochlear implant in her film Switch On
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Profile: Joelle David
Joelle has two Hidden Talent films featured on the site.
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Profile: Jonathan Murray
Jonathan focused on the impact of a terrorist attack on his father in his film.
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Profile: Kimberly Melville
Kimberly's film Saints and Sinners focuses on an unusual use for a church
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Profile: Laura Mobbs, Charley Fletcher and Kenny Tran
Laura, Charley and Kenny wanted to show the positive side of teenage parenting.
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Profile: Lauren Turigliatto
Lauren uses her film to ask questions about a mass killing by a student in California.
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Profile: Louis Hollis
Louis Hollis filmed young people on a night out in UK town centre.
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Profile: Mandlenkosi Maposa
Ma worked with director Matt Maude on a film for the Writing Britain series.
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Profile: Matt Maude
Matt made a series of films with disadvantaged young people in Leeds.
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Profile: Max Steyger
Max's film University of Opera goes behind the scenes on a student operatic production.
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Profile: Mohnish Patel
Mohnish's film is a profile of Charlie Veitch - a man who wants his voice to be heard.
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Profile: Nick Archer
Nick's film captures a meeting between a blind man and a forensic artist.
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Profile: Nzimah Akpan
Nzimah explored his love of athletics in his film This is Home.
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Profile: Oliver Gallant
Oliver recounts an unsettling story from his trip to the Arctic Circle.
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Profile: Richard Armatage
Richard looked at the motivations of an artist and her work for his film.
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Profile: Rob Unsworth
Rob is an executive producer at the BBC in Salford.
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Profile: Russell Dixon
Patience, Discipline, Determination is Russell's film about a bodybuilder.
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Profile: Sally Snow
Sally travelled to the Philippines to make her film Tambalang.
(L-R) Solveig, Jannis & Emma
