WONDERLAND: SCIENCE FICTION IN AN ATOMIC AGE (2024)
This four part documentary series explores the history of science fiction in the atomic age. It looks at the creation of the atomic bomb by Robert Oppenheimer and others, the Cold War, and the many varieties of science fiction expression in all media.
Credits
Commissioned by Sky Arts.
Director: Adrian Munsey
Lead Editor: Sarah Cowan
Production House: Odyssey Television
Distributor: Abacus Media Rights
Broadcaster: Sky UK
Streaming Platforms: NOWTV
Credits
Commissioned by Sky Arts.
Director: Adrian Munsey
Lead Editor & Assistant Director: Sarah Cowan
Production House: Odyssey Television
Distributor: Abacus Media Rights
Broadcaster: Sky UK
Streaming Platforms: NOWTV, BBC Select
WONDERLAND: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS (2023)
A Christmas special episode following on from the success of ‘Wonderland’; exploring themes of loneliness, memory and loss in the context of Christmas stories.
WONDERLAND (2022)
A four part documentary series exploring the authors of the Golden Age and the tragedies that shaped their visions of ‘Wonderland’.
Credits
Commissioned by Sky Arts.
Director: Adrian Munsey
Lead Editor: Sarah Cowan
Production House: Odyssey Television
Distributor: Abacus Media Rights
Broadcaster: Sky UK
Streaming Platforms: NOWTV
Credits
Director: Adrian Munsey
Lead Editor: Sarah Cowan
Production House: Odyssey Television
Distributor: Abacus Media Rights
Broadcaster: Sky UK, Channel 5
Streaming Platforms: Netflix, NOWTV, BBC Select, My5, Apple TV
COULD HITLER HAVE BEEN STOPPED? (2022)
A two part documentary series exploring the politics of appeasement and the events that could have stopped Hitler from changing the world.
SYSTEM SHOCK: HOW THE MP3 CHANGED THE WORLD (54′ CUT)
Archive and graphics-led documentary following the story of the MP3, an audio breakthrough that brought a billion dollar industry to the brink of collapse, but also paved the way for our modern digital lives. Edited the 54′ cutdown for broadcast.
Credits
Commissioned by TVF International.
Reversioning Producer: Will Stapley
Reversioning Editor: Sarah Cowan
Distributor: TVF International
Broadcaster: Bloomberg
Streaming Platforms: Dokbox.tv
Credits
Director / Producer / Camera / Editor: Sarah Cowan
Mentors: Lucy Sandys-Winsch & Christo Hird
Programme: Ethnographic & Documentary Filmmaking (MA) – Broadcast Strand
OPEN CITY DOCS SHOWREEL
A collection of extracts from the documentary shorts I produced, shot and edited during my time with Open City Docs (2017-2018).
“Anak Malaysia” won One World Media’s Student Award in 2019.
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