Kathryn Wolfe

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Kathryn Wolfe is an English television director, author and university lecturer.

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Kathryn was born and grew up in North London where she attended Henrietta Barnett Grammar School in Hampstead Garden Suburb. She went on to study BA Hons Drama at Bristol University and after graduating joined the BBC where she trained as a TV director. [1]

Her father was TV situation comedy scriptwriter Ronald Wolfe. Her cousins include actor Warren Mitchell and Clive Wolfe Festival Director of the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) 1971-2000. Kathryn has been married to actor/writer/producer Arif Hussein, CEO of Kaos Films and founder of the British Short Screenplay Competition (BSSC), since 1996. They have two children and live in London.

In 2006 Kathryn was appointed Senior Lecturer Media Performance and Course Leader Television Production [2] at the University of Bedfordshire. Her book So You Want To Be A TV Presenter? was published by Nick Hern Books in May 2010. [3]

TV Credits - Factual Programmes

ProgrammeRoleProduction Company
Resource ReviewDirectorTeachers TV
BETT Show 2005, 2006, 2007DirectorTeachers TV
The Buyer’s GuideProducer/DirectorTeachers TV
Hot ManagementProducer/DirectorTeachers TV
Hot ResearchProducer/DirectorTeachers TV
21st Century ScienceDirectorTeachers TV
Road to the BeachDirectorCreative Partnerships
First EditionDirectorITV
Drivers from HellLocation DirectorITV
Diana Princess of the PeopleLocation DirectorITV
Stunts & Stars of London’s BurningProducer DirectorITV
The West this Week *DirectorITV
Weekend WorldLocation & Studio DirectorITV

(*)Award New York Film & TV Festival

TV Credits - Children's Programmes

ProgrammeRoleProduction Company
The Carrot ClubDirectorCBeebies
Tweenies Xmas SpecialsDirector 2x60 minutesBBC
Tweenies Safety InterstitialsDirector 26 programmesBBC
TweeniesDirector 67 programmesBBC
TeletubbiesDirector- insertBBC
Fun Song FactoryStudios DirectorSKY
Ratkan & Droibee TimeStudio DirectorThe Children’s Channel
Record BreakersSeries DirectorBBC
PlayschoolWriter/DirectorBBC
JackanoryWriter/DirectorBBC
Wild BritainStudio DirectorBBC
WildtrackLive Studio DirectorBBC
Animal MagicStudio DirectorBBC

TV Credits - News/Live Programmes

ProgrammeRoleProduction Company
Breakfast TimeLive Studio Director - 1 yearBBC
London PlusLive Studio Director - 6 monthsBBC
HTV NewsLive Studio Director - 1 yearHTV
Points WestLive Studio Director/vision mixerBBC

TV Credits - Drama Reconstruction Programmes

ProgrammeRoleProduction Company
Crimewatch UKLocation DirectorBBC
Britain’s Most WantedSeries Director/ProducerITV
Strange But TrueSeries Director/ProducerITV
Crime WeeklySeries Director/ProducerITV
One in a MillionSeries Director/ProducerITV
True CrimesDirector Pilot & Series 1&2ITV
Crime MonthlySeries Director/ProducerITV

TV Credits - Magazine Programmes

ProgrammeRoleProduction Company
The Clothes ShowSeries Location DirectorBBC
Drivers from HellLocation DirectorITV
Driving me CrazySeries Location DirectorLWT
Hodson ConfidentialSeries DirectorITV
The Six O’Clock ShowLive OB and Location DirectorLWT
UK TodayDirector/ProducerWorld Wide

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