ANNA THOMSON
SERIES DIRECTOR/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Anna joined SandStone Global as the Series Director for Greek Island Odyssey, C5. Since, she has series produced and directed Treasures of the World with Bettany Hughes for C4 and BBC World News, developed several in-house productions and executive produced Tea with B for Google Arts and Culture.
Anna has a background in directing specialist factual docs including Long Lost Family: The Unknown Soldier ITV, Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain C5, A Great British Air Disaster (C4), Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts), Al Murray’s German Adventure (BBC), Patisserie with Michel Roux (BBC), World War 2: The Last Heroes (C4) and Objects of Desire (Sky Arts).
She has directed a Sundance-backed feature documentary, Yoghurt Utopia now showing on Waterbear and Filmin, worked as an AD on feature films, and shot branded content. She was Vice Chair for Directors UK for seven years, on the 2024 Edinburgh TV Advisory Board, a Judge for the RTS and Realscreen Awards and recipient of the Pat Llewellyn Bursary Award.