I've been filming with Picasso, Calder, Schwitters, Klee and others at the Stephen Friedman Gallery, in Gallery de L'epoque, a fictional Parisian gallery (1948) created by the curators at Stephen Friedman. I'm now stuck in the Sketch edit suite - but go see this fab exhibition at 25-28 Old Burlington Street, W1S 3AN.

Earlier this week, I filmed a teaser tape with Sahhara, a Nigerian living in London, who used to work at Madame Jojo's. Sahhara has had cope with a lot in her life but seems pretty happy now. She scoots around in an American sports car and has scarily long nails. 

In a vintage shop in Soho

Outside her work place for 11 years, Madame Jojo's on Brewer street.

At Sketch, the production company I founded a few years ago now, we've produced films for a wide range of clients. More recently we have taken on photography projects in Eastern Sudan and Turkey for an NGO client. It's something that we can do during a film project - by bringing one of our trusty photographers along on the trip. 

I started working recently on a new short film for the Cabinet Office - the film was used to launch the Arts Impact Fund, a new fund set up for Arts organisations across the UK. The film was well received and we are now working on a second film for this new client. Was wonderful to discover the Company of Elders at Sadler's Wells, a dance troupe for those who are 70 plus, as well as the excellent Circus school in an old power station in Shoreditch.

I recently returned from an intense trip to the delta in Burma. I was filming for an NGO - Helping the Burmese Delta - and we were based in a remote village about a day's travel (car + boat) from the capital Yangon. It's an unusual place - completely cut off in every way- where the only real way to get around is by boat. The people live mostly day to day fishing, working in paddy fields or doing whatever they can to earn 1-2 USD per day. They live in a swamp land which becomes permanently flooded during the rainy season. The main problem is that access to primary and secondary schools is very limited - it also costs money for the parents to send their children to school. Young people tend to have limited opportunities and soon find themselves doing exactly what their parents do. After Cyclone Nargis, the rivers have changed. Fishing has become more difficult and it's even harder to make a living.

Grandmother, Mother and Cafe Owner

The boatman

Our base

At the Stephen Friedman gallery, you can see the works new and old by the American sculptor Melvin Edwards. This short film was commissioned by the Stephen Friedman gallery.

Recently we signed off on a short film for international NGO Embrace the Middle East. It's under five minutes and shows what they do in Israel & Palestine - to help people struggling in difficult conditions.