Sophie Neville(I)

Sophie Neville is an award-winning writer with a number of books to her name. She became well known for playing Titty in the 1974 movie of 'Swallows and Amazons' but opted to work in television production, writing much of her own material. Sophie made her first documentary for Channel 4 whilst driving from London to Johannesburg and by the age of 27 was directing drama-documentaries for BBC Television. After spending 13 weeks on the Ealing film stages as director of FX and animation on a 10-part drama, she began directing comedies featuring small children and produced an 'Inset' series. Emigrating to southern Africa in 1992, she worked freelance for the BBC setting up wildlife documentaries in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. She married in 2004 and settled on the south coast of England to concentrate on adapting true stories for the screen. Sophie is a founder of The Waterberg Trust that uplifts young people in a corner of rural Africa. She has a BA Honours in Anthropology, is a fellow of the Endangered Wildlife Society and Director of Witness Films Ltd.