About Kathryn Wolfe
Born 1901. Kathryn Wolfe was a television director.
Kathryn Wolfe is an English television director, author and university lecturer.
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.
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 was married to actor/writer/producer Arif Hussein, CEO of Kaos Films and founder of the British Short Screenplay Competition (BSSC), from 1996 until his death in London in 2021. They had two children.
In 2006 Kathryn was appointed Senior Lecturer Media Performance and Course Leader Television Production at the University of Bedfordshire. Her book So You Want To Be A TV Presenter? was published by Nick Hern Books in May 2010.
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(*)Award New York Film & TV Festival
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TV Credits - News/Live Programmes Programme Role Production companyBreakfast Time Live Studio Director - 1 year BBCLondon Plus Live Studio Director - 6 months BBCHTV News Live Studio Director - 1 year HTVPoints West Live Studio Director/vision mixer BBC
TV Credits - Drama Reconstruction Programmes Programme Role Production companyCrimewatch UK Location Director BBCBritain's Most Wanted Series Director/Producer ITVStrange But True Series Director/Producer ITVCrime Weekly Series Director/Producer ITVOne in a Million Series Director/Producer ITVTrue Crimes Director Pilot & Series 1&2 ITVCrime Monthly Series Director/Producer ITV
TV Credits - Magazine Programmes Programme Role Production companyThe Clothes Show Series Location Director BBCDrivers from Hell Location Director ITVDriving me Crazy Series Location Director LWTHodson Confidential Series Director ITVThe Six O’Clock Show Live OB and Location Director LWTUK Today Director/Producer World Wide
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