Saskia Wilson FHEA is course leader in MA Filmmaking and BA (Hons) Film and TV Production at Sheffield Hallam University.  She specialises in documentary production and teaches across a range of modules with the aim of developing the next generation of creatives who are inspired and empowered by bold and innovative moving image work. 

Prior to teaching, Saskia worked for twenty years as a documentary director, producer and edit producer across a range of factual programmes for major British broadcasters.  These include: returning series such as 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4), 999 What’s Your Emergency (Channel 4) and Secret Life of the Zoo (Channel 4); the Parachute Murder Plot, a 60 minute film following the story of Victoria Cilliers, a victim of coercive control for ITV1’s Crime & Punishment series; feature documentary Breaking Up With The Joneses (Channel 4) about a family going through a divorce and nominated for four BAFTAs, a Broadcast and a Grierson Award; Coming Out Diaries (BBC Three), a 60 minute documentary following three young people navigating their way through coming out as gay or transgender; and she was development producer on the successful returning series The Undateables (Channel 4).