Suzy is an established film editor and director, specialising in documentary short-form and factual content. She has created films for the University of Oxford, the WHO, NHS England, and the BBC, among many others. A documentary she co-directed and edited premiered at the BFI Flare Festival 2022, and she recently wrote & directed a short fiction film on the dangers of AI, which won the Grand Prize in the Future of Life Institute’s Superintelligence Imagined contest. Films she’s edited have also premiered at London Film Festival and been shortlisted for the Student Oscars.
Her goal with every project is to combine academic rigour with meaningful storytelling, to communicate big ideas creatively and effectively. She has a particular interest in effective altruism and AI safety.
She currently works on a freelance basis in Oxford, UK, and is attending the National Film & Television School, where she is pursuing an MFA in Film Editing. Before this, she read Classics at the University of Oxford, and then began an MSc at the University of Edinburgh.
“Suzy is a great storyteller. She researches thoroughly and has a real knack for how to catch an audience’s attention as well as a deft understanding of what was needed for the Kino Klassika brand.”
“The contest was originally scoped to offer prizes to five winners, but we were so impressed by Suzy Shepherd’s “Writing Doom” that we added an additional ‘Grand-Prize’ to celebrate this submission. This video stood out for its ability to deliver on the key message of our contest while also producing a striking and entertaining piece of media.”