Sarah MacDonald(II)
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
New Zealand born, Sarah Macdonald spent five years working for the
BBC's flagship news and current affairs pro-gramme Newsnight. In 2000,
she began a seven month undercover investigation into familial child
abuse in Liverpool, which involved putting secret cameras on a victim
to entrap her abusers. As a result of the film, three men were jailed
for a total of 90 years. Sarah won a British Academy of Film and
Television Award (BAFTA) as New Director and the heroine in the film
won 'Woman of the Year' presented at Downing Street.in 2006, Sarah
launched her production company, Uproar Productions. This dynamic film
and television production company unites a group of talented
documentary-makers each with huge experience at the cutting edge of
news, current affairs, investigative documentary, natural history,
architecture, design and travel. Sarah also launched a new arm of the
company, UproarAsia which is based in Singapore and which allows the
company to cover more frequently and thoroughly Southeast Asia,
Australia and New Zealand. The Director of UproarAsia is Winnie Chong.
Sarah now lives and works in London but still continues to work
extensively in other countries.
