Miriam Lyons

Miriam produces and directs natural performances from high-profile talent and non-actors with sensitivity, depth and humour.

With an instinct for creating compelling content, I encourage contributors to feel safe and give their best.

Miriam loves the freshness and playful spirit that comes from hybrid genre storytelling and enjoy the challenges it presents in documentaries and factual entertainment.

Leading happy, diverse teams for almost two decades, I’ve been recognised with Cannes, British Arrows and Broadcast awards.

Skills:

-   Launch first series and self-shoot stunning visuals on prime lenses for shows like C4’s Barristers

-   Shape editorial, tone and style to build ambitious returnable series such as C4’s Hunted, Married At First Sight and Undateables

-   US streamer experience on lifestyle, sports and crime shows including Discovery, National Geographic and AETN

-   Produce & direct high-profile talent in challenging environments, including BBC2’s Pilgrimage and ITV2’s Our Shirley Valentine Summer

-   Pitch to and secure finance from international broadcasters, including feature doc The Love Commandos

-   Negotiate access and build trust on tricky observational documentaries like C5’s Gypsy Kids: My Secret World

-   Inject humour, warmth and fun into popular docs like C5’s The World’s Most Luxurious Prison

-   Fixed rig experience on docu/reality hybrid shows as Interview Producer/Director in the Diary Room

-   Creative control over high-rating, fast turnaround single docs from ideation to delivery

-   Senior edit-produce challenging first episodes of new series like C4’s The Great Climate Fight and ITV2’s Getting Filthy Rich

Coming up…

Miriam's latest project is Barristers, a specialist factual crime series with exclusive access for Channel 4 and is due out in early summer 2024.