Sophie Neville

Sophie Neville became well known for playing Titty in the 1974 movie of 'Swallows and Amazons' but opted to work in television production, producing the 'Inset' series BBC TV. At the age of 25, she directed a documentary for Chanel 4 in Kenya. By the age of 27 she was directing drama-documentaries for BBC Education in London. After spending 13 weeks on the Ealing film stages as director of FX and animation on a 10-part drama, she directed a comedy featuring little children. 'I cast identical twins to play the lead and used two cameras operated by sports cameramen.' In 1992, Sophie emigrated to southern Africa where she worked freelance for the BBC Natural History Unit setting up documentaries in Botswana and Namibia. She married in 2004, settling on the south coast of England to concentrate on writing, looking for true stories that could be adapted for the screen. Sophie is a founder and trustee of The Waterberg Trust that helps young people in a corner of rural South Africa. She has a BA Honours in Anthropology, is a fellow of the Endangered Wildlife Society and Director of Witness Films Ltd.