Dan Howlett

I directed two teams of private detectives, tracking and developing up to 20 complex stories at a time before taking one story into the edit. This is a fast-paced verité driven show which follows characterful private detectives across America’s bible belt.

I recently joined the roster for this long-running show and have already produced and directed an episode for which I received great feedback. While the show has a pretty rigid formula I was definitely able to put my own docu-style spin on my episode.

I produced and directed this entire series with some tricky cast members remotely over Zoom.

I produced and directed five episodes of this flagship show for Disney Plus. Through interviews, verité and archive we took an inside look at some of the biggest stars of today and the moments that made them who they are.

I produced this very exciting child development series which shot with children from around the world and is set to be broadcast on a global streaming platform.

I sourced, developed and pitched historical stories before directing the field shoots on this incredibly beautiful and long-running Travel Channel show.

I was brought in late to carry out some specialist casting for this series which features job seekers who live with various neurological conditions. My contributions helped to secure the green light and start production on the series.

I produced an episode of this four-part series, taking it from pre-production to rough cut and also field produced a further episode. The show was a brand new verite driven concept which sent tourists into the most haunted locations in America.

I cast and field produced two of six episodes for this brand new show which featured on Discovery ID. The show worked with families, detectives, and prosecutors who were at the center of extremely difficult and often sensational cases.

I am managing all aspects of production and direction on this feature-length documentary which centers around the political changes in Hildale, Utah. The area remains under the control of imprisoned pedophile and religious leader Warren Jeffs but his former followers have now returned to oust him from power and rescue those who are still loyal to him.

I was solely responsible for finding the subject matter and contributors for this MTV development. The show was set to feature six young people experiencing the outside world for the first time after leaving the highly controlling Twelve Tribes cult.

I produced this episode and directed the second unit for the duration of the shoot. The film follows the few young individuals who have managed to escape the polygamist cult of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

I produced this film while also directing a second unit. We followed young members of the Westboro Baptist Church, a group of people who live as outcasts from the wider community due to their controversial views and pickets on homosexuality. We filmed with former members and individuals who are still part of the church and followed their journeys as the two sides met.

I produced and cast this film while also directing a second unit. The show featured young girls taking part in a faux wedding ceremony with their fathers, who pledge to protect their daughter’s virginity until they are wed. I originally produced, cast and directed this as a short for Barcroft Media before being brought on to the MTV production.

The film follows members of the black militant group, Uhuru, in South Florida. I was tasked with visiting Florida to obtain releases from contributors who were initially unwilling to sign and lining up different voices for the film.

The film follows members of a devil-worshipping church in Oklahoma. I was tasked with going to Oklahoma after principal photography to obtain releases from contributors who initially refused to sign.

I originally produced and directed this as a short for Barcroft Media before being brought on to produce the episode for MTV. We followed Cody Coots, a former pastor, who had his faith shaken after being bitten by a snake and Payne Baker, a 15-year-old new recruit to the church.

I cast and produced numerous episodes for this series which focuses on people who were born with extremely debilitating conditions

I covered the entire Americas sourcing stories which I produced and sold to the mainstream media of 52 different countries. I generated close to one billion hits for Barcroft TV with my original ideas and my stories have featured on the Daily Mail online, BuzzFeed and in many other international publications along with RTL – Germany’s biggest broadcaster, Inside Edition and ABC 20/20. Many of my short form productions were developed into full-length documentaries.

I covered breaking news and developed investigative pieces for the UK’s biggest selling newspaper.

After excelling as a trainee I was promoted to senior multimedia reporter on one of the UK’s most popular regional newspapers. During my time with the newspaper, I was shortlisted for North East Video Journalist of the Year and Young Journalist of the Year. _________________________________