Kathryn Wolfe is an English television director, author and university lecturer.
Kathryn was born and grew up in North London where she attended Henrietta Barnett Grammar School in Hampstead Garden Suburb. She went on to study BA Hons Drama at Bristol University and after graduating joined the BBC where she trained as a TV director.[1]
Her father was TV situation comedy scriptwriter Ronald Wolfe. Her cousins include actor Warren Mitchell and Clive Wolfe Festival Director of the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) 1971-2000. Kathryn has been married to actor/writer/producer Arif Hussein, CEO of Kaos Films and founder of the British Short Screenplay Competition (BSSC), since 1996. They have two children and live in London.
In 2006 Kathryn was appointed Senior Lecturer Media Performance and Course Leader Television Production[2] at the University of Bedfordshire. Her book So You Want To Be A TV Presenter? was published by Nick Hern Books in May 2010.[3]
| Programme | Role | Production Company | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resource Review | Director | Teachers TV | |
| BETT Show 2005, 2006, 2007 | Director | Teachers TV | |
| The Buyer’s Guide | Producer/Director | Teachers TV | |
| Hot Management | Producer/Director | Teachers TV | |
| Hot Research | Producer/Director | Teachers TV | |
| 21st Century Science | Director | Teachers TV | |
| Road to the Beach | Director | Creative Partnerships | |
| First Edition | Director | ITV | |
| Drivers from Hell | Location Director | ITV | |
| Diana Princess of the People | Location Director | ITV | |
| Stunts & Stars of London’s Burning | Producer Director | ITV | |
| The West this Week * | Director | ITV | |
| Weekend World | Location & Studio Director | ITV |
(*)Award New York Film & TV Festival
| Programme | Role | Production Company | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Carrot Club | Director | CBeebies | |
| Tweenies Xmas Specials | Director 2x60 minutes | BBC | |
| Tweenies Safety Interstitials | Director 26 programmes | BBC | |
| Tweenies | Director 67 programmes | BBC | |
| Teletubbies | Director- insert | BBC | |
| Fun Song Factory | Studios Director | SKY | |
| Ratkan & Droibee Time | Studio Director | The Children’s Channel | |
| Record Breakers | Series Director | BBC | |
| Playschool | Writer/Director | BBC | |
| Jackanory | Writer/Director | BBC | |
| Wild Britain | Studio Director | BBC | |
| Wildtrack | Live Studio Director | BBC | |
| Animal Magic | Studio Director | BBC |
| Programme | Role | Production Company | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast Time | Live Studio Director - 1 year | BBC | |
| London Plus | Live Studio Director - 6 months | BBC | |
| HTV News | Live Studio Director - 1 year | HTV | |
| Points West | Live Studio Director/vision mixer | BBC |
| Programme | Role | Production Company | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimewatch UK | Location Director | BBC | |
| Britain’s Most Wanted | Series Director/Producer | ITV | |
| Strange But True | Series Director/Producer | ITV | |
| Crime Weekly | Series Director/Producer | ITV | |
| One in a Million | Series Director/Producer | ITV | |
| True Crimes | Director Pilot & Series 1&2 | ITV | |
| Crime Monthly | Series Director/Producer | ITV |
| Programme | Role | Production Company | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Clothes Show | Series Location Director | BBC | |
| Drivers from Hell | Location Director | ITV | |
| Driving me Crazy | Series Location Director | LWT | |
| Hodson Confidential | Series Director | ITV | |
| The Six O’Clock Show | Live OB and Location Director | LWT | |
| UK Today | Director/Producer | World Wide |