Souvid JIJO Datta JIJO (he/they) is a filmmaker, creative director and self-shooting producer/director who builds narrative systems and cinematic storytelling for institutions, media platforms and makers tackling urgent problems. His work spans documentary, broadcast and commercial film and TV - from observational series for BBC, Channel 4 and National Geographic to independent shorts and global campaigns for Google, Microsoft, Universal Music Group, The British Museum, Save the Children and Choose Love. He's worked across 60+ countries. His recent shorts Starling (8 awards, BIFA-qualifying) and Not Yet (Sheffield Doc/Fest, Amazon Prime) continue a run that includes Kali - a neo-noir thriller set in India that won the Cannes Young Director Award and streams on Amazon Prime - and Moonlight Dreams, which premiered at Raindance and launched on Nowness and Omeleto. He's developing Secrets of the Delta, a feature backed by Film London and Climate Spring with a BIFA-winning team attached. His comedy-drama F*ckbois has been optioned for funded development. IMDb New Filmmaker of the Year. BFI × BAFTA Crew. BAFTA Connect. TV Collective Breakthrough Leader 2024. As Creative Director at Fifty Years, a deep-tec
Creative Director (UK)
Founder & Director
Self-Shooting Producer / Director, Photographer, Writer
Deputy Head of Creative & Senior Director
Foreign, Multimedia, Photojournalism - Freelance
Editorial Intern
Campaigns & Editorial Assistant
Summer Intern
Vocational
Social sciences
