Writer, Director

About Nadaav

Film, TV and award-winning branded content video.

I’m Nadaav. I make TV, branded content, documentaries, social and professional video.  I work with broadcasters, independent production companies, brands and corporate clients to produce high-quality, targeted and engaging video content. I collaborate with an exceptional team of freelance crew that includes Oscar nominees and Emmy Award winners.

TV: Panorama (BBC1), Time Team (C4), Blue Peter (BBC1) and After Dark (BBC4); some of the longest running and most significant British TV shows of all time.

Brand Clients:
Bacardi, BBC.com, BUPA, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Jaguar, Land Rover, Citibank.

Career History

2000: Trained under BIFA winning editor Justine Wright (Last King of Scotland, One Day In September, Touching The Void).

2000-2007: Broadcast TV: The British Comedy Awards (ITV1), Panorama (BBC1), Time Team (C4), Blue Peter (BBC1/CBBC), Talk To The Prime Minister (C5). Worked with Melvin Bragg, Jonathan Ross, Jon Snow, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown.

2007: My first director credits: ITV1’s Match Made In Heaven, and 3 commercials for BNP Paribas.

2009-2012: Trained at The Directors Guild, Raindance, and London Film School.

2010: The Opera Singer, short comedy, (DoP: Emmy winner Frank Dow, editor: BAFTA nominee Adam Gough). Screened at BAFTA qualifiers Raindance, London Short Film Festival.

2012-2020 Comedy and drama commissions. Branded content for Citibank, BUPA, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Lebara. TV: Working Lives (BBC World News), Married At First Sight (C4).

Finalist in the British Council’s Creative Entrepreneur Awards;

Winner of Focal Award for this documentary commercial;

Selected for Directors UK Inspire 2020.

My Other Stuff

I’m a member of the global Burning Man community where I participate as an artist and work in supporting other artists. I create installations and performance at festivals worldwide. And I perform as a character comedian and live story-teller.

Andy Lewis MBE with Nadaav Soudry Director and video crew, City oF London

Career History

Career History

2000:
Trained under BIFA winning editor Justine Wright (Last King of Scotland, One Day In September, Touching The Void).

2000-2007:
Panorama (BBC1),
Time Team (C4),
Blue Peter (BBC1),
After Dark (BBC4), T
alk To The Prime Minister (C5), 
British Comedy Awards (ITV1).
Worked with Melvin Bragg, Jonathan Ross, Jon Snow, Tony Wilson, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown.

2007-8:
Match Made In Heaven (ITV1)
Award-winning documentary commercials for BNP Paribas/Fortis Bank.

2009-2012:
Trained at The Directors Guild UK, Raindance, and London Film School.
Directed branded content for BUPA, Jaguar, Land Rover, NHS.

2010:
The Opera Singer plays at BAFTA qualifying festivals: Raindance, London Short Film Festival, Virgin Media Shorts.
Finalist: British Council’s Creative Entrepreneur Awards

2012 onwards:
Branded content and commercials for Citibank, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Lebara. Ministry of Justice and Jewish Women’s Aid.
Citibank commercials win FOCAL Award (2014)

TV including:
Working Lives (BBC World News),
Married At First Sight (Channel 4).

2022
Mentored by directors Alex WInckler, Saul Metzsein and Jim Field-Smith through Directors UK Inspire

2023
BAFTA Connect

2025:
Completed the comedy short film Sound Asleep starring Red Dwarf’s Danny John-Jules.

Comedy, Theatre and Performance

As well as my professional film and & TV work, I also create immersive theatre and character comedian. I have taken my one-man shows to festivals and theatres in the UK, USA, Spain, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. I trained with Soho Theatre and Spymonkey. In 2025 I was awarded an Arts Council DYCP grant to develop my innovative performance style further..

I am currently developing several scripted comedy projects as writer-performer, one of which was recently picked up by BBC Studios Comedy.

There’s more about my comedy and performance work here.

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