Greg Atkins is a documentary filmmaker. He uncovers the human story and tells it in a way people feel.
He began in live broadcast with the BBC and GMTV before moving into long-form filmmaking, drawn to real lives, real places, and the moments that reveal something deeper.
Since founding Greg Atkins Productions in 2009, his work has ranged from UK stories to international projects with organisations including the World Health Organisation and Ofcom.
His films are built through long observation and close relationships with the people at their centre. The approach is always the same: let the human story lead.
He is currently completing Cuban Soul, a feature documentary following David Soul’s attempt to restore Ernest Hemingway’s 1955 Chrysler in Cuba — a story that becomes about far more than the car itself.
Greg lives and works in the UK and continues to develop documentary projects around the world.
How I work
Every project is different. I build the right team for the story.
Over time, I’ve developed a network of producers, cinematographers, editors and composers. Depending on the project, I bring in the people needed to do it properly.
Sometimes that means a small crew embedded in the story. Sometimes it requires something larger and more specialist. The goal is always the same: stay flexible, stay focused, and protect the story.
Greg Atkins Productions operates as a director-led model, allowing each film to scale as needed.
Frédéric Roscop
Short Documentary Film | Platform: Online | Director/Producer/Editor
GAP Production
A quiet, character-led portrait of osteopath Frédéric Roscop, exploring the experiences that shaped his path into integrated medicine. Through intimate observation and conversation, the film reveals how personal history, curiosity and resilience can define a life’s work.
Victims of Chrysotile Asbestos
Short Documentary for the World Health Organisation | Platform: Online | Executive Producer/Co-Director/Offline Editor/Co-Writer
GAP Production
A film built around the lived experiences of those affected by asbestos exposure in India. Through personal testimony, it confronts the human cost behind policy, giving voice to communities living with the long-term consequences of industrial risk.
Farm Life
13 x 30 Documentary Series | Platform: Animal Planet | Director/Producer/Writer
Producer: Red Earth Studio
A character-driven series following farmers, families and animals living and working on an organic farm. Rather than spectacle, the series returns to a quieter, more intimate style of documentary storytelling, where the rhythms of rural life and the personalities within the community reveal themselves over time.
Exiles
Short Documentary Film | Platform: Online | Executive Producer/Co- Director/Offline Editor/Co-Writer
GAP Production
A portrait of political exile and the tension between past and present. At its centre is a man preparing to return home, knowing the risks, and questioning what remains of identity when the ground beneath it has shifted.
A Stable Life
6 x 30 and 7 x 30 Documentary Series | Platform: Animal Planet | Director/Producer/Writer
Producer: Red Earth Studio
An observational series following horse trainers navigating the pressures of elite competition. As ambition and reality collide, the series reveals the emotional cost of chasing success, and the strain it places on relationships, identity and belief.
Extreme Vacation Homes
1 × 30 Broadcast Episode – Travel Channel US | Platform: Travel channel US | Producer/Director
Producer: Lusid Media, US
A journey through extraordinary homes and the lives built around them. Beyond architecture and location, the film explores the people behind these spaces and what drives the desire to live differently.
A quick selfie with David Soul while filming in Cuba. Spending time with David over the years has been one of the great privileges of making this film.
Taking a break during drone filming for the official America’s Cup film on the Isle of Wight. Sometimes the technicians need to do their thing while the rest of us recharge.
Adam, the DOP, posted this with the caption “The only time Greg ever carried all my kit.” I’m reposting it because he’s probably right.
Filming Cuban Soul on Havana’s Malecón. David Soul driving the Chrysler while Adam films and I attempt to direct the conversation and occasionally the singing.
Filming a pilot for the Travel Channel US. Sitting on a lens bag makes you wonder if “making it” in television simply means getting a director’s chair.
Daher Ahmed Farah, known as Daf, a freedom fighter and exiled leader of Djibouti’s main opposition party. I filmed him in Paris while he was living in exile, before he returned home to challenge what he called fraudulent elections.