Hattie Bowering

Hattie Bowering (born April 16, 1977), also known as a Harriot is a British film and television producer. She was the creative director of Wild Media in Dubai and Delhi. Hattie is also the founding committee member of Stellar Network UK, an organization run by members for young professionals in the film, television, and theater industry.
Hattie has surpassed a 25-year career directing and producing several documentaries, films, and digital content, garnering various awards, including an Emmy and BAFTA. Her notable works include The Mona Lisa Curse (Channel 4), The Genius of Photography (BBC4), Damien Hirst - First Look (Channel 4), and The Story of God (BBC1).
==Education==
Hattie was born on April 16, 1977, in London, England, UK. She completed high school in 1994 at Ascham School. Bowering completed her Bachelor of Arts in art history and religious studies from the University of Sydney in 1997.
==Career==
In 1998, Hattie started her career as an assistant director at Revolver, a production company based in Sydney. She worked alongside director Steve Rogers and honed her production skills on commercials for Nike, Volvo and Queensland Tourism.
In January 2000, Hattie joined London based production company, Dakota Films Ltd. as an assistant to director Sandra Goldbacher and producer Finola Dwyer for the feature film production of Me Without You starring Michelle Williams, Anna Friel, Kyle McLachlan and Trudie Styler. The film screened at the London Film Festival in 2001, Venice Film Festival 2001, South by SouthWest 2002 and Vancouver Film Festival 2002.
In 2002, Hattie joined Olsberg SPI, a creative, strategic consulting firm providing advisory services to film, digital media, and television clients as a project manager. Bowering was responsible for organizing residential producer training courses in collaboration with PACT, BAFTA, and various other media organizations.
From August 2001, Hattie freelanced as a producer, assistant producer, researcher, production manager, and production coordinator, with some of the UK’s top production companies and in house at the BBC, the world’s leading public service broadcaster. During a productive ten year period, Bowering is known to have played a pivotal part in various broadcast and cinema documentaries. Her notable works include Touching the Void, The Mona Lisa Curse, The Story of God, It’s Surreal Thing, Brand: A Second Coming, How to Get On in the Art World and The Genius of Photography.
Hattie was a jury member for BAFTA’s Huw Wheldon Award For Specialised Programme or Series in 2004, awarding the prize to the series, The National Trust.
From October 2012 to March 2014, Hattie produced Art: Interrupted, a feature documentary about India’s first contemporary art biennale, in partnership with the Kochi Muziris Biennale Foundation. Bowering contributed a chapter entitled Making a Biennale: Art: Interrupted to the book, India’s Biennale Effect: A Politics of Contemporary Art, published by Routledge.
In 2005, Hattie was co-producer with Blue Horizon Productions on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival production at Assembly Rooms of Freestyle Love Supreme with Lin Manuel Miranda. 
Hattie worked as a creative director of Wild Media until 2020. This creative production agency produced documentaries, digital content, commercials, campaigns, exhibitions, and events across Europe, America, the Middle East, and South Asia. At Wild Media, Bowering worked with clients such as Louvre Abu Dhabi, Dropbox, Instagram, Mercedes, LEGO, Samsung, Expo 2020 Dubai, BBC Arts, and National Geographic. 
Hattie is also the founding committee member of Stellar Network UK, a members-run organization for young professionals working in film, television, and theater. The organization addresses the needs of the industry and young professionals working in the industry and provides social and professional events and opportunities. Stellar Network is managed in New York and London, and it organizes and presents events all over the world.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Role
2020 	The Crime of the Century 	Producer (India)
2020 	How to Kill a Cloud 	Consulting Producer
2019 	Flexible Futures for Dropbox 	Creative Director
2019 	Luxury Through the Ages 	Executive Producer
2019 	Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Monumental Art	Co-Producer
2018 	Artists of the Middle East 	Executive Producer
2012-14	Art:Interrupted 	Producer, Director & Writer
2014 	Playtime: Capital 	Producer (Dubai)
2013 	Brand: A Second Coming 	Producer
2012 	Collaboration Culture 	Producer
2012 	Damien Hirst: The First Look 	Producer
2011 	Books: The Last Chapter? 	Producer
2010 	The Genius of Design 	Producer
2008 	Let There Be Light 	Producer
2008 	Miss Landmine 	Producer
2008 	The Mona Lisa Curse 	Producer
2007 	How to Get on in the Art World 	Producer
2007 	It’s Surreal Thing 	Producer
2007 	The Genius of Photography 	Producer, Series Researcher
2005 	Freestyle Love Supreme 	Producer (Edinburgh Festival)
2005 	The Story of God 	Production Manager
2004 	Fooling Hitler 	Production Coordinator
2004 	Fat Slags 	Assistant Production Coordinator
2003 	Touching the Void 	Production & Release Supervisor
2003 	Crust 	Post- Production Coordinator
2001 	Me Without You 	Assistant Producer & Director
==Awards and nominations==
Hattie has been associated with several awards for directing, editing, and producing various featured documentaries and films.
Awards include:
* Winner - Emmy Award for Best Arts Documentary, 2009 for The Mona Lisa Curse (dir: Mandy Chang, Oxford Film & TV)
* Winner - Grierson Award for Best Arts Documentary, 2008 for The Mona Lisa Curse (dir: Mandy Chang, Oxford Film & TV)
* Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series, 2010 for The Genius of Design (dir: Tim Kirby, Wall to Wall TV)
* Nominated - BAFTA Award, nominated for Best Factual Series, 2007 for for The Genius of Photography (dir: Tim Kirby, Wall to Wall TV)
* Winner - BAFTA Award for Best British Film, 2004 for Touching the Void (dir: Kevin MacDonald, Darlow Smithson)
* Winner - Grierson Award for Best Feature Documentary, 2004 for Touching the Void (dir: Kevin MacDonald, Darlow Smithson)
* Winner - Evening Standard Award for Best Feature Documentary, 2004 for Touching the Void (dir: Kevin MacDonald, Darlow Smithson)
==Personal Life==
Hattie married Hugh Tomlinson who is Washington Reporter at The Times. Her late mother Antonia Williams, was a well-known fashion journalist.
==References==
==External links==
* Wild Media Official Website
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Category:1977 births
Category:British film producers
Category:British television producers
Category:People from London, England
Category:University of Sydney alumni