About me
Paula Wittig is a distinguished Film Director, who is celebrated for her compelling storytelling and visually rich filmmaking. Her exceptional ability to build trusting relationships has allowed her to gain unprecedented access in her films.
She has directed some of the most high-profile documentaries of recent years, including the highly revered, compelling intimate, Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home (BBC) - documenting the final chapter of the Rock Icon’s life, Grierson Award-nominated BBC series, Gold Rush: Our Race to Olympic Glory, RTS Award-nominated Italia 90: Four Weeks that changed the World for Sky Docs, and the 2023 two-part Docu-Drama, Andrew: The Problem Prince for Channel 4 (with exclusive access to Emily Maitlis) .
In 2024, her chilling three-part Drama-documentary Black Widow (Sky Docs) was received with critical acclaim, heralded as an impressively three-dimensional portrait of an extraordinary story. Taking a groundbreaking approach through its highly distinctive and revered visual grammar, the series was a springboard for Paula’s first fully scripted film, Suspect: Kate McCann (Five/Paramount) which launches this spring and marks her Drama Directorial debut,. This feature-length factual drama focuses on an extraordinary and tense 48-hour period that threatened to halt the search for Madeleine, and which left the McCanns fighting for their freedom.
Paula has made films for Netflix, Sky Documentaries, HBO Max, BBC, Channel 4, ITV, A&E and Discovery, through a career that has spanned over 20 years. In the edit she has demonstrated through the body of her work that she can navigate extremely complex, multi-layered stories, including her work as Edit Director on MH370: The Plane that Disappeared, which went to number 1 in the UK and US within the first 24 hours and Reached over 100 million hours of viewing in the month following its release, reaching Netflix’s top 10 lists in 86 countries.
Paula’s work is driven by a profound fascination with human life. Her films delve into the many layers of what makes us who we are, to tell deeply compelling stories that evoke meaning beyond the subjects of her lens. Her natural progression from Documentary filmmaking to Drama, has been forged through that same desire to speak to the heart of human experience.