Documentary Producer & Filmmaker

Delivering engaging &
thought-provoking content

Marian Edusei is an award-winning documentary producer and filmmaker.

She has produced and developed documentaries for Netflix, Hulu, the BBC, Channel 4, Vice and Warner Music.

Marian’s key strengths include securing and negotiating sensitive access, casting vulnerable contributors and carrying out investigative research on a range of complex subject areas.

In her spare time, Marian has directed films for Dazed, The Guardian, Channel 4 and Refinery29.

Her first short, Dark Skinned Girls, wound up as Dazed’s most viewed video of the year, gaining over 1 million hits online. Her film, Women of Colour (Refinery29) was described by former Teen Vogue Editor, Elaine Welteroth, as “absolutely beautiful work”. US actress, Kiersey Clemons, named Marian as a ‘Director on the rise’ on Free the work – a global discovery platform aimed at underrepresented creatives.

Marian’s latest film, Shades, premiered on Channel 4 and was officially selected by two BAFTA-Qualifying film festivals – Aesthetica Film Festival and the British Urban Film Festival.

To commemorate the 30 year anniversary of Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed film – Jungle Fever – Shades featured as the official trailer and was screened across 60 Odeon cinemas nationwide.

Whether she’s producing long-form documentaries or directing short films, Marian aims to create impactful storytelling, with complex and thought-provoking narratives.

Experience | Skills

  • ▹ BJTC accredited journalist

  • ▹ Story Finding

  • ▹ Casting – UK and overseas

  • ▹ Setting up/co-ordinating shoots domestically and abroad

  • ▹ Pitching and developing ideas

  • ▹ Archive Research

“Marian did a fantastic job as the Producer on our series ‘Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip’. She approached the role with intelligence and imagination, and her persistence in pursuing and securing the best access was a major contribution to the success of the series.” Joe Evans, Managing Director of Swan Films | BAFTA award-winning Executive Producer.

“…hands down the smartest and most diligent Producer I’ve ever worked with. Marian’s attention to detail, understanding of complicated story nuances and her ability to reassure even the most difficult contributors is so commendable…she would be an asset to any production”. Jenny Popplewell, Director of the BAFTA nominated Netflix feature, ‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’.

“Marian is on it. She’s super creative, highly organised, brilliant with people and was completely across the editorial. She found incredible contributors for our film, handled them with genuine compassion and sensitivity, and really interrogated how their experiences could help shape our narrative”.  Josh Allott, Director of the award-winning BBC documentary, ‘Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency’.