Helen Shariatmadari

Helen Shariatmadari directs television documentaries for the BBC in London. For the last 6 years she's specialized in science, covering a range of topics for their most popular science strand, Horizon. She tries to bring inaccessible subjects to a broad audience, posing questions like "What Is Reality?" and "How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?", films that have now been broadcast in over 30 countries. She's also made films about parenting and tribal sports in rural Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Born and educated in Britain, Helen graduated from Oxford University with a B.A. in English Literature.