Jemma Jupp

Dad's House Volunteer

Since May 2024. Weekly volunteering at Dad's House, award-winning pro bono family law clinic. Helping Dads, and also Mums, who face the heartache of family court and 

​need support with seeing their children after divorce or separation.

https://www.dadshouse.org.uk

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As a Documentary Film-Maker in the past

Previous to re-training as a mediator, I made many films for broadcast ​television. They were about people's everyday lives but also included periods of great stress. Here are just a few.

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Muslims in America​

​Made for Discovery in America, immediately after the 9/11 attack, this one hour film was made to show that ordinary Muslims living in America were not terrorists. At the time, there was increasing violence against them. 

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Omagh - One Year On

​This was the film that ITV put out on the anniversary of the Omagh Bombing. I filmed it over the course of a year and interviewed the bereaved, injured and traumatised. It was very hard to make but was recognised by the Celtic Film festival so I felt relieved that the film had struck a chord.

 

​​​​The series of films that I have returned to throughout my career has been 7UP

​​Born in the USSR:28UP

The first part of this, filming seven-year-olds in the dying days of the the Soviet Union was my first job in TV and I returned to it every seven years as the same kids grew up. We won an Emmy when they were fourteen and the series has taken me into many different families and situations.

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28UP South Africa

​This project has also had a hold on me throughout my career. Since 1992 when we first filmed South African seven-year-olds in segregated class-rooms through all the Mandela change and the subsequent difficulties, we have filmed these children growing up every seven years. Nominated for a BAFTA at 28UP, this is a project that deserves to continue as part of an oral history.​​​

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Awards in television

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Bafta Nomination: Best Single Documentary for 28UP South Africa

Directed by Angus Gibson and Jemma Jupp

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​Royal Television Society in the North:  Winner - Best Single Documentary for 21UP South Africa. Director Angus Gibson. Producer Jemma Jupp

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Bafta Nomination: Factual Editing. Born in the USSR:21UP - Editor Kim Horton.

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Celtic FIlm Festival Nomination: Omagh - One Year On. Produced & Directed Jemma Jupp

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International Emmy Winner: Born in the USSR: 14UP - Director Sergei Miroshnichenko. Producer Jemma Jupp.

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Grierson Commendation: Born in the USSR:14UP

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Press Guild Winner: I worked as AP on The Dinner Party. Director Paul Watson.​​