Carla is a Grierson-nominated director and cinematographer whose work explores cross-cultural issues through a domestic lens, with the aim of opening up dialogue. Over the past decade, she has travelled worldwide, working on archive-rich features, access-led series, and specialist factual formats for major channels such as National Geographic, BBC, Netflix, Discovery Channel, and Channel 4.
She’s part of the We are Doc Women management team, a BAFTA Connect member and has mentored at the London Screen Academy. Originally from Spain, she lives in London (UK).
For Netflix, Carla produced and edit produced archive-led Depp v Heard series [30M+ views], developed and gained the commission for Raw TV’s feature, The Twister [7M+ views].
Most recently, she produced, directed and partly filmed Poisoned, a Wonderhood Studios series for Channel 4, made in collaboration with The Times of London. It premiered at Sheffield DocFest 2025.
Independent
Carla produced and partly shot Robert and Georgie, an independent documentary short, which was won Best Documentary at the UK Fashion Film Festival in 2024 and was selected for the BAFTA-qualifying London Short Film Festival. She is currently working on her debut independent feature documentary as a director.
