Daisy-May Hudson, BAFTA Breakthrough Filmmaker, Facilitor & Consultant specialising in leading with lived experience, trauma-informed practices and deep, meaningful impact.

In 2013, I became homeless with my family and, despite never making a film before, I picked up a camera, filmed in my hostel, and turned it into BIFA & Grierson nominated feature documentary HALF WAY.

Through this process, I experienced first-hand the transformative power of storytelling—not only in my own life, but for others too.

I came to understand the sacredness of our stories, the boundaries needed to keep us safe, and the magic that happens when something painful is transformed into personal power.

Over the past decade, I have developed and deepened my own ways of working—supporting storytelling that is ethical, safe, and grounded in dignity.

For me, the process is just as important as what is created.

When stories are held with safety and care, they become healing, transformative, and deeply impactful for everyone involved.

I now work with individuals, storytellers, creatives, production companies, NGOs, and institutions who want to work with lived experience—to tell stories the right way: co-created, trauma-informed, lived experience-led, and from the heart.

I didn’t learn this in books - I lived it and now embody it in all my work.

From this, I’ve developed an approach to storytelling that is safe, integral, and deeply felt.

For me, this isn’t just a preference.
It’s the only way stories should be told.