Carla is a Grierson-nominated director working across broadcast and independent documentaries blending journalistic rigour with intimate storytelling. By exploring polarising issues through a unifying lens, she seeks to spark bold and honest conversations across borders.
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 a feature film at Raw TV due for broadcast early 2025, as well as produced and edit produced their archive-led Depp v Heard series in 2023, which garnered 30 million views in its first week and reached number one in 88 countries.
Carla produced and partly shot Robert and Georgie, an independent documentary short, which had its world premiered at Gaze Film Festival, its UK premiere at Folkestone Film Festival and 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 developing her debut feature documentary as a director.
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2022 | Centre for Investigative Journalism Summer Workshop
