About

Jeremy Ngatho Cole is an award-winning filmmaker, creative director and artist born in Kenya and raised in the UK. 

He has directed documentaries, short films, TV series and music videos - often with a focus on Black British Culture. Notably, he co-directed Channel 4’s acclaimed music series Four to the Floor, which won Best Music Programme at the 2016 and 2018 Broadcast Awards. He also created the four-part documentary Migrant Sound, about Caribbean culture and British music, which won a 2019 Webby Award for Best Social Documentary. And in 2020 he wrote and directed Twice As Good, a short film exploring the complexities of Black parenthood in Britain. 

In addition to film work, Jeremy co-founded the creative studio YOUT in 2019 with Marcus Grey. Through YOUT they have led artwork, video and visual design projects for musicians like Little Simz, Michael Kiwanuka, Celeste, Cleo Sol, Stormzy, Pa Salieu, Ezra Collective and many others. 

Jeremy has also delivered as creative director for major live performances, designing the visuals and staging for Little Simz’s sold out “No Thank You” tour and both Simz’s and Michael Kiwanuka’s respective Glastonbury Pyramid shows.

Jeremy works independently as a creative, and is represented by Kat Buckle at Curtis Brown for Film and Television. 

Photo: Karolina Wielocha