Solange is a passionate documentary filmmaker with British and Brazilian dual nationality. Having started her career studying Documentary Film at the University of Wales, Newport, she has continued to gain a wide range of production and storytelling experience over the past 18 years in the industry. Working on BAFTA and Emmy award winning programmes for the BBC, Netflix and Discovery, among others. Solange has had the opportunity to work across many genres ranging from observational social films, anthropology and later specialising in Blue Chip Natural History.

Having worked on complex foreign shoots and honed her narrative skills, Solange was able to consolidate all this experience through the ScreenSkills Make a Move Programme to direct and produce Impact campaigns for Netflix. Solange hopes that by taking part in ScreenSkills Leaders of Tomorrow she will be able to build on this even further, to produce and direct longer formats and try out different documentary genres. Her end goal is to become a series producer and hopes that with Leaders of Tomorrow, she will have access to inspiring industry professionals through mentorships and placements that will help her progress and achieve her ambitions. 

Leaders of Tomorrow is a three-year inclusion programme for mid-level professionals. Participants are nominated by senior colleagues in high-end TV. Solange’s nominator Hana Canter said: "Solange is an extraordinary creative force and exceptional storyteller. Her nomination for the Leaders of Tomorrow programme is a testament to her ability to think innovatively and with a passion that is infectious to everyone she works with."

1. Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

   ScreenSkills Test · Apr 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. Introduction to sustainability for the screen industries

   ScreenSkills Learning · Apr 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

3. Group coaching for Leaders of Tomorrow cohort 3

   ScreenSkills · Apr 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

4. Leaders of Tomorrow Bursaries FAQ session

   ScreenSkills · Mar 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

5. HETV Make a Move 2022/23

   ScreenSkills · Mar 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

6. Leadership and management essentials for high-end television freelancers

   ScreenSkills · Apr 2023

   ScreenSkills Funded

7. Leaders of Tomorrow Bursaries FAQ session

   ScreenSkills · Nov 2023

   ScreenSkills Funded

8. Mentoring for mentors

   ScreenSkills Learning · Oct 2022

   ScreenSkills Funded

9. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · May 2022

   ScreenSkills Funded

10. Producer pathways in unscripted TV

    Gritty Talent · Jun 2022

    ScreenSkills Funded

11. Freelance toolkit for unscripted with Alison Grade

    ScreenSkills · Apr 2022

    ScreenSkills Funded

• Introduction to sustainability for the screen industries

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 17 Apr 2024

• Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

  ScreenSkills Test
  Issued 17 Apr 2024 · Expires 17 Apr 2026

• Working Safely at the BBC

  Production Safety Passport · BBC
  Issued 20 Feb 2024 · Expires 20 Feb 2029

• Mentoring for mentors

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 12 Oct 2022

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 11 May 2022