ABOUT

Astra Pritchard is a London-based New Yorker working across music videos, commercial and editorial production, documentary film and photography.

She joined Torriano Group alongside its founders and helped grow it into an award-winning production and music management company. Her work includes projects with Jorja Smith, Maverick Sabre, Common Saints and Condé Nast.

Alongside commissioned work, Astra makes independent photographic stories and short films about people and places. She holds an MSci in Cellular Biology from University College London, which continues to shape how she researches a story.

With a strong interest in music, design, travel, and documentary storytelling, Astra is open to exciting projects at any stage, anywhere in the world, and has the right to work in both the UK and US.

astrapritchard@gmail.com

  • MSci Cellular Biology — First-Class Honours
    University College London, 2018–2022
    Biomedical Science curriculum, Years 1–3; final-year specialism in Cellular Biology.

    MSci thesis: “Investigating the role of c-Jun in Schwann cells during peripheral nerve regeneration.”

    Third-year research project: “Developing a chemogenetic nitroreductase ablation procedure to study the role of the dorsal telencephalon in larval zebrafish.”

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    NCTJ's Level 3 Certificate in Foundation Journalism
    National Council for Training of Journalists (NCTJ), 2024. Program awarded by The Student View Fellowship.

  • Research and analysis
    Scientific and editorial research, experimental design, microscopy, data analysis, scientific literature review, report writing, diagram presentations, scientific writing and story development.

    Production
    Budgeting, scheduling, location research, filming permissions, risk assessments, crew coordination and post-production workflows, managing teams of 50+, working at short notice and in remote locations.

    Documentary and Journalism
    Video editing, audio recording and editing, story development, editorial research, treatments and pitch documents, media law and journalistic ethics, documentary editing, release forms.

    Planning and project tools
    Excel, Google Workspace, Miro, Notion.

    Practical Credentials
    Right to work in UK and US, full UK driving license.