Before making her own films Hazel worked as a Producer for 10 years in the UK, US and east Africa. She is currently a Research Fellow at Queen Mary’s Center for Film and Ethics.
Her work has been funded and supported by Doc Society's Climate Story Lab (2025 grantee for Ours ~ Againn, 2022 grantee for Offshore), Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2020, United Voices) and One World Media (2018, Wax + Gold). United Voices was acquired and published by Guardian Documentaries and was an official selection at Sheffield Doc/Fest (2020).
Denial, A Symphony was selected for the Research and Development Lab at UNIONDOCS Center for Documentary Arts in NYC, August 2022.