About
JEREMY CLANCY
I’m Jeremy Clancy — a filmmaker, writer and narrative strategist.
For the past fifteen years I’ve worked with campaigns, charities, trade unions, political organisations and businesses to find the human story inside complicated ideas.
My films have been watched by millions of people, broadcast on national television, helped campaigns mobilise people and helped businesses raise investment.
But I don’t really start with film.
I start by trying to understand what’s actually going on — what people feel, what they assume, what they’re missing, and where the story is hiding.
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Where that comes from
I grew up in Bolsover, a mining town in Derbyshire.
During the Miners’ Strike, I handed out food parcels from the village hall and watched the industry that sustained the town disappear.
Years later, while still at university, I made my first film for the National Union of Mineworkers. I went into the NUM headquarters in Sheffield thinking I was making a film about history.
I discovered something else: facts become powerful when you find the human pattern inside them.
That idea has followed me ever since.
Over the years I’ve made films for political campaigns, trade unions, charities and businesses. Some have reached audiences of millions. Others have helped raise investment, launch campaigns or change the way an organisation talks about itself.
Today I work across film, narrative strategy and writing — sometimes making the film, sometimes helping someone find the story before a camera goes anywhere near it.