Jocelyn graduated and worked as a research scientist before taking an MA in Fiction Film Direction at the Northern Film School in 1998. Working independently, she has written and directed both drama and documentary for BBC, Channel 4, Arté, the UK Film Council, Arts Council England and The Wellcome Trust. Her work has received several Best Film awards including a Gold Hugo, Pris UIP and first prize at Gijon and Reus as well as being nominated for a Television BAFTA, a short film Palm d’Or and a European Film Academy Award.

Now working through her new company Certain Pictures, Jocelyn has just completed the feature documentary The Time of Their Lives for BBC Storyville/UK Film Council and is also developing a number of other feature projects including the science fiction thriller Dupe, and the scientific ghost story Straight on ‘til Morning. Much of her work has been screened extensively at film festivals all over the world and broadcast repeatedly in Europe, the Americas and the Far East.

Jocelyn’s work often spans conventional genres, combining narrative elements with more experimental and performance based approaches and her continuing interest in science and perception. She is also integrating her particular vision of the world with her scientific and film experience in studying for a PhD at the Royal College of Art into techniques of visual deception in film, for which she is also collaborating with the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Imperial College London. Jocelyn is a full, (film) voting member of BAFTA, The Director’s Guild of Great Britain and of the European Film Academy.