PHOTO BY PAUL CHEDLOW

My family background is Empire on my father's side and Holocaust on my mother's side. My Russo/German/Jewish mother Elisabeth Furse was a member of the SOE Escape Lines in France and a founder member of the Association of Cinematograph and Television Technicians (ACTT). She married my father Patrick Furse, artist son of Sir Ralph Furse, former Head of Recruitment at the Colonial Service, after divorcing Peter Haden-Guest, then a dancer. They opened a bistro behind London's Royal Court Theatre which became known in the 1950's and 1960's for my mother's eccentric ways. The arts characterise the families and their branches, including the Whistler, Ravilious, Newbolt and Duckworth relatives... My early background mixed research for leading UK documentary filmmakers Roger Graef on The Space Between Words and Mike Grigsby on A Life Apart with assistant directing on feature films in the UK and Ireland including Roman Polanski's Macbeth. I then worked as associate producer/production..

Primary location: Tunisia