Award-winning director & Emmy-nominated producer based in London.

Kaya Ensor is an experienced filmmaker and founder of a full-service production company specializing in visually compelling, long- and short-form, with a reputation for creating films with heart that resonate with audiences worldwide.

With over a decade of experience in film, television, and branded content, Kaya has worked with global brands like Disney, Arm, National Geographic, De Beers, Destination Canada & Netflix. Her expertise spans from ideation and writing to directing, producing, editing, and final finishing of feature-length and short-form films, focusing on human interest, wildlife, exploration, and travel. She has worked on Drum Award-winning campaigns and had her films featured at prestigious film festivals worldwide, including Tribeca, Mountain Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Sheffield DocFest, and the Rotterdam Wildlife Film Festival, among others.

Kaya studied History, English & Art History at the University of Pennsylvania. The daughter of television journalists, she is a British, Polish and American citizen and has lived in Moscow, London, Warsaw, NYC, Philly and DC. In her spare time, she enjoys studying the golden age of piracy and raising a ever-growing number of house plants.

Photography by Ami Vitale/National Geographic