Our NDH34 guest was director Kate Herron on Monday March 14th at The Groucho Club. Kate is best known for directing hit shows Loki for Marvel and Sex Education for Netflix.

In 2020, Kate directed ‘Loki' starring Tom Hiddleston and Kate directed every episode of the series for Marvel Studios, also serving as Executive Producer. Prior to that, in 2018, Kate directed the Netflix Original 'Sex Education' created by Laurie Nunn and produced by Eleven Film. Starring Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson, Kate directed the second half of series 1, Episodes 5-8, including the iconic "It's my vagina" episode.

Kate has been featured as a 'Screen International Star of Tomorrow', 'Broadcast Hot Shot', one of 'Forbes 30 under 30' and on the 'BBC Hot New Talent List’. She is currently developing television show 'Miss Universe' about a beauty pageant under alien attack, produced by Dominic Buchanan (End of the F**king World) & Douglas Cox (Host, Dashcam, ShadowHouse).

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Audience feedback from the night:

A brilliant NDH tonight - thanks so much! Dan Dixon

Thanks so much for organising. Was super interesting to hear all Kates’ tales of
how she got to where she it. Super inspiring. Matthew Jones

Great evening! Thx Matt!! Alex Estrella

A really fun and inspiring evening! Great to see a lot of familiar faces
and hear about Kate Herron’s meteoric rise from the lady herself. Simon Meacock

Fantastic evening, thanks Matt as ever for putting it all together! Stefan Bookas

Great pictures and thanks for a really engaging evening. Charlotte Ginsberg

Kate Herron was humble, funny and charming. No Direction Home continues
to deliver fascinating insights into the personalities and working methods of some of
cinema’s finest professionals. More please! Nick Canner

Thank you for such an informative and fun evening, it was great to hear Kate's stories! Kerry Corran

What a lovely person and what genuine insights into her journey.
If you get chance, thank her for her honesty! Richard Harrison

Really enjoyed the evening with Kate Herron on Monday.
What a lovely, talented, honest person she is. Paul Twivy

I really enjoyed how prepared and comprehensive your conversation with Kate was.
Learned a lot and totally inspired! Claire Macdonald