Alice Aedy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Earthrise, an impact-driven media company for climate.
An award-winning Documentary Photographer, Director/Producer and Campaigner, Alice is passionate about communicating human stories around climate and social justice.
Alice graduated with a degree in History and Politics from LSE in 2015 and an MA in Documentary Film-making from UCL in 2018. She has since been featured as a storyteller and activist in Vogue, i-D, The Sunday Times and The New York Times among others.
Alice spent large amounts of time from 2015-19 on the front lines of the refugee crisis, reporting from camps across Europe and the Middle East. In 2022, she visited the Ukrainian border in Poland to uplift the voices of those fleeing the country. Later last year, she visited Gaza with the International Red Cross for a new series exploring the intersection of climate and conflict.
Alice’s debut short documentary, Disconnected, world premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 and screened at festivals globally. Disconnected was subsequently published by The Atlantic.
Her documentary, Somalinimo, was made with a grant awarded by the BFI/Doc Society and published by The Guardian. Alice’s Stella McCartney Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign film ‘A Letter to My Loved Ones’ was shared globally, including by Oprah.
Alice’s work with Earthrise – alongside her Co-Founder's Jack and Finn Harries – is dedicated to humanising the impact of the climate crisis by sharing and amplifying stories and individuals living amongst it and tackling the crisis.
Earthrise have created innovative climate storytelling projects including YouTube Originals ‘Seat At The Table’ featuring David Attenborough, Jane Goodall and Barack Obama, reaching 21 million people in 2021.
Last year, in collaboration with Choose Love, Alice set up Choose Earth, a charity and fundraising storytelling campaign supporting Indigenous leaders fighting for the future of our planet. Their first campaign raised over £100,000 and reached 40 million people. Alice is also the creator of Frame of Mind, a platform celebrating female storytellers.
As an individual, Alice’s mission statement is centred around giving a platform to marginalised voices, whilst aiming to encourage upcoming female filmmakers and creatives to document and report on issues that they feel need spotlighting.
Alice is represented by YMU
Awards &
Honours
Forbes 30 Under 30
2020 Aesthetica Film Festival, Somalinimo
2019 The Atlantic Selects, Disconnected
2019 Sheffield Doc/Fest World Premiere, Disconnected
2019 San Francisco Documentary Festival, Jury Prize and Audience Award Nominee
2019 Underwire Film Festival, Directing Award Nominee
2019 Bolton Film Festival, Best Student Film
2018 Sunday Times Alternative Rich List
Who I’ve worked with
Canon Interview
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Get in touch
GENERAL ENQUIRIES
aedy.alice@gmail.com
BUSINESS ENQUIRIES
leah.weerasinghe@ymugroup.com