Reed’s credits as a director include the multi-award-winning features Jago - A Life Under Water and Rise of the Warrior Apes.

In 2021, Reed received further accolade as the director of My Octopus Teacher, the story of a South African filmmaker who forges an unexpected friendship with an octopus, which became a huge critical and audience success on Netflix and went on to win the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 93rd Academy Awards.