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Abigail Blackmore is known for Vintage Blood (2015), Blind Date (2010) and Tales from the Lodge (2019).- Director
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Aleksandra is an award winning writer/director. Her credits include the feature film 'Dolls Can't Cry' (starring BIFA awarded actress Lara Belmont) along with a series of award winning shorts that have been screened at over 150 film festivals worldwide. Television directing experience to date includes directing the splinter unit on the upcoming BBC drama 'Dope Girls' and VFX sequences for the Amazon TV series 'Alex Rider S2'. Alongside this, Aleksandra has background working as VFX Executive Producer and VFX On-set Supervisor on high-end TV drama series for Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Apple TV+ and BBC. She was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design on David Attenborough TV series.- Director
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Alexandra's career in film, TV, theatre and voiceover spans more than thirty five years. She grew up in England where she studied all forms of dance and theatre. She trained at Laine Theatre Arts and Drama Studio, London. She moved to the US in 1989 and lived there for nearly two decades. She now calls London, Suffolk and Washington her home. Her first film role was in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) with Richard Dreyfuss. During her ten years living in Los Angeles, she was cast by James Cameron in Titanic after she wrote a monologue for her audition. She played a series regular (Clarissa Mason) in the long running soap Coronation Street and is the voice of Governor Elaine Marley in the cult video game, Tales of Monkey Island..
In 2011 she began directing, writing and producing. Her award-winning short Boxer on the Wilderness (2014) had a successful festival run and serves as a teaser for her feature screenplay The Wilderness. In 2019 Alexandra directed her award-winning debut feature. She wrote the screenplay for Widow's Walk (2019) . A ghost story set in Suffolk. It stars Miranda Raison David Caves and Virginia McKenna. The supernatural thriller launched on Amazon Prime in the UK/EU in December 2019.
In 2020 she co-founded Artemisia's Daughters, a non-profit organization that aims to inspire the next generation of female filmmakers. They shot their first short film in July 2022. Alexandra hosts the Artemisia's Daughters podcast - Fierce Female Filmmakers - talking with other women carving a path in the film industry.
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Aliethea D'Angelo is a Director, Writer, and Conceptualist with a long standing career in the entertainment industry. From childhood, Aliethea has had a passion for all things creative and over the years she has developed a visual style that expresses the vulnerable yet gritty exploration of often overlooked characters. With a penchant for seeing the beauty in the darkness, Aliethea takes an intuitive approach to her work that delves into the inner workings of each story she shares.
Often referred to as an auteur by her peers, Aliethea has a unique way of being involved with all aspects of her projects. With her years of on-set experience in various departments, prior to taking the helm, she embraces a collaborative approach that inspires a safe and inclusive workplace. The energy of creativity and mutual respect in turn is reflected in the outcome of the final product. Her visual stitching of genres communicates directly with the audience in a way that dares them to lean in and immerse themselves in another world.
After receiving accolades for her feature script "Sunset" (now in development) and numerous short form narratives, Aliethea recently tried her hand at unscripted documentary by traveling across the country for 73 days filming the US during the pandemic and election year 2020. She also has a feature film," Criticized", streaming on SKY network and Amazon UK and her most recent project titled "Normal" is in post production.- Actress
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Amy Mathieson is known for Actor's Anonymous (2010), 1 Way Up: The Story of Peckham BMX (2014) and High Heels and Low Lifes (2001).- Writer
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Ani Laurie was born in London, U.K. She is a Director and screenwriter. Fellow alumni of the British film school The National Film & Television School and University of the Creative Arts, London. Ani was awarded a Toledo scholarship in 2014 for directing fiction by noteworthy renowned producer and former chairman of BAFTA Duncan Kenworthy.- Actress
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Annetta Laufer is known for Afro Punk Girl (2016), Winnie and the Duppy Bat (2006) and Scarlet (2016).- Director
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Aurora was born in Kent, England, UK but grew up in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress and director who graduated from The Northern Film School in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK, with a First BA Degree. Her film career started with directing and editing, promos and commercials through her own company Little Northern Light, and she co-founded the production company Left Eye Blind. While signed to Academy Films, Aurora won the Epic award to direct the short film Life on the Line (2014).
International festival success helped Aurora to win the Best Emerging Filmmaker award at The Smalls Film Festival, for her short psychological thriller Murmur (2015), which was commissioned by Directors UK. Shorts International bought her UKFC funded supernatural short Shades of Living (2011), while her Sci-fi Nokia Short Daniel (2011) premiered at Edinburgh IFF.
After winning The Pitch at Pinewood, Aurora made the ambitious sci-fi short film Pulsar (2018) starring David Gyasi from Interstellar (2014), and Jessie Buckley from War & Peace (2016). Aurora filmed the short Struck (2017), which was written by the writer Isley Lynn, with 104 Films producing.
Aurora and Jude Goldrei are developing the sci-fi feature "Tipping Point," with support from Birds Eye View's Filmonomics, 104 Film's Digital Revolutionaries, Sheffield Talent Centre Programme, VFX Script to Screen Ireland, Screen Yorkshire's Triangle and Creative Europe MEDIA. Franc Roddam is currently mentoring Aurora through the Women in Film and TV scheme.- Director
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Beryl Richards is a multi award-winning writer and director, receiving 6 Bafta awards, 2 Emmy nominations, and 2 Bafta nominations. She lives in Northern Ireland and London, and specializes in young and untrained actors. She has directed two drama series in South Africa, and has produced multiple TV dramas, short films, features, and documentaries. She is most known for her directorial works on "My Life as a Popat", "The Ward", and "Secret Life of Boys".- Director
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Camilla Hall is an award-winning documentary film Director and Executive Producer.
She is focused on making films that tackle new ideas, explore human nature and tell us something about the world. She is passionate about exploring citizen activism, strong female leadership, climate change, foreign policy, capitalism, and social justice. She also loves to delve into quirk, the unpredictable and unexpected.
Camilla has directed award-winning independent films as well as documentary films/series with Discovery, HBO Max Europe, Sky, BBC and Arte. She has produced alongside Ryan Murphy, Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne and shown films at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW etc. and festivals all over the world. She is represented by WME and Stern & Wild.
Camilla is a co-founder of Lady & Bird Films in Los Angeles alongside Rita Baghdadi and Jennifer Tiexiera. She is deeply committed to ethical filmmaking and has taught at the American Film Institute and Sundance Collab. Prior to documentary, she was a journalist with the Financial Times in the Middle East and New York.- Director
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Carey McKenzie is a screenwriter and director with an international background and credits. She writes films and drama series and directs documentaries and indie films.
Most recently she has written a feature adaptation of Joan Didion's political romance, Democracy, which is in development (2023) at Archer Gray with Anne Carey producing.
Carey wrote and directed Cold Harbour (2013) a gritty South African crime thriller, which opened the New York African Film Festival at Lincoln Center and had a twenty screen release by UIP Southern Africa. It subsequently aired on M-Net Africa and streamed on Netflix.
In the documentary arena, Carey directed and wrote, Original Child Bomb (2004) a stylistically innovative art doc about the human cost of nuclear weapons which premiered at Tribeca, won the grand jury prize at Silverdocs, screened at MOMA and the Japan Society NYC and aired on the Sundance Channel. Now available on You Tube.
Carey also produced the short climate doc, Arresting Science (2023) directed by Holly Becker, about outspoken NASA earth scientist Peter Kalmus and his first arrest for civil disobedience. Kalmus and friends chained themselves to Chase Bank in DTLA to protest fossil fuel investments. LAPD sent one hundred riot police.
Carey has a masters in English from Cambridge University, where she was active in student theater and an MFA in film from NYU Tisch, where she was awarded the Carl Lerner scholarship. She attended the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam and has participated in residencies in Berlin and NY. She lives in Lisbon.- Producer
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Caris Rianne is a film maker from Harlow, Essex, England. After taking film courses at Raindance London she founded the production company Rianne Pictures in 2013 at age 22. Her debut feature film Demi won the Royal Reel award at the Canadian International Film Festival in 2016. Rianne focuses her work on leading female roles and highlighting social issues such as depression, homophobia and broken families. Since 2018 she has lived in the North East of England.- Director
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CAROLINA GIAMMETTA is an award-winning writer/director known for her in-depth work and connection with actors, her creative visual storytelling and unique energy and collaboration she brings on set. Later this year she will direct all 8x parts of Season 2 of SUSPECT with Anne Marie Duff for CHANNEL 4. Last year she directed the whole of Season 2 of BEFORE WE DIE for CHANNEL 4, with Lesley Sharp, Vincent Regan, Steve Trossaint & Patrick Gibson. The first series was the 3rd highest rated show on C4 last year.
In 2021 she directed a 4 x part drama HOLLINGTON DRIVE for ITV/ West Rd written by Sophie Petzel (Winner of The Writers Guild award) starring Anna -Maxwell Martin, Rachel Stirling, Rhashan Stone, Jim Howick and Jonas Armstrong, which received high ratings and great reviews (Drama / Pick of the week across all the broadsheets).
Prior to this in 2020, she directed her first authored piece a 4x part THE DROWNING for CHANNEL 5 (Unstoppable Film &TV, Element Pictures, ALL3Media) Starring Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Jonas Armstrong. It was Channel 5's biggest ever drama to date.
Other previous credits include two feature length episodes of VERA ( Cold River & The Escape Turn) for ITV starring Brenda Blethyn (DRAMA OF THE WEEK & CHOICE - Radio Times/Broadsheets), a feature length opening of the new season of AGATHA RAISIN starring Ashley Jensen, Mathew Horne & Jamie Glover for SKY ONE and also co-lead on the first series of SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY BBC 1 starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner (NOMINATED FOR A BROADCAST AWARD BEST DRAMA). She started her television career directing DOCTORS & CASUALTY for BBC DRAMA.
Her feature film PIZZA FACE (nominated for the IMDB 'Script to Screen' award) with producer Alexandra Blue ( BLUEBIRD PRODUCTIONS) is in development with the BFI. Her award winning, BAFTA LONGLIST - HOLY CANNELLONI a short/pilot for PIZZA FACE was funded by BFI NETWORK/CREATIVE ENGLAND.
She has written and directed several acclaimed short films that have been selected for International Film Festivals and won several BEST SHORT FILM awards across the world (Inc: SXSW, LSFF, EIFF, ASFF, BFI LOCO, AUSTIN and many more) PAPA, ORNAMENTAL, highly acclaimed I DON'T CARE (FILM LONDON) starring Billie-Jo Bailey, Andrea Lowe & Jo Hartley (VIMEO STAFF PICK, SHORT OF THE WEEK, DAILY PICKS on FILMSHORTAGE) Multi-award winning NIGHT ARMOUR starring Elizabeth Berrington & Dan Fredenburgh premiered at BFI LOCO, selected for over 30 Film Festivals worldwide and won Best Short Film at Broad Humor in LA (voted by MovieMaker as the Best Female Comedy Film Festival in the world). MAN UP starring Nick Moran was a REED FILM COMPETITION and VIRGIN MEDIA SHORTS WINNING FINALIST over 1000 films and screened at cinemas across UK and numerous movie channels.
Along side this, she created and set up SHORTFLIX with CREATIVE ENGLAND, SKY ARTS, BFI-SCREEN SKILLS, a brand new initiative that seeks, trains and nurtures raw and new filmmaking talent from socially diverse and under-represented backgrounds, to make 5x short films, showcased on SKY ONE, bringing new voices to the screen. Ambassadors include: RIZ AHMED, ZAWE ASHTON, ELLIE KENDRICK, JOE COLE. She also co-ran PLAYING UP for The National Youth Theatre for 3yrs training young actors from under- represented backgrounds.
Selected for Talent Labs & Schemes: Carolina is an alumni of : EIFF-Edinburgh International Film Festival TALENT LAB, SCREEN YORKSHIRE'S TRIANGLE programme, BFI/ LFF Think- Shoot- Distribute Development Scheme. THE BUREAU SOS script development scheme with her feature PIZZA FACE.- Actress
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Carys Watford is an award-winning Writer/Director passionate about making comedic, female led films packed with personality and heart. Her debut feature script, 'Fly in the Ointment', won the 2019 BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition (Film) & her short film, Space Girls, won the Grand Prize Children's Live Action Short Award at the BAFTA- and Oscar-qualifying Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2018.- Director
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Christiana is an award-winning, NFTS trained drama director. Her aim is to tell challenging stories, achieve nuanced performances and share her vision. She was selected for the BAFTA Elevate 2017 initiative to further female directors on to high end television and features. She is a board member of the Directors Charitable Foundation. Christiana is a member of BAFTA, Directors UK and WFTV.- Director
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Christine is a sports photographer turned filmmaker. Trained at the London Film School she lit several short films across the globe before writing and directing her micro budget feature, The New Boy, which premiered at The East End Film Festival. In the last few years she has directed TV drama including Silent Witness (2023). Christine is a Berlinale Talent, a full member of BAFTA, Directors UK and the ICFC (International Collective of Female Cinematographers). She draws graphic short stories in her down time.- Director
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Raised in Asia and educated at the London Film School, British-Canadian award-winning writer/director Claire Leona Apps's debut feature And Then I Was French, released in 2018, is a psychological thriller compared by critics to Andrea Arnold and David Lynch. Apps is known for her cross-cultural perspective and for using dark comedy to challenge ideas about society as we know it. Previous writing and directing credits include Gweipo, Aceh Recovers, Girl Blue Running Shoe and Ruminate. Her work has been screened on the BBC, shown at The Great North Museum and premiered at prestigious festivals such as St. Louis International Film Festival, Cork Film Festival, Cinefest Sudbury, and East End Film Festival. She is a BAFTA LA newcomer. Claire has worked with outstanding actors such as Francesca Annis, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Poulet and Joanna Vanderham.- Director
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Clare Holman was born on 12 January 1964 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Blood Diamond (2006), Suite Française (2014) and Inspector Lewis (2006). She was previously married to Howard Davies.- Director
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Cosima Spender was born and grew up in Siena in an English artists' family. Cosima moved to England at fourteen. A university degree (BA 1st Class Hons) in anthropology and art history at the University of London sparked her interest in storytelling, cultural identity and traditions. Cosima graduated from the UK National Film and Television School where she specialized in Documentary Direction in 2001. Cosima has directed the 5 part doc series SANPA, Sins of the Savior, as a Netflix Originals- the first Italian documentary series. It portrays the beginnings of the biggest rehab commune in Europe, San Patrignano, and its charismatic but controversial leader, Vincenzo Muccioli. The series was number one for weeks on Netflix in Italy and has become a national obsession. In 2015, Cosima's film PALIO was theatrically distributed and shown at 20 film festivals. It was awarded Best Editing at Tribeca film festival. It was broadcast on BBC and Netflix. It is available on Amazon Prime. Cosima's film WITHOUT GORKY on her great grandfather, Arshile Gorky, the Abstract Expressionist painter, is available on Netflix. She has directed several other documentaries for BBC Storyville that were sold internationally (DOLCE VITA AFRICANA, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ELEGANT). Dolce Vita Africana, a portrait on the Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, is available on BBC iPlayer. Cosima is represented by Lara Sackett at ICM Partners.- Director
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Daisy Aitkens was born on 25 March 1986 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Watson & Oliver (2012), 96 Ways to Say I Love You (2015) and The Crazy Ones (2013).- Director
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Daphne is an American director and producer. She was born in New York City to a Canadian father and Greek mother. Daphne's feature directorial debut, "Children of the Wind" won 8 awards in the film festival circuit, including "Best Documentary" and "Best Emerging Filmmaker" at X-Dance. When not working in film, Daphne is an avid windsurfer.- Director
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Debbie Anzalone is known for Three Sacks Full of Hats (2018), My Home Is My Shoes (2009) and My Music (2008).- Director
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Debbie worked as an actor before setting up Big Buddha Films in 2006. Her BFI Network funded short film, Safe won 'Best Director' and 'Best Screenplay' at the BAFTA qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival in 2023. She made the critically acclaimed, award winning feature documentary, Still Loved and has directed over 80 episodes of television for the BBC, Channel 5 and ITV. She is a full voting member of BAFTA. She is a member of BIFA, Cinesisters, Prime Time, Women in Film and TV, Director's UK and Free The Work.- Director
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Following her first short Deborah was selected for Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, 2007. She is BIFA nominated and has won several awards including Best Short at Soho Rushes Short Film Festival with her short film Sis.
Deborah is working on several feature scripts, including Pin Cushion with producer Gavin Humphries, Creative England, and the BFI. She is also co-writing and attached to direct the adaptation of prize-winning novel The Killing Jar, with author Nicola Monaghan.
She recently completed her fifth short film, Twinkle, Twinkle.
Deborah is represented by Mark Casarotto, at Casarotto Ramsay Associates.
(December 2012)- Debs Patterson is known for The Perfect Posse (1992) and Joe Millionaire UK (2003).
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Deva is a Writer Director Cinematographer working in comedy, genre and drama. She is passionate about working on stories that are driven by misfits and maybe that's because she is one. Half Egyptian-Maltese, half UK, Deva was born in New Zealand and as a child lived in Indonesia, India, Switzerland and the UK.
Deva's short films have screened at BAFTA, Academy Award, BIFA, European Film Award and Canadian Screen Award qualifying festivals. They have won six awards and been nominated for seventeen. These prizes include: Silver Plaque at Chicago International Film Festival-2003 and joint runner-up BBC New Filmmakers award 2004 for Fishy; Best Trailer Award at LA Underground Film Forum 2017, Platinum Award for Best Trailer at Mindfield Film Festival 2017 Los Angeles, Best Trailer Award at Creation International Film Festival 2017 for Finding Clive Teaser Trailer. The Grab premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 and was awarded Best Concept Film at Catfish Short! Short Film Festival 2020.
Deva is a BAFTA Connect member; an alumni of BAFTA Crew; the BFI Guiding Lights Scheme, where she was mentored by Gurinder Chadha; and also the Berlinale Talent Campus.
Originally trained as an actress at Guildhall School of Music and Drama on a scholarship, Deva spent a summer studying filmmaking at NYU, on a William and Eva Fox Fellowship and is still greatly influenced by Prof. Karl Bardosh's hands-on approach to filmmaking.
"I've been working day and night for the last three years on Blue, feature film with an outstanding team and its so exciting that it's now been released on Amazon Prime Video USA, UK and Canada."- Director
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Duska Zagorac is known for The Lost Leonardo (2021), La apertura (2005) and Patria mia, nomad direction (2008).- Director
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Elizabeth Stopford was born in Newcastle, England. She graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in English literature. She has specialised in sensitive access to closed communities. Her long-form films include a portfolio of documentaries for the BBC about silence and monastic life; the Grierson award-winning 'I'm Not Dead Yet', about a tussle over inheritance that erupts into an emotional storm akin to a modern-day King Lear; and the BAFTA and Grierson-nominated 'We Need to Talk About Dad', a young man's struggle to get his family to talk about the attempted-murder of his mother.- Producer
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Elizabeth Stopford was born in Newcastle, England. She graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in English literature. She has specialised in sensitive access to closed communities. Her long-form films include a portfolio of documentaries for the BBC about silence and monastic life; the Grierson award-winning 'I'm Not Dead Yet', about a tussle over inheritance that erupts into an emotional storm akin to a modern-day King Lear; and the BAFTA and Grierson-nominated 'We Need to Talk About Dad', a young man's struggle to get his family to talk about the attempted-murder of his mother.- Actress
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Ella is a film director born and based in London. Ella began her career as a professional actress before studying at Cambridge University. After graduating with a double first class degree in History, she moved into film and television Development as an Executive for Bonafide Films, and more recently as a Freelance Script Editor working with award-winning writers such as Gwyneth Hughes and Peter Moffat. Ella made her first foray into directing with a short film trilogy of re-imagined fairy tales, including 'The Ugly Duckling', starring Thomas Sangster (Game of Thrones, The Maze Runner), which won 'Festival Favourite' at Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Festival. She has since gone on to make 'International Men's Day', a feminist comedy short set in a parallel world and narrated by Sue Perkins, and 'Foot in Mouth' a short revenge comedy, which recently screened at Phoenix Film Festival. She has just completed 'Sarah Chong is Going to Kill Herself', commissioned by Creative England's 'Funny Girls' scheme, as part of the BFI Network, in association with Big Talk Films and Baby Cow Productions, for which she was mentored by Paul King (Paddington, The Mighty Boosh) and Peter Straughan (Wolf Hall, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) Sarah Chong recently premiered at the LOCO London Comedy Film Festival and is soon to screen at the Cambridge Film Festival. Ella is represented by Abby Singer and Lotte Beasley at Casarotto Ramsay and Associates.- Producer
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Emma was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival and won many awards worldwide including Best Short Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2009. That year she was also named one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow.
She has MA in Fiction Direction from the Nation Film and Television School UK, an MA in Communication, Art & Design from the Royal College of Art, and a BA Hons in Fine Art from Central St Martin's College of Art & Design.- Director
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Erin Cramer is known for Blood Runs Cold (2018), Bad Bosses Go to Hell (1997) and Impact of Murder (2019).- Actress
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Eva María Fernández is a director, screenwriter and actress from Murcia, Spain. She has several publications like the play "Un final para Ana" (An end to Ana) and the short story "El triste desenlace de las máquinas" (The sad death of the machines). Her first feature length, "Por horas" (By hours) was a no budget narrative experimental film which became finalist and received especial mention in many international festivals like Portugal International Film Fest and Premios Latino. She lives in London, England, since 2016, where she continues her work as a filmmaker. She is an active member of WFTI.- Director
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Eva Weber is known for Disgraceful Conduct (1997), City of Cranes (2007) and The Intimacy of Strangers (2005).- Director
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Farrah Drabu is known for Ill Manors (2012), Riz MC: Sour Times (2009) and Riz MC: Radar 'MICroscope' live show version (2009). She has been married to Marcus Dryden since 8 July 2006. They have two children.- Director
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Fateme Ahmadi is known for Bitter Sea (2018), Chandra (2015) and One Thousand & One Teardrops (2014).- Director
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Paris born & New York raised, francophone Turkish-Sicilian Writer/Director Flavia Casà has a BFA in filmmaking from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Her short film Fragile Forms (starring Broad City's Arturo Castro) received the Gucci Award for Women in Cinema Scholarship. She worked for auteurs Cédric Klapisch, Noah Baumbach, and Academy Award-winning Director of Photography, Emmanuel Lubezki.
After writing and directing a portfolio of acclaimed films that gained recognition internationally, Flavia's first feature, Beautiful in the Morning (starring The Bill's Mark Wingett), premiered and opened LA Femme International Film Festival, where she was a finalist for Best Feature Writer. The script was top 20% of the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Throughout the festival circuit, the film received accolades for Best Feature Writer, Best Acting, Best Cinematography, and Best Music. The film was picked up by Herflix, a streaming platform for female directors, and also available on Amazon Prime.
Flavia currently lives in London where she is in development on film & TV projects. She also freelances in advertising and teaches screenwriting at the University of Warwick. Having spent much of her childhood in different corners of the globe, Flavia always struggled with the elusive notion of "home" and often explores the idea of belonging in her storytelling.- Director
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Frances is a UK Screen Star of Tomorrow 2011. She wrote and directed Strawberry Fields ( with Microwave Film London/BBC Films/ Kent Film Office) which will have UK cinema release with Soda Pictures July 2012. Frances has directed TV drama series, Feature films, short films and theatre (The Queens by Normand Chaurette). She has directed work by writers Simon Beaufoy, Jeff Povey and Judith Johnson. Her two short films which she wrote and directed Oh Julie! and Release Me won 11 International awards at festivals.- Director
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Georgi Banks-Davies is a BAFTA winning director. Her TV debut was as lead director on 'I Hate Suzie' for Sky Atlantic written by Lucy Prebble, and starring Billie Piper. She was the lead director on the Sci-fi adaptation, Paper Girls for Amazon. She has also directed many festival screened shorts, most notably 'Garfield' selected for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and 'The Fight', which premiered at Palm Springs 2019. Georgi is also a successful commercials director.- Director
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Georgia Oakley was born on 31 July 1988 in Oxfordshire, England, UK. She is a director and writer, known for Little Bird (2017), Frayed (2013) and Atonement (2007).- Director
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Mexican born award-winning London based drama and commercial director.
She moved to London in 2012 and since then she has directed commercials and short films which have screened in BAFTA and Oscar qualifying film festivals.
In 2019 she was named one of the Badass.gals which is a project by The Young Creative Council launched on International Women's Day 2018 to celebrate young female creatives that are already going above and beyond.
Most recently in 2019 she directed the mockumentary "Home for Aged Time Travellers" which is on the festival circuit.
In 2018 she directed the documentary "Birds Without Homeland" which won best documentary at Thunderdance Film Festival and was official Selection in Underwire and a best film finalist in Oaxaca Film Festival.- Producer
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Isabella Wing-Davey is known for The Rain Collector (2016), Black Dog, Red Dog (2015) and Waiting (2017).- Director
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Isabelle Sieb is an International Emmy-winning and three times BAFTA-nominated film and television director.
Isabelle is known for directing on season 1 of the 2021 BBC One hit drama "Vigil", starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie. "Vigil" was the most watched new drama in the UK in three years and won the International Emmy for Drama Series in 2022. The show was also nominated for a BAFTA in the Drama Series category in 2022. Isabelle was nominated in the Director Fiction category at the 2022 BAFTA Scotland Awards for her work on "Vigil".
Isabelle directed 2 episodes of season 1 of the Amazon Prime series "The Devil's Hour", starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine, which launched on Halloween 2022 to rave reviews. The series was picked up for two more seasons off the back of its success.
Isabelle is directing the 3 final episodes of the Disney+ epic fantasy series "Nautilus", which will launch in 2023.
For her television debut, Isabelle was the lead director on the 26-episode drama "The Athena" for Sky in the UK and Amazon Prime in the US, with "Charlie's Angels" star Ella Balinska in the lead. Isabelle directed the pilot as well as episodes 2-6. The show was nominated for "Best Drama" at the BAFTA Children's Awards 2019, as well as "Best Children's Programme" at the Royal Television Society Awards 2020.
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Jacqueline Pepall is a British-Canadian writer and director for film and television. Her recent credits include the teen comedy Goldie's Oldies for Nickelodeon, the film White is for Virgins for HBO, and the short film Wishin' & Hopin' (BFI Flare, BAFTA long list). She was listed as one of TV's "Ones to Watch" by the Edinburgh TV Festival (2018/19).- Director
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Jacqueline Wright is known for Mute (2012), Turn Your Bloody Phone Off: The Second Batch (2013) and Stiffy (2005).- Producer
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Jane Gull is known for Love Without Walls (2023), My Feral Heart (2016) and The Haunted Hotel (2021).- Director
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Jennifer Corcoran is known for She Sings to the Stars (2015).- Director
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Jennifer's directorial debut feature 'Rose: A Love Story' starring Sophie Rundle and Matt Stokoe premiered at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival to positive reviews; including 4 stars from the Evening Standard. It was long listed for four BIFA's and nominated for the Raindance Discovery Award. It won Best Feature at the Barnes Film Festival 2021 and Jennifer was nominated for the New Visions Award, at the 2021 Sitges Film Festival.
Having grown up in South London, Jennifer developed her love for film at the BRIT school where she was introduced to Asian horror by her inspirational teacher, the late Dean Peckett. She worked her way into the industry using self taught editing skills and ultimately became a respected scripted comedy editor - credits include 'Cuckoo' and 'The League Of Gentlemen'.
Now a respected television and film director, her TV credits include 'The Snow Spider' (CBBC), 'Rules of the Game' (BBC) and both series of the award-winning and BAFTA nominated 'Extraordinary' for Disney+ & Hulu.
She's represented by Robert Taylor at The Artists Partnership for Television and features in the UK. Zac Frognowski at Brillstein in the US.- Actress
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Jessica Maria Gilhooley is a British + Colombian Actor. Drama school trained at the prestigious Drama Centre London otherwise known as 'trauma centre' in the industry due to its vigorous but successful training methods. Alumni include Helen McCrory, Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender and Anne-Marie Duff.
Since graduating Jessica has worked with award winning director Dominic Savage on the BAFTA winning Channel 4 'I am' series and has recently finished Filming Miramax's 'The Beekeper' directed by David Ayer (Fury/Suicide Squad) with Jason Statham & Jeremy Irons which will be released in January 2024.- Producer
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Jill Nicholls is known for Imagine (2003), Originals: The Allen Toussaint Touch (2006) and Folk America (2009).- Director
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Jo is an award-winning Writer, Director and Producer, whose films have played at BAFTA and BIFA qualifying international film festivals all over the world. Jo's documentary #sugarwater following the first ever performance of a deaf and disabled theatre company (Graeae) at the National Theatre in London, premiered at the St Louis International Film Festival (named as one of 25 key films) and was released recently by Film Volt on Amazon Prime, Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV and Samsung TV followed by a worldwide DVD release. Jo has worked on International Feature Length documentary co-productions for The Discovery Channel and her film production work includes films by Mike Leigh, Anthony Minghella, Ridley Scott and Andrea Arnold's Oscar winning short film WASP. Jo is a member of Cinesisters London and Directors UK.- Director
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Jo is an award-winning Irish director across Film and TV, based in England. Having directed numerous and critically acclaimed short films, through Directors UK she undertook shadow directing mentorships on the hit shows Killing Eve for the BBC (under Jon East), and Trigger Point for ITV (under Jennie Darnell) - on which she performed 2nd unit directing services. Most recently Jo completed two blocks (6 episodes in total) on the long running BBC Series Doctors - the first block of which was performed under very strict covid protocols. She is now in post-production on her latest short film Echo, which features experimental scenes shot underwater with Production Partner Pinewood Studios. As a very collaborative director, she has also developed a production slate of her own (under the banner Aston Productions, through which she has also produced much of her previous short form work) which includes a co-production agreement with StoryFirst for an 8 part TV series. Her original concept Old has been optioned by Troy TV and her feature film Loyalty won the Jets initiative for best UK territory film - it is now being put through the BFI process with interest from various sales and distribution agents.
Jo is part of the 2022 / 3 cohort of Female Founders run by Creative UK, as well as a voting member of BAFTA. As a natural collaborator, Jo has several interesting co-productions in development. Her passion for human led, emotionally driven stories lay the foundations of her work - story is key.
"I grew up watching Star Wars, reading mythology, loving film and wanting to live in the worlds created on screen. As a director I am not afraid to inspire, motivate or challenge. My passion for visual storytelling is paramount. There is nothing more exciting than uncovering what makes the characters tick and creating the palette on which to tell the story on."- Director
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Johanna Schwartz is known for They Will Have to Kill Us First (2015), Mysterious Science: Rebuilding Stonehenge (2005) and Katie Chats (2011).- Writer
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Kate Cheeseman is a highly experienced BAFTA and RTS Award Winning Director, having won multiple prizes for both her television and film directing including Best Short Awards at many Oscar and BAFTA recognised festivals. She combines a sound sense of script development with a creative and imaginative approach to realising stories on screen. Her experience working with actors creates a secure and inventive environment on set, combined with her ability to understand the technical aspects of film making. She has directed period drama, thrillers, procedural and action based series, as well as comedy to rave reviews and pick of the day articles.
Her most recent credits include Mallorca Files for Amazon Prime, lead director on the much anticipated series 6 premier of Outlander for Lionsgate receiving rave reviews, Doc Martin for ITV receiving multiple rave reviews and the BAFTA winning show, Call the Midwife. Her short What Happened to Evie won prizes around the world and recently screened on Dutch Television at Christmas, as part of the United Nation Women's campaign, Orange the World.
Kate began her career at the BBC working on a David Attenborough series before moving into investigative journalism helping win a multi-million award for a victim of medical negligence. After producing and directing in factual, she started directing fiction, winning awards for a series about the WW1 poets and working with future stars Tom Hollander, Alex Jennings and Sam West. She now works in high-end television and is attached to direct a number of feature films.
A film that tests our perceptions and leaves us questioning our own prejudices ..." Red Carpet Crash "It's really remarkable what this film is able to achieve in its brief 10-minute run time. It tells a successful mystery, hooking the viewer right up until the credits roll, but that never detracts from the emotional significance of a story like this." Dan Barnes BRWC "At just over ten minutes long, this is a tightly, expertly scripted and executed drama that will leave you wanting to see more." Vulture Hound " ... a short film that tests our perceptions and leaves us questioning our own prejudices and assumptive nature." Red Carpet Crash "A sharp and provocative mystery." Freelance writer, critic and film historian, Pamela Hutchinson (BFI)- Actress
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Kate Hardie was born on 26 April 1968 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for National Treasure (2016), Mona Lisa (1986) and Screenplay (1986). She was previously married to Rankin.- Director
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Kate Herron is a Writer-Director working in film, television and comic books.
She served as Executive Producer and directed the entirety of Marvel Studios "Loki", starring Tom Hiddleston with Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku and Jonathan Majors. The show received international acclaim on it's launch on Disney Plus and was confirmed by Marvel after it's launch as their most-watched show on the platform. Kate was recognized in Variety's 2021 "Top of Their Game" Television Producers Impact Report for her work on the show.
Kevin Feige said of Kate's contribution and bringing together the idea of a Loki time-travel show, "The real answer is, the inspiration was Kate. We knew we wanted to do a Tom Hiddleston-Loki series. We knew we wanted to have time travel elements. Our producer, Stephen Broussard, and our other producer, Kevin Wright, and I were always fans of this Time Variance Authority organization from the comics for years and years. We've loved the idea of it. But just didn't know exactly what to do with it before Kevin and Stephen had the idea of putting it as a major part of this show. But it's really Kate's meetings with us and her pitch that brought in all those references and allowed us to look at this as in a slightly different genre than we were anticipating. So, that's my answer; is our inspiration was Kate and her pitch for this job."
Previously Kate directed the first season of Netflix Original, "Sex Education", created by Laurie Nunn and produced by Eleven Film. The show stars Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey and Gillian Anderson. She directed the second half of the show which launched on Netflix on January 11th 2019, to 190 countries. It was described as, "A standout teen comedy" by Rolling Stone, "Snort out loud funny" by Financial Times and "Horny and Heartfelt" by Entertainment Weekly. It's first season received a 91% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 81 on Meta Critic.
Before "Sex Education", Kate directed every episode of "Five by Five" for BBC/Green Door Pictures, starring & exec-produced by Idris Elba. The show was a Sunday Times Critics Pick of the Week and is on Amazon Prime. This was her first directing job in television.
Before working in television, Kate cut her teeth on the independent film circuit making a number of comedy short films. Her work was featured by Vimeo Staff Picks, Comedy Central and the British Film Institute did a Retrospective of her shorts in 2016 as part of Underwire Film Festival. Paul Feig described her film "Smear" which starred Loki's Sophia Di Martino, as "Very funny"
Her shorts also had her featured as a Forbes 30 Under 30, a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, Broadcast Hot Shot and on the BBC Hot New Talent List. She was described as "A huge comedy voice in the years to come" by Sky Comedy.- Director
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Kate Jessop is an award winning animation filmmaker whose work spans across animated shorts, promos and artist's film and video. She has exhibited extensively internationally being selected for numerous national and international festivals and touring programmes such as Raindance; The Best of Birds Eye View; Stuttgart and Tricky Women. Her first film 'Desires' was a Virgin Media Shorts Finalist, represented the UK in The Best of Women in Film and Television and is distributed through Shorts International. She is the founder of Animation Girl Band and is the creator of comedy web series 'Tales From Pussy Willow'.- Director
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Kate Lane is a director and producer based in the UK. She started making short films at just 14 winning multiple awards. Her feature film debut Fear of Water (2015) was screened at over 8 international film festivals and secured world wide distribution. Her films have been screened in cinema's in Belgium and the UK, cable TV in the U.S and the UK as well as multiple online platforms. She is now in development with her second feature.- Writer
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Writer/director of multiple shorts, plays, music videos and two feature films, 'The Boys' (85min), funded by the Greek Film Centre and premiered at Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and the indie 'Marriage'(101 min) which was shown at many festivals around the world and has gathered multiple awards. Her latest short 'Fire Ants', made entirely in lock-down, premiered at the Oscar and Bafta qualifying Rhode Island International film festival and is currently on the festival circuit.
Kat's play-film Cockroach Waltz, was shown at Greenwich Playhouse and her latest multimedia play 'The Libertines' was produced by and shown at the Marlowe Theatre, currently being developed as an immersive experience with the Arts Council. Her TV series "bOLD' - an 8 episode comedy/drama is being developed with Bafta-winning Bryncoed with Joanna Lumley, Simon Callow, Hugh Quarshie, Tim Bentinck and Jane Asher attached to star. Her screenplay 'The secret Mind of Indy Carter' was long-listed at BBC Writers Room in 2018 and is in development with Iris Productions and Inventome.
Kat is passionate about creating stories that are thought-provoking, multi-layered, yet enjoyable and accessible. She often uses allegory to reflect on current events, and whether it is drama or comedy, her language is distinctive and unapologetic. She has studied Journalism and Psychology at Northeastern University and Film in Denmark and New York. She's been awarded scholarships from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Greek Film Centre, bursaries from NYFA and ARHB and has a Masters of Arts in Drama from UKC.
She is the founder and co-director of Inventome Films, a company specializing in production with in-house post facilities & VFX, taking on projects from narrative to theatre, AR, VR, design, development and R&D. Brands Inventome have worked with and for include: New Line Cinema, BBC, Sony, Apple, The Foundry, RED, Activision, Warner Bros, Rank, Adobe, Virgin, GFC.- Producer
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Katharine Round's "tender and evocative" films are characterised by intimacy, warmth and insight into the human condition. In 2016, she directed and produced the critically-acclaimed "The Divide", called "fierce and unsettling" (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian), "jaw-dropping" (Evening Standard), "timely, emotionally-shattering, formidable" (Picturehouse Cinemas), and "brilliantly-shot, insightful" (British Blacklist) the film had a successful theatrical release across the UK, followed by a US/UK release on Netflix. In 2017, she produced "London Symphony", nominated for the Michael Powell Award at Edinburgh International Film Festival before a successful UK theatrical release including 3 special event performances with a live orchestra supported by Arts Council England, and a release on BFI Player. She has also made films for the BBC, Channel 4 & Discovery, has had work exhibited at leading international film festivals (including Sheffield Doc/Fest, IDFA & Cork Film Festival) and in galleries (the Serpentine, the Barbican Centre).- Director
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Katie Bonham is an award-winning writer and director with an extensive back catalogue of work across short film and theatre. Her work is recognised for its poignant style and original vision in exploring social commentaries within the concepts of folklore, fantasy and horror. Growing up in a small seaside town in Kent, Katie draws inspiration from her hometown and experiences of spiritualism and Tarot.
Katie's narrative short films have screened at events and festivals across the world, including four sold out world premieres at the prestigious horror film festival, Frightfest in Leicester Square, London.
Her magical realism short film, Mab, won the audience award for Best Short Film at Abertoir Horror Film Festival, and was nominated for the Melies D'Or by the European Fantastic Film Federation at Sitges International Film Festival. Katie was also a finalist for the 'Shortcuts to Hell' short film competition, a collection of short horror films now streaming on iTunes. Her work is also on Bloody Disgusting's 'Bloody Bites TV'.
Katie was commissioned by BBC Arts for their 'New Creatives' scheme, writing and directing surrealist short, Selfie Stick, which has broadcasted numerous times on BBC4, as part of their 'Female Filmmakers' features, and is also available on iPlayer.
Katie is a member of DirectorsUK, female directing collective Cinesisters, and as of 2022 joined the board of advisors for Frightfest Horror Film Festival. Katie also directs theatre, with her last show, a modern female-led version of Romeo and Juliet set within the cut-throat world of fashion design, performing at Putney Theatre in London.- Director
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Kyla's critically acclaimed drama 'Undocument' (receiving 4 star reviews from Total Film & Time Out + nominations for two BIFAs, for Best Debut Director & Most Promising Newcomer) was released in UK cinemas in March 2020, by Studio Soho distribution. Her internationally successful short 'Mercury' (winning 7 awards + 9 more nominations) is now being developed into her next feature: 'The Cockatoo Inn'. She has a background in video art and has directed promos for clients including Armani, DKNY and Atlantic Records. She also works as a script supervisor on TV shows for companies including HBO, BBC and Sky. Kyla is a graduate from The London Film School. She received an MA with Distinction for her short 'The Interpreter', which was long-listed for a BAFTA and awarded Best Student Short & a Special Mention for Best Woman Director at the London Short Film Festival, 2015. Kyla has been awarded the 2020 John Brabourne Award to support the development of her projects.- Writer
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Laura Evers Johns is known for By Hook (2011) and Alice in the City (2007).- Director
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Laura Hypponen is known for Charlie (2016), Ten Faces of Anna (2013) and Live East Die Young (2012).- Director
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Laurel was born and raised in San Diego, California. At the age of eight she began dramatic training and eventually became a member of the San Diego Old Globe Theatre, where she worked with such well-known actors as Marsha Mason and M.A.S.H.'s David Ogden-Stiers. She was also a member of New Image Teen Theatre, directed by Sister Act's Kathy Najimy. The troupe wrote and performed shows for various San Diego high schools and for PBS viewers nationwide.
Laurel attended high school at San Diego's School of Creative and Performing Arts, which allowed her to study music, art, and drama concurrently. Afterwards, Laurel attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and then California State University, Los Angeles, where she graduated with honors in Broadcast Communication and a minor in Political Science. Laurel then attended graduate school in Chicago, earning an MFA in film with an emphasis on directing from Columbia College.
After graduate school, Laurel moved back to Los Angeles where she began working for Disney and then moved to MGM studios. During this time, Laurel produced and directed several featurettes for many high-profile DVD releases, a documentary of an American band touring Germany, several music videos, and a number of spoof commercials for Bee Movie Films. One of these commercials, Fred Mertz Jeans, was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Recently, Laurel has finished producing and directing the latest ad campaign for Xero accounting software and she is finishing work on her latest comedy short film. Laurel works as a free-lance producer and director both in LA and London, where she now resides.