About
I'm an award-winning Writer/Director based in London. I'm passionate about making comedic, female-led films packed with personality and heart.
My films have been screened in at BAFTA & Academy-quaifying festivals worldwide. I have been offered a place on this year's BAFTA CREW Film & TV Programme & I was recently shortlisted in the Final 15 for Zealous' EMERGE FILM PRIZE.
In 2014, I filmed my directorial debut BRACE YOURSELF. A sweet 2 minute romantic comedy about a 24-year-old girl getting braces put on. It screened in competition at the Oscar-qualifying St. Louis International Film Festival & the BAFTA-qualifying London Short Film Festival.
17 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU was made for the Reed Short Film Competition in 2015 & was selected as a Finalist in the Top 12 (from over 550 entries). It went on to screen in competition at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in LA.
THEATRELAND was filmed in a beautiful theatre in the heart of London’s West End. It centres around an aspiring actor who invites us to share a glimpse of her life working as an usher. The film premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Cinequest Film & VR Festival in San Jose in 2017. It went on to screen at multiple festivals worldwide including the Oscar-qualifying Athens International FIlm + Video Festival (Ohio) & the BAFTA-qualifying Underwire Film Festival.
My latest short, SPACE GIRLS, was shot in the summer of 2017. During a sleepover, four space obsessed 9-year-old girls embark on a secret mission in their cardboard rocket. We premiered at Oxford Film Festival (Mississippi) this February & went on to screen at the Oscar-qualifying Cinequest Film & VR Festival where the film was selected in the Top 10 ‘Best of Shorts’. We have screened at a number of other festivals including Athens (Ohio), Twister Alley (Oklahoma), Julien Dubuque (Iowa), Maryland International & Gasparilla (Florida). At our UK Premiere we won 'Best Drama' & the 'Audience Favourite' Awards at Sunderland Shorts Film Festival. We have just been offered early acceptance at the Oscar & BAFTA-qualifying Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival this August.
I am currently writing & developing my debut feature script.
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Writer/Director/Producer