Janet Marrett is founder of Mediathirsty (mediathirsty.co.uk), member of Directors UK and BAFTA Connect; an award-winning writer director of independent films.

She completed HETV Script Editor training at NFTS Cymru Wales, covering Script Editing for both development and production. Proofing and issuing amends using Final Draft, writing and collating script notes and creating script reports, working with writers and production companies.

In 2023, she completed BFI NETWORK funded short RETURNED; Psychologist Zoe yearns for re-connection. Starring Michelle Greenidge (KAOS, Doctor Who, It’s A Sin, I May Destroy You, Small Axe), Max Fincham & Jeffery Kissoon. The feature treatment for RETURNED was selected for development by Torino Film Lab.

Her first three indie shorts, KINDRED, CLEARING & ASUNDER screened internationally, winning several awards, including Best Director for ASUNDER at We Make Movies International in Los Angeles in 2022, also thrice Best Short Film, twice Best International Short Film, four Best Actor, a Platinum & 2 Gold REMI’s.

She’s had amazing HETV apprenticeships on Slow Horses (See-Saw Films), Boarders (Studio Lambert) and War of the Worlds (Urban Myth Films).

In 2022, Mediathirsty facilitated a screenwriting lab supported by the British Council, for emerging underrepresented screenwriters. As a judge for the lab, she read and assessed script submissions.

In her history of developing screenplays, Janet has:

- Completed a HETV Development & Production Script Editor course at NFTS

- Produced industry-standard script reports

- Workshopped materials through development labs, including those hosted by – Torino Film Lab, NFTS, Sundance Collab, Channel 4, BBC, BFI NETWORK, BAFTA, Film London & B3Media.

- Produced award winning, internationally selected short films

- Successfully pitched for BFI NETWORK funding

- 15 years+ copy editing experience

- Curated an internationally collaborative screenwriting workshop between the UK and Ghana, supported by The British Council.

- Been nominated for screenwriting awards (Women X, UK & WMM Int’l, Los Angeles)

- Programmed and judged submissions for film festivals (Mill Valley, Los Angeles & World Cinema Film Festival, UK)

1. Script Editor

   Mediathirsty · Nov 2024 - Present

   Offering development and production Script Editor skills, as well as script coverage services as a Script Reader.

2. Screenwriter Director

   Mediathirsty Productions · Oct 2008 - Present

1. High-end TV scripted production paperwork

   ScreenSkills Learning · Apr 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. ScreenSkills Training Passport

   ScreenSkills Learning Series · Sept 2024 - Sept 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

3. Work well series

   ScreenSkills Learning Series · Sept 2024 - Aug 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

4. Work well series

   ScreenSkills Learning Series · Aug 2023 - Aug 2025

   ScreenSkills Funded

5. Short Course HETV Script Editor training

   NFTS Cymru Wales · Nov 2024 - Dec 2024

   A 5 day in-person course lead by Maria Odufuye, providing tools and skills that are needed to be an effective script editor in HETV within both a development and production team.

6. Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

   ScreenSkills Learning · Sept 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

7. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

   ScreenSkills Learning · Sept 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

8. Trainee Finder 2025/26 launch webinar

   ScreenSkills · Oct 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

9. High-end TV script editor training Wales

   NFTS Cymru Wales · Dec 2024

   ScreenSkills Funded

10. Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

    ScreenSkills Test · Aug 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

11. Introduction to mental health awareness at work

    ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

12. Tackling harassment and bullying at work

    ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

13. Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

    ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

14. Diversity, equity and inclusion for the screen industries

    ScreenSkills Learning · Aug 2023

    ScreenSkills Funded

15. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Jun 2021

    ScreenSkills Funded

16. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Dec 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

• The Mark Milsome Foundation - Film and TV Online Safety Passport Course

  Production Safety Passport · ProTrainings Europe Ltd
  Issued 19 May 2025 · Expires 19 May 2030

• High-end TV scripted production paperwork

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 28 Apr 2025

• ScreenSkills Training Passport

  ScreenSkills Learning Series
  Issued 10 Sept 2024 · Expires 10 Sept 2025

• Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 10 Sept 2024

• Work well series

  ScreenSkills Learning Series
  Issued 10 Sept 2024 · Expires 4 Aug 2025

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 10 Sept 2024

• Work well series

  ScreenSkills Learning Series
  Issued 4 Aug 2023 · Expires 4 Aug 2025

• Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

  ScreenSkills Test
  Issued 4 Aug 2023 · Expires 4 Aug 2025

• Introduction to mental health awareness at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 4 Aug 2023

• Tackling harassment and bullying at work

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 4 Aug 2023

• Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 3 Aug 2023

• Diversity, equity and inclusion for the screen industries

  Screenskills Learning
  Issued 3 Aug 2023