ABOUT ME
Cinema as an art form has been developing as my key mode of communication steadily but incrementally since 1993. Not the year I was born but when I was awakened to the constructed reality that is a movie set.
'Jurassic Park' was the ember that floated down into the dry grass of my mind and I've been living a fiery life scored by John Williams ever since. Although life with its strange way of moulding us into the people we need to be made it so I did not make my first "real" short film until 2014. In that period I wrote poetry, songs, essays, novels, had both a semi pro aggressive inline career, an amateur football career (soccer for the across the pond dwellers) whilst working in virtually every sector of the employment industry.
Movies have been my life's work: every interaction a potential scene; every utterance the next great line of dialogue. Studying music, philosophy, art, physiology, history, cultures, languages, literature, psychology, nature, food, mixology, war, photography, performance, politics and so much more then seeing how all of them weave, interact and affect each other means my work covers ground in such speed and breadth, that often it is beyond being categorised, requiring saintly patience with my.career progression and likely the source of the difficulty agents have had with me.
However, every lesson and experience always brings me back to the work. Whether that's directing a short film, writing a feature screenplay or working in the theatre, I've realised that every aspect of me is what contributes to my particular voice, a voice that over time I've become unapologetically more comfortable with people hearing.
Development
Arthur & Clara Writer/Director (Feature)
Candid Broads Productions/Big Deal Films
Blightywood Creator/Writer (TV Series)
The Liaison Writer (Feature)
Amos Writer (Feature)
Productions
Savannah Director (Theatre)
Union Theatre
Hollyoaks E6031 Shadow Director (TV)
Will Herbert, Director
Channel 4
The Perfect Knight Script Editor (Short Film)
Stephané Alexandre, Writer/Director
Lait de Miel Films
Official Selection BBC Comedy Festival 2023
Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2023
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection St John's International Women's Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Zózima Bulbul Black Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Detroit Black Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Montreal International Black Film Festival 2023
Official Selection S.O.U.L Fest 2023
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Afrikana Independent Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Greenwood Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Essence Film Festival 2023
Official Selection Cartagena International Film Festival 2023
Uncle Vanya Director (Theatre)
Old Red Lion Theatre
Casualty S36 E44 Shadow Director (TV)
Piotr Szkopiak, Director
BBC
Casualty S36 E41 Shadow Director (TV)
Duncan Foster, Director
BBC
Eastenders Shadow Director (TV)
Ian Barnes, Director
BBC
Poles Writer/Director (Short Film)
Candid Broads Productions
Official Selection Manchester International Film Festival 2023
(BIFA Qualifying)
Official Selection Kingston International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2022
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Director
-Nominated for Best Actress
- Nominated for Best Sound
- Nominated for Best Soundtrack
Official Selection Underwire Film Festival 2022*
- Nominated for Best Sound
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Paris International Short Festival 2021
- WINNER Best Cinematography
Official Selection Oniros Film Awards 2021
- Nominated for Best Short Film
- WINNER Grand Jury Award Best Actress
- Honourable Mention: Best Director
I Am Mary Script Editor (Short Film)
Sheila Nortley, Director
Four8
I Am Pilate Writer (Short Film)
Femi Oyeniran, Director
Four8
Official Selection Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival 2020
Screen Nation Digital Media Awards 2020
- Special Mention: Distinction in Production
Official Selection S.O.U.L Fest 2020*
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020 - Semi-Finalist
Official Selection Bolton International Film Festival 2020*
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Norwich Film Festival 2020*
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Birmingham Film Festival 2020
- Nominated for Best Online Film
Official Selection Coronado Island Film Festival 2020
Official Selection British Urban Film Festival 2020*
(BAFTA Qualifying)
Official Selection Disappear Here Film Festival 2020
Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival 2020*
(Oscar Qualifying)
Doctors S21 E109 Shadow Director (TV)
Steve Kelly, Director
BBC
Call It a Day Director (Web Series)
Candid Broads Productions
Official Selection UK Offline Webfest 2020
- Nominated for Best Web Series
Official Selection Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival 2020
Official Selection Pilot Light TV Festival 2020
- Nominated for Best Web Series
Official Selection Oniros Film Awards 2020
- WINNER for Best Web Series
- WINNER Grand Jury Award Best Actress
- Nominated for Best Series Pilot
- Nominated for Best Actress
Official Selection New York Movie Awards 2020
- Honourable Mention: Best Web/TV Series
- Honourable Mention: Best Original Song
Official Selection Santa Monica Web Fest 2020
- Nominated for Best Drama Series
Official Selection Seoul Web Fest 2020
- Nominated Best Dramedy
- Nominated Best Screenplay
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Web Series
- Nominated for Best Actress
-Nominated for Best Actress
- Nominated for Best Director
Official Selection Brighton Rocks Film Festival 2020
-Nominated for Best Comedy
Official Selection The Web Series Filmmaker Showcase 2020
Official Selection New Jersey Web Fest 2021
- Nominated for Outstanding Dramedy
- Nominated for Best Actress in a Drama
Official Selection Topaz Film Festival 2020
Official Selection LA Women in Film Festival 2020
Official Selection Bilbao Series Land 2020
- Nominated for Best Dramedy
- Nominated for Best Ensemble Cast
Official Selection BNM Web Fest 2020
- WINNER for Best Dramedy
Official Selection Rio Web Fest 2020
- Nominated for Incentive to International Digital Production
Official Selection Festival Angaelica 2020
Official Selection London Lift-Off Film Festival 2020
Official Selection New York Lift-Off Festival 2020
In Utero Co-Writer/Director (Short Film)
FITA Films
MK Film Network 48hr Film Challenge
Ovulate Director (Short Film)
ItsOriane Ltd
Sorted It Director (Short Film)
ItsOriane Ltd
She’s Just a Girl and So Am I Writer/Director (Short Film)
FITA Films
Official Selection Madrid Indie Film Festival 2019
- Nominated for Best Featurette
Official Selection Oniros Film Awards 2019
- WINNER for Best Silent Film
Say Your Name Writer/Director (Short Film)
ItsOriane Ltd
Official Selection Oniros Film Awards 2019
- Nominated for Best Short Film
- Nominated for Best Actress
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2019
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Director
- Nominated for Best Actress
The People's Short Film Festival 2019 - Semi-Finalist
Official Selection Dumbo Film Festival 2020
- Nominated Best Short Narrative
Those of Us Writer/Director (Short Film)
Urban Crane Films
Official Selection VOB Film Festival 2019
Official Selection Under The Stars International Film Festival 2019
Official Selection East Coast Film Festival 2019
- Nominated for Best Short
Official Selection International Short Film Festival Pune 2019
Official Selection Bute Street Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
- WINNER Best Film
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2020
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Screenplay
Soft Hands Writer (Short Film)
DJK Films
Official Selection West Europe International Film Festival 2019
- Nominated for LGBTQ Award
- Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
LA Cinefest 2019 - Semi-Finalist
Official Selection Rainbow Umbrella Film Festival 2020
Official Selection North Europe International Film Festival 2020
- WINNER for Best Leading Actor in a Short Film
- Nominated for LGBTQ Award
- Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
Official Selection South Europe International Film Festival 2020
- Nominated for LGBTQ Award
- Nominated for Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film
- WINNER for Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
- Nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Short Film
Just Saying… Co-Writer/Director - 3 Episodes (Web Series)
ItsOriane Ltd
LA Cinefest 2019 - Semi-Finalist
Official Selection Unrestricted View Film Festival 2019
(BIFA Qualifying)
- Nominated for Best Web Series
Finesse (Refix) - Lucien Moon Director (Music Video)
Urban Crane Films
See You When Winter’s Over - Ione Director (Music Video)
Urban Crane Films
I Love You - Kam Singh Director (Music Video)
Urban Crane Films
Recollections: August, 1957 Writer/Director (Music Video)
FITA Films
The Wife Writer/Director (Short Film)
Filmbourne/Ozone Productions
…and counting Writer/Director (Short Film)
Filmbourne
The Pale Cast of Thought Writer/Director (Short Film)
Filmbourne
William Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis Writer (Short Film)
Lui Films
Cannes Film Festival 2015 - Courts Métrages
Free in the Afternoon Writer/Director (Short Film)
XXI Productions
Cannes Film Festival 2015 - Courts Métrages