I am a writer & director whose work focuses on worlds where the strange and the ordinary meld, where trauma comes to the surface and where characters fight against themselves. It is informed by my experiences as a bisexual woman and from growing up in a working class neighbourhood in the East Midlands UK.
I want to make work that emboldens audiences to interrogate oppressive forces from both within and without. To create characters who make positive change for their communities with courageous, co-operative action. To examine perspectives from people who live on the line of conventional categories: working/middle class, spiritual/secular, heterosexual/gay, north/south.
After three years of working in art departments on productions by BBC, ITV, Kudos, Sky and Warp, I took an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Central School of Speech and Drama. My graduating script was a quarterfinalist for the WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab 2023 and for Filmmatic’s Inroads Fellowship 2023. My short film Elektra Reclaimed is currently in production.
Projects
- 'Elektra Reclaimed' short film (in production)An out of work scuba diver must convince a burnt out recruiter to hire her for the dangerous job. Writer, Director & Producer - Holly Holdsworth Co-Producer - Nicola Cowper ’Avery’ - Phoebe Cresswell ’Indiana’ & Sound Designer - Maya Yenn ’Podcaster’ - Kyle Ewing Director of Photography & Editor - James Langley 1st Assistant Director - Josh Pickup Production Designer - Naomi Henderson Gaffer - George Bleek 1st Assistant Camera - Thomas Fitter Sound Recordist - George Fisher Audio Consultant - J
Work history
Producing Co-ordinatorQueen’s Theatre Hornchurch
London, United KingdomPart Time
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Standyby Art Director/Art Department Co-ordinator/AssistantVarious
United KingdomFreelance
Art Department roles in UK Film & TV Productions
Best of Three (Short Film) 2022 - Standby Art Director
Curfew (Tiger Aspect) 2018 - Co-ordinator
Hatton Garden (ITV Drama) 2017 - Assistant
Gunpowder (BBC/Kudos) 2016 - Assistant
Ghost Stories (Warp Films) 2016 - Assistant
Class Dimissed (CBBC) 2016 - Assistant
Skills
- Screenwriting
- Directing
- Producing
- Project Management
- Talent Development
- Events Programming
- Dramaturgy
- Drama Teaching
Education
MFA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast MediaThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- London, United Kingdom
Awards
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Quarterfinalist for Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards (Season 8) for 'Singularity'Filmmatic Screenplay Awards
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Quarterfinalist for WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab (2023) for 'Erased Midlander'WeScreenplay
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