A WAIT
Director, Screenplay, Short film, 2023
14-year old Beau arrives at her grandma's house by the lake to find her grandmother delayed and must fend for herself for the next 24 hours. A Wait is a film about teenage summers and those tiny but live-or-die moments that form us. Edited by Hoping Chen (Ilo, Ilo, Drift) , with a score by Arthur Jeffes (Penguin Cafe).
FESTIVAL RUN
Raindance Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Clapham International Film Festival (CIFF) - Monthly Screenings
Berkshire international Film Festival, MA (BIFF) - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Short. Sweet. Film Fest. - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Berlin British Shorts Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
THE MOUNTAIN
Director, Short Film, 2022
Matthew is tired of feeling down. He wants to get help, get milk, get back to normal. But his relentless inner voices are not going to make things easy. In fact, they’re going to make sure it’s an ice cold uphill struggle all the way.
A dramedy about mental health, commissioned by Sky and Sugar Films, featuring the voices of Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter, Trainspotting) and James Lance (Ted Lasso) and Vanessa Baffoe as herself. Nominated Best Comedy of 2023 at New Filmmakers LA.
FESTIVAL RUN:
HollyShorts Film Festival - **Monthly Screenings at TCL Chinese Theatre in LA
Tallgrass Film Festival - **NOMINATED BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Ignite Film Festival - **NOMINATED BEST DIRECTOR & BEST POST-PRODUCTION
Cambridge Film Festival - **NOMINATED CRYSTAL PUNT SHORTS AWARD
Overcome Film Festival - NOMINATED BEST FILM; WINNER BEST VOICE ACTOR & ACTRESS
Tees Valley International Film Festival- NOMINATED BEST DRAMA
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival - NOMINATED BEST COMEDY
Queen's World Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Norwich Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
London Rocks Film Festival - WINNER BEST VFX
East Europe International Film Festival- Warsaw Edition - NOMINATED BEST COMEDY; BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE; BEST EDITING IN A SHORT FILM
London Lift-Off Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
British Shorts Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Beeston Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Short. Sweet. Film Fest. - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Movies Plus Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Scotland International Festival of Cinema - NOMINATED BEST CINEMATOGRPAHY; BEST SHORT FILM
USA Film Festival - FINALIST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
The Romford Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Madness Film Festival, NYC - WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
LOCO London Comedy Film Festival - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Northhampton Film Festival - IN COMPETITION
Deep in the Heart Film Festival - WINNER BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT FILM AWARD
ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival - WINNER BEST SHORT FILM
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles - Monthly Screening Events in LA
Fragments Film Festival, London - IN COMPETITION
Centre Film Festival, PA - OFFICIAL SELECTION
1800-D-DIRECT
Director, Short Film, 2020
Matching the women of Manhattan with their perfect D… is the secret mission of these dishwasher telesales ladies of the 1960s. Mr Jenkins must not find out! Winner of an Best Director EDA Award from the AWFJ, 1-800-D-DIRECT is a riotous comedy with a feminist core spreading sexual revolution at Oscar- and Bafta-qualifying festivals worldwide.
Stills by Filippo Locatelli
**Official Selection - Tallgrass Film Festival 2021 : Winner - Best Director
Official Selection - Short. Sweet. Film Fest. 2022 : Winner - Best International FIlm
**Official Selection - Underwire Festival 2022 : Best Production Nominee
Official Selection - World Cinema Festival 2022 - ‘Make em Laugh’
**Official Selection - The Valley Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - Yonkers Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - Edmonton International Short Film Festival 2021 - OSCAR-qualifying
**Official Selection - Montana International Short Film Festival 2021
**Official Selection - Sydney Underground Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - Catfish Shorts Film Festival 2021
**Official Selection - Exit 6 Film Festival 2021
Official Selection - DC Shorts 2021
**Official Selection - Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2021 - BAFTA Cymru-qualifying
**Official Selection - Beeston Film Festival 2021 - Best Comedy ‘B’Oscar’ nom
**Official Selection - Another hole in the Head 2021
THE NOCEBO EFFECT
Director, Screenplay, Short Film, 2015
Starring KATHRYN WORTH and CHARLOTTE PYKE
Log: Polly arrives to find her mother Anne embroiled in a harebrained scenario that has not gone to plan. One suspects, not for the first time.
"BLACKER-THAN-A-MINESHAFT AT MIDNIGHT COMEDY"
BEST COMEDY NOMS: AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, SCREENTEST FESTIVAL
BEST SOUND NOM: CAMBRIDGE WATERSPRITE FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
EAST END FILM FESTIVAL
LEEDS CINAGE
LIVERPOOL LIFT-OFF
VIEWSTER ONLINE FESTIVAL
DEATH OF A PET,
Director, Screenplay, Short film, 2014
A couple try to protect their young son with unintentionally disastrous consequences.
Starring HATTIE LADBURY, CHRIS PORTER, SHOLA ADEWUSI & ANTON ERIKSSON
• NFTS Star of Tomorrow at BAFTA
• Best Comedy nom at London Short film festival; Best Writing nom at Underwire Festival
BLEACHERS
Director, Screenplay, Producer, 2020
Ingrid and Leticia are cleaners in Central London. Their clients tend to prefer eco-products, but our gals know it takes bleach to get the sh*t out from under these carpets.
Six-part comedy series shot in seven days, put together by and starring a diverse cast of fabulous actors and fantastic humans.
Watch it here: BLEACHERS SEASON ONE or VOD in your territory