Leyla Pope has an Iranian mother and English father. She grew up in Tehran, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, before moving to London at the age of 10. Her latest short film Love Struck was recently…
Phil Hawkins is the two-time winner of Best Feature Director at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival. His feature, The Butterfly Tattoo (based on a novel by Philip Pullman, author of The Golden…
Young British-Nigerian actor John Boyega was a complete unknown when director Joe Cornish cast him in his urban sci-fi Attack the Block. His role as unlikely hero Moses, who helps save the world from alien…
A familiar face on the small screen, thanks to roles in the likes of Shameless, Eastenders and The Royal, Chris Coghill makes his feature screenwriting debut with party promotion comedy Weekender.…
Lee Sales has spent the last 12 years living in East London. After school he attended art college and went in to graphic design before travelling around India for a couple of years. He recently…
Tristan spent a number of years working as an Assistant Director before moving into development on a number of UK Film Council new talent schemes. In 2008 Tristan joined the production company The Bureau as…
Jamie was Head of Development at Really Useful Films before becoming a full-time writer. His Northern Ireland-set screenplay Bogland won the Grand Prize in the American Screenwriters Association / Gotham Writers’ Workshop International Screenwriting Competition 2009. He has also adapted Michael Morpurgo’s children’s…
Born and raised in Glasgow, Bryan O’Neil has long been passionate about film-making and began writing scripts in 2004. Inspired equally by his love of graphic novels and indie cinema, Booked Out was the perfect…
Tony was born and raised in South London and, after acting for the big and small screen has turned his attention to producing; his short film Three was nominated for best comedy at the Portobello…
London born Katherine was lucky enough to have her professional debut in the West End production of The Woman in Black before extending her work into the realm of film and television. She has tackled a very…
