I’m a writer and an alchemist and a weaver of stories…
in a variety of mediums. I’m driven to create women-driven stories that deal with emotional, spiritual, sensual exploration and growth. My career began at BBC Panorama, as a researcher and trainee while attending the BBC sponsored four year Bachelor of Broadcasting. Immediately after, I moved to New York and worked for documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, during which time my first script Zoot Chicks was optioned and developed with Capitol Films in London. I went on to co-write Wasps in Bed for Off Broadway in New York, and The Last Act of Lilka Kadison with the Looking Glass Theater in Chicago and Los Angeles.
I was subsequently hired by Phoenix Pictures in Los Angeles to adapt the British bestseller Where Have All The Boys Gone, and I also co-wrote the script Paparazzi with Emily Ziff, which was developed with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
After receiving my Masters in Spiritual Psychology, the way I shared stories morphed, and I became an Alchemist in addition to Writer. After several years studying shamanic healing, I was passed the rites by a Peruvian Shamanic Elder to share the magic of The Seven Sisters (A star cluster aka the Pleiades.) As a result, I created The Celestial Journey, an online digital adventure with the stars involving guided meditation, ritual and journal writing. I was subsequently invited to be guest Alchemist at America’s top mindfulness resorts, Miraval International & the Ojai Valley Inn, sharing The Celestial Journey, and the importance of ritual and storytelling as a way to rediscover the magic in our own lives.
In terms of my ultimate aim as a writer, I am focused on writing stories that are centred on strong female characters, specifically those that inspire audiences to rediscover their own internal magic. I aim to create films and stories, not as escapism from a difficult world, but as a way to remind us that so much more is possible in our lives when we dare to take risks, try new things and reconnect to our deeper and deepest dreams.
Looking at the still remarkably low number of films written by women, as detailed in the BFI’s annual Statistical Year Book, I am saddened at the disparity that remains for women’s creative voices and what that means for the stories that we tell as a society. It is my intention to become a leading screenwriter, not simply to share my own stories, but to help shift the landscape and create stories for the ‘upliftment’ of all. Ultimately, I hope to help and encourage more female writers to bring their unique stories to life.
I am endlessly grateful to this Masters program for the structure, creative guidance and community that has enabled me to grow as a writer and creative individual; particularly during a time where society is so desperate for entertainment, creative inspiration and stories that ultimately give us a sense of hope.
THREE SISTERS: (A Modern Epistolary)
For my showcase short-film, prompted by my experiences in Bath, attending the Jane Austen festival last year, where the streets were filled with costumed Jane Austen fans from all over the world, I started to think about ways of connecting her work to a different and potentially younger audience.
Further research on her earlier career, I discovered she had used the epistolary form, where letters between friends are used to tell a complete story. As such, I took her short novel, The Three Sisters, written in epistolary form, and chose to adapt and conceive it, somewhat spoof-like, in the modern day, where stage coaches delivering handwritten letters have been replaced by text messages and emojis and memes.
And so, THREE SISTERS: (A Modern Epistolary) was born. My intent is that it can be shared via various platforms of social media, and accessed easily across a wide demographic and inspire others to explore other modern ways of storytelling.
