PROJECTS

“An actor's director!” - Rita Tushingham

I come from a courageous line of working class women, with a strong work ethic. My mum juggled jobs and a limited budget, she would sometimes go without so my siblings and I could eat. I know how to graft, I learnt from the best.

I love people, mostly I am interested in the human condition. It's not easy to be here. All of us will face circumstances in life that require us to face it with strength and courage that we are not really sure we have. Some will commit crimes and extreme acts, some will just try to get by day-to-day. All of us will be idiots.

I always knew I had to tell stories. I made my first film at 19. A two minute western, on a camcorder from the lost and found. Edited in-house (a.k.a in camera), as I didn't have access to anything else. I have told story in any way I could for as long as I can remember, as an actor , writer and a comedian, and again now as a filmmaker, with whatever resources are available to me. I didn't go to a traditional drama or film school but I have learnt and grown thanks to some gracious and generous teachers along the way. Thanks to their belief and my own hard work, I continue.