Vanessa is a former dancer/choreographer turned award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director based in London. She draws from her working class and queer identities to create genre and gender-bending stories about unlikely heroes and magical misfits. She has written multiple short films that have been BAFTA shortlisted, screened at many Osca... Read More

Vanessa is a former dancer/choreographer turned award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director based in London. She draws from her working class and queer identities to create genre and gender-bending stories about unlikely heroes and magical misfits. She has written multiple short films that have been BAFTA shortlisted, screened at many Oscar qualifying festivals including the London Film Festival, and have won jury awards from SXSW, TIFF, 225 Film Club, and the Austin Film Festival. More recently she has directed films that have screened at and won awards at several BAFTA/BIFA qualifying international festivals including Aesthetica, London Breeze, Sunderland, and Manchester Film Festivals. She was a Louis Malle scholar at NFTS, was a Film London Lodestar finalist last year, and is a current BAFTA Connect member. Read Less