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  Film, TV & Audio
     Current Projects

FIERCE BOOTS
Writer, Director & Producer of a documentary about the history of Male Impersonation.
Feature length version currently in Post Production.
Screenings of the short version at the Rio Cinema 23 October​.
Rio Cinema | Pink Palace: Fierce Boots + Intro and Q&A
Supported by the Camp Maisie Fund.

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MAYBE MOONBEAM (Silent Film)

Director. Co-writer & co-producer with Amii Griffith,  Shot entirely on location in Hackney, London.

Using film and digital processes to capture a story reflecting the 1920s and modern human condition.

Shown at the Rio Cinema in March 2024 and currently being entered for festivals. Successes so far:

Osaka Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION

New York Film & Actress Award OFFICIAL SELECTION

Modern Black & White Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION

Unrestricted View Film Festival (BIFA accredited)

NOMINATED FOR - Best Director, Best Costume Design, Best Editing and One to Watch 

Carmarthan Bay (BAFTA accredited) OFFICIAL SELECTION

Cannes Film Awards WINNER for Best Silent Film

Tokyo Indie Shorts WINNER for Best Experimental Film

Super Shorts Hackney OFFICIAL SELECTION

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STRANGE THE ROAD (Feature Film)

Writer & Producer. This film shot entirely in Hackney Wick and influenced by German Expressionistic cinema. Directed by James Warren and Mark Nutkins as DP.. Based on the hit stage play produced in London at The Hope Theatre. Currently in the last stages of post production. Premiere in London Summer 2026.

HACKNEY DISSENT (Documentary)

Director. Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Unrestricted View Film Festival London and Official Selection for the British Urban Film Festival 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFoRxMDTM60&t=2s

Filmed at Dr Johnson's House, off Fleet Street, following  SLAM poetry workshops by  TS Eliot Award prize winning  poet, Joelle Taylor. Featuring new work in response to dissenters from Mary Wollstonecraft to Gil Scott-Heron. 

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HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Audio)

​Writer & Director. Sound Design by Yvonne Gilbert. Created by 09 Lives remotely in lockdown with the OFFIE nominated cast of the Outside Theatre version. In support of the Abney Park Trust.

Available here https://www.mixcloud.com/09Lives/hound-of-the-baskervilles-audio/

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Writer & Director. Sound Design by Yvonne Gilbert. using the letters of the Bluestocking Elizabeth Montagu to tell her story in her own words. Created with Unity Arts in lockdown. Voice Artists Zara Kardashian Banks, Sarah J Warren and Priscilla Olympio.

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TO THY REST (Feature Film)

Assistant Director. ​When a Spiritual Medium is called to give a seance at a mysterious hotel in Finland, his sanity is tested as the veil between reality and dream is ripped apart.

An award winning film by Darren McStay for Polymath Productions. Currently on release in cinemas in Finland and available on streaming services. 

TO THY REST — Polymath House Productions

Film, TV & Audio 

In Development

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ADLER
A 10 part TV series about "The Woman" who bested Sherlock Holmes.
Optioned by Free At Last TV.
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ORANGES & ELEPHANTS

An eight part TV series telling the story of star crossed love between two Victorian girl gangs.

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Film, TV & Audio - Appearances

Nerd Stuff 

LIL WARREN is also a historian and an advocate for WC access to arts and culture and appears on Film, TV, Radio and panel discussions. Here are just a selection of her appearances.

Listed Londoner with Robert Elms

LIL WARREN was thrilled to be invited by Robert Elms onto the Listed Londoner podium.

Full programme here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06gqm61

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No Place Like Home for Channel 5

Talking about Marie Lloyd and Music Hall in the Matcham gem, Hackney Empire.

Trailer

https://twitter.com/i/status/1522631441661804552

Full Episode

https://www.channel5.com/show/jay-blades-no-place-like-home/season-1/jay-blades-no-place-like-home

Women's Hour with Jenni Murray

Invited onto Radio 4 to discuss how women could survive gang life in Victorian times and to talk about ORANGES & ELEPHANTS.

Full programme here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nrsjg

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