Lorna Nickson Brown
Acting
Lorna Nickson Brown is a filmmaker and actress from Birmingham, UK. She trained at Drama Centre London, winning a Laurence Olivier Bursary Award in her final year. She recently won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Liverpool Underground Film Festival for her role in feature film COLD BLOW LANE.
She was selected by Creative England as one of ten emerging female filmmakers in the British creative industries for the inaugural Industry Equals: Women in Screen 2019-2020. She was also selected for the BFI’s Creative Producer’s School 2020 and for the BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2019- 2021 as a writer/director.
Lorna recently directed and executive produced BFI Network short, NED & ME. The film’s festival selections include the 2021 International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival and BAFTA Qualifying, Aesthetica Film Festival 2020. Lorna was selected for the BFI Network’s Writers Treatment Lab 2021 for first feature development. She is currently writing and directing her next short film and is developing original drama for television with co-writer, Louise Brown.
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
CHRONICLES OF COURAGE | Marian | Ernest Mills | Savage Mills |
COLD BLOW LANE | Pam | Penny Andrea | Swamp Light Productions |
TASK 2 | Lorna | Tom Nicoll | Nicoll Film Productions |
AFTER DEATH | Livvy | Gez Medinger/Robin Schmidt | Acheron Films |
BEAUTIFUL RELICS | Evie | Adrian Hedgecock | Inherited Outline |
BRASH YOUNG TURKS | Shaz | Transient Films | Ash & Naeem Mahood |
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
BEING BETTER | Teacher | Tom Lawes | BBC New Creatives |
THE FEED | Assistant to the President | Jill Robertson | The Feed Production Ltd/Amazon |
DOCTORS | Angela Donaldson | Debbie Howard | BBC One |
POIROT: THE LABOURS OF HERCULES | Lucinda | Andy Wilson | ITV |
BREATHLESS | Mrs Baring | Paul Unwin | ITV |
HOLBY CITY | Melody | David Tucker | ITV |
DOCTORS | Saffron | Alex Jacobs | BBC One |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
SUBJECT MATER | Young Sister | Oliver Dawe | Paradise in the Vault, Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
BUTTERFLIES | Lorna | Susan Lynch | The Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
OF MICE AND MEN | Curley's Wife | Roxana Silbert | The Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
INTO THY HANDS | Esther | Jonathan Holmes | Wilton's Music Hall |
TITS/TEETH | Gayle | Anna Niland | Soho Theatre |
SERIOUS MONEY | Sherill | Jonathan Mumby | The Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
HIS DARK MATERIALS | Rachel Kavanaugh | The Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |
ANTIGONE | Antigone | Tim Ford | The Young REP - The Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
THE MISANTHROPE | Celimene | Jonathan Martin | Drama Centre |
PARADISE LOST | Libby | Dominic Colenso | Drama Centre |
FUENTE OVEJUNA | Laurencia | Oleg Mirochnikov | Drama Centre |
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD | Liz Morden | Shona Morris | Drama Centre |
TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA | Silvia | Simon Usher | Drama Centre |
Radio
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
BUTTERFLIES | Lorna | BBC New Creatives/Rural Media for BBC Sounds | |
RIOT GIRLS: KATY | Katy | Emma Harding | BBC Radio 4 |
HOMEFRONT | Queenie | Jessica Dromgoole/Allegra Mcilory | BBC Radio 4 |
THE TRUTH ABOUT ANNA | Ellie | Carl Prekopp | BBC Radio 4 |
Short Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
THE COST OF LIVING | The Tenant | Tom Nicoll | Alter |
THE BOOKSHOP | Spanish Woman | Susan Lynch | StudioPOW |
Film, TV & Theatre
Lorna Nickson Brown is a filmmaker and actress from Birmingham, UK. She was selected by Creative England as one of ten emerging female filmmakers in the British creative industries for the inaugural Industry Equals: Women in Screen 2019-2020. She was also selected for the BFI’s Creative Producer’s School 2020 and for the BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2019- 2021 as a writer/director.
Lorna recently directed and executive produced BFI Network short, NED & ME. The film’s festival selections include the 2021 International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival and BAFTA Qualifying, Aesthetica Film Festival 2020. Lorna was selected for the BFI Network’s Writers Treatment Lab 2021 for first feature development. She is currently writing and directing her next short film and is developing original drama for television with co-writer, Louise Brown.
Alongside her filmmaking work, Lorna is an actress. She trained at Drama Centre London, winning a Laurence Olivier Bursary Award in her final year.
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
COLD BLOW LANE | Swamp Light Productions | Producer |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
NED & ME | BFI NETWORK | Director and Executive Producer |
FIGURE | Choreographed and Directed by Lanre Malaolu | Producer |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BUTTERFLIES | BBC New Creatives/Rural Media for BBC Sounds | Creator and Writer |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
JUAN RULFO'S SHORT STORIES | Presence Theatre | Produced stage reading of Luvina, They Have Given Us the Land and You Don't Hear Dogs Barking at The Chalton Gallery, London/Mexican Embassy (Directed by Simon Usher) |
Assisting Credits
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SAVE ME | Sky Atlantic | Shadowed Producer - Patrick Schweiter |