Megan Smith

Megan is an emerging writer from the North East of England, now living in London.

Working across genres and spaces, Megan hopes to tell ambitious, character led stories.

BE A DARLING, her first feature film, is in development with Argo and So Many Stories with support from North East Screen.

Her first short film, WOOL COAT, has been officially selected for BIFA Qualifying Festivals and was nominated for Best UK Short Film at Unrestricted View Film Festival. She is in pre-production for her next short

Audio wise, her anthology drama podcast, SAGA, is in post-production with Dice House Media. Finbar Lynch was the lead actor of the pilot episode.

Megan has been a part of The London Library Emerging Writers Programme, SEEFest Writers Lab, Drama International Film Festival Writers Lab and Watersprite Hubs. She was shortlisted for The Jed Mercurio Mentorship Scheme, landing in the final 10% of applicants.

Megan is a BFI Scholarship holder for The Female Film Club.

Megan worked with Mike Leigh on his upcoming feature film, HARD TRUTHS, as the Rehearsal AD (Script).