Nessa Wrafter

Nessa has been selected for the BAFTA x BFI Network Crew 2021. She was also chosen by screenwriter Lisa McGee for one-to-one mentorship as part of the BBC/ITV Mentorship Scheme with Dancing Ledge productions in 2021, during which she will write a TV pilot script and series pitch, to be taken to broadcasters. She recently signed a development deal with Jason Flemyng’s company The Kernel Factory for an original TV series, Soho, and is co-writing the pilot with Kate Magowan. She is part of a writer's room for Storypunk, where she has been commissioned to write an original drama podcast based on Irish Mythology, called The Fatal Cure. 

In 2018, Nessa wrote and directed the short film Early Days which screened at Oscar and Bafta-qualifying festivals internationally and won multiple awards on the festival circuit. In 2019, she created the web series Fame Disease, and directed two of the episodes. It was co-produced with Kate Magowan and John Simm’s Magic Alex Productions, and the production company which she co-owns with Simon Killick: Klick Productions, and was recently shortlisted for a British Comedy Guide Pro Talent Award. In 2019, Nessa co-wrote a feature film, Erica, with Simon Duric (creator of The Innocents for NETFLIX).