Sarah Walker

Writer/Director

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Biography

Sarah was the first TV director and female director to be awarded a Bafta Breakthrough Brit and again chosen for BAFTA Elevate. Dedicated to championing stories with female leads she is developing the feature films TE AMO, THE EDINBURGH SEVEN, and the TV series YOUNG BLOOD.​

Sarah‘s range of genre is unique, from the sensitively helmed true stories, I AM ELIZABETH SMART nominated for Best TV Drama and Best Actress – The Critic’s Choice Awards, and THE CRASH (BBC), nominated for Best TV Drama – Bafta, to the action adventure of WARRIOR NUN (Netflix), supernatural love story A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (Sky/AMC), the quirky romance of DATES (Channel 4) and director/producer of season one of YA drama GET EVEN (BBC/Netflix).

Growing up in a small town in the Midlands with a deep love of The Goonies and Point Break, Sarah began as an indie short filmmaker. After being nominated three years in a row for Best Young Writer and Best Young Director by Broadcast Hot Shots for her debut short films 420 SECONDS OF LOVE, ALMOST STRANGERS and SOUL BOY, Sarah moved onto showrunning BBC teen drama THE CUT which ran for three seasons and trended weekly on iPlayer.

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
YOUNG BLOOD Underdog Productions

Feature Film.
Writer and Director.
AMOR FATI Underdog Productions

Feature Film.
Writer and Director.
SUMMER BLUES Underdog Productions

6 x 45 min TV Drama
Writer and Director
NEW YEAR’S KISS Underdog Productions

Writer/Director
Feature film

Television

Production Company Notes
WARRIOR NUN 2 Netflix

Lead Director.
Producer: Zach Tucker Ganges
Showrunner/Executive Producer: Simon Barry
GET EVEN BBC Studios/Netflix

Lead Director and Associate Producer.
2 Episodes.
Writer: Holly Phillips
Producer: Josh Dynevor
Executive Producer: Lucy Allen
WARRIOR NUN Netflix/Reality Distortion Field

Director.
Writers: Matt Bosack and Amy Berg
Producer: Zach Tucker Ganges
Showrunner / Exec: Simon Barry
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES Bad Wolf/Sky

Director. 3 episodes, including series finale.
Writers: Ashley Pharoah, Kate Brooke, Deborah Harkness.
Exec Producer: Kate Brooke, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter.
*Nominated for New Drama at the National Television Awards.
I AM ELIZABETH SMART Lifetime/A & E

Director
Shot in Canada
90 minute film adapted from the teleplay by Tory Walker.
Producer: Elizabeth Smart
Executive producers: Barbara Lieberman, Tom Patricia, Steve Michaels, Jonathan Koch, Joan Harrison, Allison Berkley, Joseph Freed
Starring: Alana Boden, Skeet Ulrich, and Deidre Lovejoy
*Nominated for Best Movie Made for TV, Critics Choice Awards
*Nominated for Best Actress in a Movie Made for TV, Critics Choice Awards
EVERMOOR CHRONICLES S2 Disney/All 3 Media

Director – 4 Episodes
Writer Diane Whitley
Producer Tim Compton
Executive Producer Rebecca Hodgson, Bede Blake
WOLFBLOOD 4 CBBC

Director. Series 4.
Producer: Jonathan Wolfman.
Exec Producer: Lucy Martin.
THE DUMPING GROUND 4 CBBC

Director, 4 episodes, series 4.
Producer: Philip Leach.
Exec Producer: Lis Steele.
DATES Balloon Productions/Channel 4

Director, 1 episode.
Created by Bryan Elsley.
Producer: Bradley Adams.
Exec Producer: Bryan Elsley.
WATERLOO ROAD SERIES 9 Shed / BBC 1

Director, 2 episodes.
THE CRASH Darlow Smithson Productions/BBC 3

Director, 2-part original drama.
Writer: Terry Cafolla.
Producer: Nick Pitt.
Exec Producer: Dominic Barlow.
*Nominated for for Best Television Drama at Scottish BAFTAs.
THE CUT 2 BBC Switch/ BBC 2 & 3

Director, series 2.
Exec Producer: Geoffrey Goodwin.
THE CUT BBC Switch/ BBC 2 & 3

Lead Director, Creative Producer, and Editor. New series.
Exec Producer: Geoffrey Goodwin.
THE CUT BBC Switch/ BBC 2 & 3

Writer, episode 2.
Exec Producer: Geoffrey Goodwin.

Promos

Production Company Notes
CHRIS TYE Headwrecker Records

Director and Producer. Music Video for his single ‘Electric Tracks’.
JILL JACKSON

Director and Producer. Live acoustic gig at the 12 bar.
SPEEDWAY Innocent Records

Director and Producer. Live acoustic set for Radio 2 Janice Long Show.
CARINA ROUND Interscope Records

Director and Producer. Live gig at Wulfun Hall.

Other

Production Company Notes
FILM LAB DIRECTOR Actors Centre

Director. Screen Acting Workshop with Greta Scacchi.
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE Warner Brothers

Visual Effects Floor Assistant. Magic and mayhem ensue as Harry and his wizard gang battle the forces of evil.
TOMB RAIDER Paramount

Third Assistant Director. High action, fast paced, adrenaline fuelled adventures of Lara Croft defeating the bad guys and saving the world.

Short Films

Production Company Notes
POSTCARDS FROM LONDON Underdog Productions/ The Actors Centre Film Lab

Writer and Director. A short film about love that takes place over one night in Soho.
SOUL BOY BSA

Writer and Director. Short film about two homeless boys, a girl, a bag of stolen money and a better life.
*Broadcast Young Talent Awards UK, Nominated for Best Young Writer and Director.
*Royal Television Society Awards UK, Best Non-broadcast Programme.
*Los Angeles Short Film Festival.
*DVD sale and distribution by Brummiewood.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: A NIGHT IN WHITE SATIN BBC

A short film about a teenage girl on the run, a struggling fashion designer and a stolen dress.
WALKING AND TALKING 104 Films

Writer and Director. A short film about a disabled teenager looking for love on a blind date.
*Disability Film Festival London.
*Won First Light Film Award UK.
ALMOST STRANGERS UK Film Coucil

Writer and Director. Digital short film about four very different strangers and how their lives overlap during one night in the city.
*Tampere Film Festival.
*Kino-Film Manchester Film Festival
*Broadcast Young Talent Awards UK, Nominated for Best Young Writer.
*Seagate Foyle Film Festival.
*International Festival Train Et Cinema France.
*DVD sale and distribution by Film Education.
420 SECONDS OF LOVE Screen West Midlands

Writer and Director. A short story about the diverse relationships a girl encounters before finding herself.
*Urbanworld Film Festival New York.
*Reelworld Film Festival Canada.
*Broadcast Young Talent Awards Uk, Best New Director – Highly Commended.
*Broadcast Young Talent Awards UK, Nominated for Best New Writer.
*Best Short Film – Special Mention, Biarritz Short Film Festival, France.
*Rushes Soho Shorts London.
*New York Short Film Festival.
*Cuba International Film Festival.
*Kino-Film Manchester Film Festival.
*Champs-Elysees Short Film Festival.

Documentaries

Production Company Notes
SOUL GIRLS Lonesome Pine/ Channel 4

Director. Short documentary following members of Lyrically Challenged, an East London-based hip hop movement celebrating female expression.
Producer: Marianne Buckland.
THE APOLOGY LINE Screen West Midlands

EPK/Behind the Scenes documentary. A short documentary about a telephone line that enables members of the public to call up and anonymously confess to their regrets.
*Sundance Film Festival.
*Won Prix UIP – Cork International Film Festival.
WATCHMAN Paramount

EPK/Behind the Scenes documentary. Behind the scenes documentary about the making of the feature film version of Alan Moore’s cult graphic novel.

Online

Production Company Notes
FREAK Fremantle Media

Director and Producer.
Promo for a new online teen drama.
Starring Georgina Campbell.
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