Rachel Tillotson Bristol, United Kingdom

BAFTA-winning Film & TV Director

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I'm a BAFTA-winning filmmaker with extensive short film and TV directing experience. I trained as an actress and directed theatre at Bretton Hall College before completing a MA in Film Direction at the Royal College of Art. I've directed eleven shorts, financed by a range of funders such as LFVDA, UKFC, Film Four and Anglia TV.

I have sold shorts internationally to many TV stations winning numerous awards, such as from Clermont-Ferrand, DepicT, R.T.S, Brest and Encounters Festival. I won my BAFTA for the BBC drama OFFSIDE and won another R.T.S award for GIRLS IN LOVE.

My directing mentor was David Yates (Harry Potter). I was on the BFI scheme ‘Think, Shoot, Distribute’ alongside Andrew Haigh (‘45 Years’) and was accepted onto the Creative England ‘Elevator Scheme’. I won the Nick Darke screenwriting award for her feature script CUB, which had Tim Spall and Helen McCrory attached in principle. CUB was selected for the Berlinale Talent Project Market.

With BFI early development funding I am writing dark comic idea SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, which I pitched at the Cinesisters BREAKING THROUGH THE LENS event at Cannes in 2018. I am presently working on a Spec TV bible series for a ScI-Fi idea called MAPPED, which was a popular concept at the Torino Film Lab. TFL Extended - TV series in 2018. I am collaborating with ie ie productions in Cardiff who are currently seeking to develop my TV comedy idea DISORDER.

In May 2019 I finished production for my 11th short MAPPED, with the Central School of speech and drama and their MA Acting for Screen.