Will Jewell

BIOGRAPHIE

[EN] Will is an award-winning screenwriter and director who has written and/or directed for the BBC,Channel 4 and Huffington Post. He developed and scripted Channel 4’ ‘Bow Street Runner’ BAFTA-winning 5 part web drama starring Julian Glover; scripted the RTS Innovation award-winning ' Cliffhanger Studios' . He has written for the BBC across TV and web, including scripting and co-directing ‘HorribleHistories’ Series One of the web spin-off; writing several episodes of ‘Doctors’; developing and scripting the 14 episode BBC web series ‘Wannabes’ and the award-winning 5 part web series‘7NK – ' The Shakespeare Murders’. He has also story-lined for ‘Dream Team' on Sky, had several original series concepts in development with the BBC and Channel 4, as well as scripting political satire virals for The Huffington Post - one of which garnered 1 million views in 8 days. He was also selected for the BFI's Think, Shoot Distribute hot-housing scheme and has written and directed two feature films – including the Film Wales-backed ‘Concrete Plans’ starring Steve Speirs, James Lance, Amber Rose Revah, Charley Palmer-Rothwell and Goran Bogdan. This was released in the UK November 2020 on platforms including Sky Premiere, AmazonPrime, Now and Apple TV and released in the US in March 2021. ‘Concrete Plans’ premieredon Film 4 in January 2022 and has been on schedule rotation most of the year. The film has been selected for various international film festivals and won multiple awardsincluding the Grand Jury Best Film prize and Best Director at The Seattle Film Festival. It hasgained glowing reviews - described by The Hollywood News as “One of the most exciting British thrillers in years”. Concrete Plans screener: https://vimeo.com/434637557/1d3b5accc5 Will also directed the acclaimed feature documentary ‘South Coast’ – described by TheDaily Telegraph as “joyful and laid back” in their review of Films of the Year and whichscreened in places ranging from Raindance, Bermuda to Glastonbury and The Barbican. Will also wrote and directed the short ‘Man In Fear’ about conceptual artists who create accidents as works of art, starring Luke Treadaway, Tim Healy and James Lance. Thefilm was BAFTA long-listed, screened in dozens of festivals including BFI London,Moscow, Rhode Island etc as well as being selected for the New British CinemaQuarterly. This is now in development as a feature and the short film was described byThe Guardian as “ Will Jewell’s teasing, stylish feature-in-waiting”. screener: https://vimeo.com/438655764 His new dark Sci Fi film ’Wired’ starring Amy Beth Hayes is just beginning its film festivalrun.

FILMOGRAPHIE