Sarah Walker

Writer/Director

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Michelle Archer
Associate Agent: Grace Baxter

Film, TV & Theatre

Sarah was the first director to be awarded a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit and was again chosen for BAFTA Elevate. A writer director dedicated to championing stories with female leads, she is currently developing the feature film AMOR FATI and the TV series YOUNGBLOOD through her company Underdog Productions.

Sarah's range of genre is unique. From the action adventure of WARRIOR NUN (S1, lead director S2 - Netflix),supernatural love story A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (S1 - Sky One/AMC), YA drama GET EVEN (lead director/producer S1 - BBC/Netflix) to the biopic I AM ELIZABETH SMART (Lifetime USA) which was nominated for Best TV Movie and Best Actress - Critic’s Choice Awards. Past credits include acclaimed British TV series DATES (Channel 4) and sole director of true life story THE CRASH (BBC) which was nominated for Best TV Drama -BAFTA.

She began her career as an indie short filmmaker and swiftly moved onto showrunning BBC teen drama THE CUT, after being nominated three years in a row by Broadcast Magazine in the Best Young Writer and Best Young Director categories for her debut short films, 420 SECONDS OF LOVEALMOST STRANGERS and SOUL BOY.

 

Television

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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.

Documentaries

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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.

Short Films

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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.

Online

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FREAK

Fremantle Media

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

Promos

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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

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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.

In Development

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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