Berlinale Talent 2023, Member of EFA & Bafta Connect

Member of Cinesisters, Directors UK & Primetime
Directors UK Inspire Mentee 2020/21

Louise is a filmmaker and fine artist based in London, UK, where she is currently in development on various short, feature and TV scripts. She grew up in Malta, first working as a designer and then working as an Assistant Director on TV and Feature films. When she moved to the UK she continued her work as an AD, before deciding to dedicate her time in developing her skills as a director. Since then she has directed, produced and sometimes written and edited numerous short films that have been screened in festivals around the world.
 

During these ten years Louise has explored the disciplines of film and fine art, using one to inform and inspire the other, developing her unique voice and process.

 

Through her work, Louise attempts to bring the creative process she uses in her art into her film practice, focusing on research, understanding, and questioning. Sometimes this leads her to darker places, but only because the story and characters take her there. She strives to bring out the best of the story while ensuring the audience takes an active role in its revelation, whether it’s through the play in genre or through story, the audience is always required to question, challenge and interpret the film.

 

She first started her directing career by writing and directing ‘Duende’ in 2010, a 2 minute experimental film.In 2015 she went on to direct the award winning ‘Pardon the Intrusion’ followed by a dark comedy ‘Snug as a Bug’. In 2018 she decided to challenge herself by making a #oneshortfilmamonth series. Working with an assortment of writers, DOP’s, Actors, editors and Sound designers every month, she was able to produce 2-3 min microshorts that were released onto social media. It allowed her to challenge herself, build lasting collaborative relationships with other creatives, master film as a medium and gain a sounder knowledge of the process of filmmaking.

 

Following this she directed three more films; ‘O My friend’, produced by Sheer heights, “Flashpoint”, a horror movie that went on to be screened at Screamfest LA amongst others, and ‘A Walk Home’  a BAFTA GURU & Microshorts collaboration that was selected for the Depict 21 at the Encounters film festival.

 

In these past three years, she has began the process of writing her own scripts. This is due to her desire to focus on stories and aesthetics that she feels are truly representative of who she is as a director, and the kind of work that she wants to be creating in the future. Since making that step she has written “Magic’ which won best screenplay under 10 mins at the UK film Festival, and ‘South Wind’ feature script that is being produced and is currently in development with Falkun films. She has also just written and directed a short promo film ’Broken Pieces’ for charity One in four, in collaboration with Mediatrust, which has been nominated for a smiley. 

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 As a key member of Cinesisters, and a member of Directors UK, she has been chosen as a mentee for the Directors UK inspire 2021 scheme, being mentored by TV Director Iain B. Mcdonald (Shameles, Shantaram, Wayne), been selected for the prestigious Berlinale Talents Lab 2023, become a member of the EFA & BAFTA Connect and continues to explore every avenue to further her career and achieve her final goal - Directing for feature film and high end TV.