Ita Fitzgerald is an Irish writer-director based in London. Starting her career in broadcast television she has written and directed on many factual TV shows, short films, promos and commercials. Cutting her teeth directing multiple episodes of the BAFTA winning BBC1 drama DOCTORS, she went on to write and direct her own award winning shorts and is currently completing post production on her debut feature film WEST THE ROAD staring: Imelda Staunton, Genevieve O’Reilly, Charlie Murphy, Charlene McKenna and Philippa Dunne. This is planned for cinematic release early 2027. She has also written a TV series called Deadly that has been optioned by Cowtown Pictures and has Imelda Staunton attached.