Francesca Brill

About Francesca Brill

Francesca Brill is a screenwriter and novelist. She trained as an actor at RADA and worked extensively in film, television and theatre before studying screenwriting at the NFTS. Francesca’s series THE DROWNING, which she co-created, was amongst the first of Channel 5’s original drama series. It is available on Netflix.

In Development

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • THE GODMOTHER
    • Route 24 / ITV Global Partnerships
    • Co-created with Mark Mills
    • I THOUGHT I KNEW YOU
    • 51 Entertainment / Fifth Season
    • Original series
    • A NET FOR SMALL FISHES
    • MUBI
    • Screen adaptation of Lucy Jago’s novel
    • GIRL ALMIGHTY
    • BFI
    • Screenplay

TV

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • THE DROWNING
    • Ch5 / Netflix
    • 4-part series stars Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones
    • THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY MYSTERIES
    • BBC
    • Episode writer
    • TITANIC: BLOOD AND STEEL
    • History Asia / Encore
    • TV mini-series

Film

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • CHACONNE
    • Director
    • Short