Insook Chappell

About Insook Chappell

Insook is a British-Korean writer working across film, TV and theatre. A graduate of the BBC Drama Writers Program, she is focused on the high-end international TV space having recently contributed two episodes on A THOUSAND BLOWS for Disney+, as well as an episode for A24 and Apple’s series THE HUSBANDS the adaptation of the comedy-drama novel of the same name by Holly Gramazio. She is currently developing a number of original TV projects and aims to make global cinematic shows often blending a genre element or mash-up, but always with a strong dramatic storyline and compelling  characters. She is also developing her debut feature as a writer-director with the BFI.

Insook is represented by Hannah Boulton for Film and TV, and represented by Maeve Whitehouse-Bolger for Theatre.

In Development

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • DUNWICH
    • Tilt Films / BFI
    • Original feature film
    • PRINCESS BARI
    • Bona Dea Films
    • Feature adaptation of Hwang Sok-yong’s acclaimed novel
    • MRS HAN
    • Federation / Sky
    • Original thriller series

TV

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • THE HUSBANDS
    • A24 / Apple
    • Writer's room and 1 x 45' episode for 8 part series
      Adaptation of the novel THE HUSBANDS by Holly Gramazio
    • A THOUSAND BLOWS
    • The Story Collective / Matriarch Productions / Water and Power Productions / Disney +
    • Writers' room and 2 x 60' episodes for 12 part drama series

Film

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • MISO BLAKE
    • Film4
    • Feature film adapted from her award-winning stage play THIS ISN’T ROMANCE
    • FULL
    • A short film commissioned by BBC Writers Room with B3 Media
    • Writer-director
      Festival screenings include Encounters and the London Short Film Festival
    • KUT
    • BFI
    • Proof of concept short with Tilt Films funded by the BFI

Theatre

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • MOUNTAINS
    • Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre & National Tour
    • 2018
      Directed by Jennifer Tang
    • THE FREE9
    • National Theatre Connections
    • 2018
      THE FREE9 is part of the GCSE Drama Syllabus
    • P’YONGYANG
    • Finborough Theatre
    • Shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize and enjoyed a sell-out run and critical acclaim at the Finborough Theatre
    • THIS ISN'T ROMANCE
    • Soho Theatre
    • Directed by Lisa Goldman
      Winner of the Verity Bargate Award and enjoyed a sell-out Korean production at the National Theatre Company of Korea

Audio

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • THIS ISN’T ROMANCE
    • BBC Radio 3
    • 2011
    • HONG KONG BY NIGHT
    • BBC Radio 4
    • 2009