From Edinburgh, Lucy graduated from the University of Warwick with a BA in Creative Writing in 2005 before moving to Shanghai. She lived there until 2010, writing, directing, and producing short films, commercials and television dramas as well as learning Mandarin.

She then studied Film Directing at Columbia University’s MFA Programme in New York. Her short films have screened at numerous international festivals and her debut novel, Shanghai Passenger, was published by Blue Mark Books in 2015.

Lucy currently leads the Screenwriting course on the University of Warwick’s Creative Writing Programme, blogs for Little White Lies about filmmaking and is in active development on a number of feature and television projects. Lucy’s debut feature film BODY OF WATER was commissioned by Film London for their Microwave programme with support from BBC Films and the BFI, and stars Sian Brooke and Amanda Burton. It will premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2020.

FILM and TV 

BODY OF WATER
2020
Feature, starring Sian Brooke and Amanda Burton
Writer-Director
Film London Microwave scheme, with BFI and BBC Films
Recipient of the John Brabourne Award
Glasgow Film Festival Premiere
Empire 4*, Daily Mirror, Guardian 3*, Mark Kermode, Radio Times 4* Little White Lies 4*

SEX EDUCATION Series 2
2020
Content for digital platform
Director
Bear Jam Productions/ Netflix

THE SPACE IN BETWEEN
Short
Writer-Director
Screenings: Whitechapel Gallery and Aesthetica Film Festival

BABE
Short
Writer/ Director/ Producer
Shy Child Productions

THE LAST CONVERSATION
Short
Writer/Director/Producer

WATCHING
Short
Writer/Director/Producer

PERSPECTIVES
Short
Writer/Director/Producer

SCREENWRITING

THE BOY WHO DIED COMFORTABLY
Feature
Writer
Shortlisted for Sundance Institute Writer’s Lab

STEPHEN & ANNA
2013
Co-writer

SO IT GOES
2011
Short
Writer/Producer

SHANGHAI BIRDCAGE
2009
Short
Writer

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE
2009
Co-Writer
Bright Shadow Films

O-YEE-O
2009
Television series
Writer/Associate Producer
Vim Films

THE LANE
2009
Television series
Writer
She&Jul Films

PAPER CHILDREN
2008
Feature film
Writer and Assistant Producer
China Venture Films

SELECTED LITERARY AND EDITORIAL CREDITS

Lucy is the Screenwriting Fellow on the Warwick University Writing Programme and blogs for Little White Lies on the subject of film-making.

Shanghai Passenger
Novel
2015
Blue Mark Books

Awards and Grants

British Council Research and Development Grant for Literature
Euro Connection, selected by the British Council
John Brabourne Award
Edinburgh International Film Festival Network Programme