Tessa Hoffe

Director, Directors, Writer

About Tessa Hoffe

Tessa Hoffe is an Emmy nominated Director, originally from New Zealand and based in the UK. Tessa most recently directed the final block of new series FIGHTLAND for Expanded Media/Starz/Sky and a block GANGS OF LONDON S3 for Pulse/Sky, including a standout bottleneck episode. She also directed the BBC hit mini-series Crossfire, starring Keeley Hawes and in the acclaimed, award winning series KIN starring Ciaran Hinds. Aidan Gillen and Charlie Cox.

Other notable credits include Emmy nominated Youth and Consequences and cult hit Wayne, exec produced by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and created by Shawn Simmons. She was also nominated for an Emmy for her work on sports YA drama ZERO CHILL for Netflix. Tessa is BAFTA nominated for BBC drama Rockets Island and has extensive experience with directing over 150 episodes of award-winning British serial drama.

Her short films, Spinosaurus and Majority have won a slew of international awards on the festival circuit and she has further projects in development.

TV

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • FIGHTLAND
    • Expanded Media for Starz/ Sky
    • Director for Episodes 7 and 8
    • GANGS OF LONDON S3 (2025)
    • Pulse Films/Sky
    • Director for Episodes 5 and 6
    • CROSSFIRE (2022)
    • Dancing Ledge/ BBC
    • Director All Episodes Season One 3 x 60'
    • KIN (2021)
    • Bron/Headline for RTE and AMC
    • Block 2 Director Season One (4 x 60'Episodes)
    • ZERO CHILL (2020)
    • Lime Pictures/Netflix
    • 5 x 30” Season One | EMMY NOMINATED 2022 - Outstanding Directing for a Multiple Camera Program
    • TED LASSO (2020)
    • Apple TV/Doozer Productions
    • Pick up Director Main Unit and 2nd unit Director Season One
    • WAYNE (2019)
    • YouTube Premium and Endeavor Content.
    • 2 x 30” Season One
    • YOUTH AND CONSEQUENCES (2018)
    • YouTube Premium and Mark Gordon Company
    • 2 x 30” Season One | EMMY NOMINATED 2019 – Best Digital Drama
    • HOLLYOAKS
    • Lime Pictures/C4
    • Returning Director | Nominated for BAFTA and the British Soap Awards 2018 (WON Best Actor, Nominated Best Scene)
    • CORONATION STREET
    • ITV
    • Returning Director.
    • EMMERDALE
    • ITV
    • Returning Director
    • IN THE CITY
    • Lime Pictures/C4
    • Spin off series of Hollyoaks | 2 x 60” Episodes
    • WORLDS END
    • BBC
    • 10 x 15” Teen Sci-Fi Drama
    • ROCKETS ISLAND
    • BBC/Lime Pictures
    • 5 x 30” Children’s Drama | BAFTA NOMINATED FOR BEST CHILDRENS DRAMA 2014
    • HOUSE OF ANUBIS
    • Nickelodeon/Lime Pictures
    • 10 x 15” Children’s Drama | VOTED BEST UK SHOW AT KIDS CHOICE AWARDS USA
    • GRANGE HILL
    • Lime Pictures/BBC
    • 5 x 30” Children’s Drama
    • SHORTLAND STREET
    • TVNZ long running continuing drama.
    • Directed over 30 episodes of the New Zealand medical serial drama.

Film

    • Production
    • Company
    • Notes
    • SALVAGE (2023)
    • Feature Film Early development funding BFI
    • Writer-Director
    • MAJORITY (2020)
    • BFI Network funded short film
    • Writer-Director | World premiere Krakow SFF 2020 (Oscar, BAFTA and European Film Award affiliated festival).
      Aired on BBC2 as part of their "Festival of Funny"
    • SPINOSAURUS (2017)
    • Short fiction film (Scotland)
    • Writer/Director and Producer | Awards: WINNER BEST DRAMA The Smalls (UK), This is England (France), Nominated Best Producer and Best Director at Underwire (UK), San Jose (US), Sulmona (Italy), Cork (Ireland), Sydney Independent FF (Australia) WINNER BEST DRAMA Canada Shorts, WINNER BEST DIRECTOR Redline IFF (Canada), WINNER BEST WOMEN IN FILM Bolton International Film Festival, BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER Undependence International Film Festival Edinburgh, Fargo IFF (US), San Jose IFF (US), Womens Film Festival (US), Oxford IFF, London Short Film Festival (UK), BEST BRITISH DRAMA Discover Film Awards (UK), BEST PERFORMANCE and BEST DRAMA Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival (US), Emden Nordenay (Germany), Dresden SFF (Germany), WINNER Bluecat Short Film Festival (US), High Peak ISFF, Dawson City SFF (Canada).
    • SIETE DIAS
    • Producer/Director | Short Documentary | Selected for Competition Docuwest International Film Festival US, Asthetica International Documentary Festival UK. International Short Film Competition Roberto Di Chiara – Argentina
    • STREET TALK
    • Writer/Director/Producer | Short Film (New Zealand) | Awards: Finalist Drifting Clouds Short Film Festival. Finalist ‘Best Film’ Screenworks International Film Festival, Sydney
    • GROUP THERAPY
    • Writer/Director | Short Film
    • THE COLLECTOR
    • Writer/Director | Short Film
    • BARBARA ANN AND TRAVIS
    • Writer/Director | Short Film