Troy Hunter is a writer of Jamaican descent from London. Troy’s short film SUPPORT was funded by Film London and screened at BAFTA Piccadilly in 2018. SUPPORT was selected and screened at multiple film festivals including Underwire, British Urban Film Festival, followed by a release on the Your Cinema Films online platform along with a taped interview with Troy.
His TV pilot, THE DELANEYS was long listed for Script Pipeline and the Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Awards in 2019.
Troy is currently writing an episode of Series 4 of hit Netflix show SEX EDUCATION, as well as an episode of EASTENDERS. He is in development on another short film called MYA and his debut play BLACK PRIDE, as well as the television adaptation of the same name with Maia Pictures. Troy is currently a member of the 2021 BFI x BAFTA Crew.
TELEVISION:
UNTITLED
Writers room
Carnival Films
SEX EDUCATION S4 Current
1 x 45′ Script Commission
Eleven/ Netflix
EASTENDERS Current
Script Commission
BLACK PRIDE Current
Writer and Creator
In Development
Maia Pictures
THE DELANEYS one-hour spec
Longlisted for Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Awards of 2019 & Script Pipeline.
FILM:
MYA short film (in development)
Writer
Director: Greg Francis
Producer: Angela Effanga
Exec Producer: Fozia Khaliq
Fully Focused Productions
SUPPORT short film (2018)
Writer
Starring Adelayo Adedayo & David Ajala
Funded by Film London/BFI
CHLOE: La Faute A Pas De Chance short film (2014)
Co-Writer
THEATRE
UNTITLED PLAY COMMISSION 2022
The Yard Theatre
BLACK PRIDE (in development)