Faye Gilbert
DIRECTINGBiography
Faye is a writer / director of broadcast drama and film and a self-shooting producer / director of documentaries. She’s currently directing all four episodes of THE TOWER Series 2 for Mammoth Screen and ITV. Faye was also recently lead director of ITV drama series THE BAY (Tall Story Pictures) and has just completed a Microwave commissioned feature film ZERO (BBC Films / BFI / Film London) which she wrote / directed and is due to be released later this year. Previously Faye was the 2nd Unit director for BBC1’s THE SALISBURY POISONINGS (dir. Saul Dibb / prod. Karen Lewis) and mentored by both Saul Dibb and Danny Boyle. She was selected as one of 2021’s Film London Lodestars, a list which celebrates talent who shine with outstanding creativity or craftsmanship. Her previous short drama films have been commissioned by BFI, Channel4, FilmFour and screened at major festivals across the world. Her short film PERDIE was BAFTA nominated, HARD LITTLE MAN won an Orange/FilmFour prize and her last short film THE LINE premiered and was in competition at Palm Springs film festival. Over the past ten years Faye has also series produced factual and current affair documentaries for Economist Films and produced / directed documentaries all over the world from Ch4 DISPATCHES, to a flagship Discovery medical series, as well as online factual content for VICE and YouTube.
Biography
Faye is a writer / director of broadcast drama and film and a self-shooting producer / director of documentaries. She’s currently directing all four episodes of THE TOWER Series 2 for Mammoth Screen and ITV. Faye was also recently lead director of ITV drama series THE BAY (Tall Story Pictures) and has just completed a Microwave commissioned feature film ZERO (BBC Films / BFI / Film London) which she wrote / directed and is due to be released later this year. Previously Faye was the 2nd Unit director for BBC1’s THE SALISBURY POISONINGS (dir. Saul Dibb / prod. Karen Lewis) and mentored by both Saul Dibb and Danny Boyle. She was selected as one of 2021’s Film London Lodestars, a list which celebrates talent who shine with outstanding creativity or craftsmanship. Her previous short drama films have been commissioned by BFI, Channel4, FilmFour and screened at major festivals across the world. Her short film PERDIE was BAFTA nominated, HARD LITTLE MAN won an Orange/FilmFour prize and her last short film THE LINE premiered and was in competition at Palm Springs film festival. Over the past ten years Faye has also series produced factual and current affair documentaries for Economist Films and produced / directed documentaries all over the world from Ch4 DISPATCHES, to a flagship Discovery medical series, as well as online factual content for VICE and YouTube.
