Joy Wilkinson

Joy is an award-winning writer and director working across film, television, theatre, radio and fiction. She is a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, a two-time Brit List nominee, one of Den Of Geek’s ‘50 Brilliant Screenwriters To Watch Out For’, a Verity Bargate Award winner, and she was mentored by Sir Kenneth Branagh through the BFI/Lighthouse Guiding Lights scheme. Joy is currently lead writer on LOCKWOOD & CO for Netflix/Complete Fiction, and developing original projects and adaptations in the UK and US. Previous TV credits include DOCTOR WHO and BBC1’s critically-acclaimed NICK NICKLEBY. Her stage plays have been produced world-wide, and she is a highly experienced radio dramatist. Joy’s directing debut MA’AM won Bumble’s International Female Film Force Award and several other emerging talent awards as part of its festival run. Her new short THE EVERLASTING CLUB is currently screening at festivals worldwide.