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Dionne Edwards

Writer / Director

Dionne Edwards is a writer and director working in film and television. She is a Sundance alum and Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Her work has screened internationally, including at TIFF and LFF, and on platforms such as Cine+, Canal+, HBO, Netflix, Disney+ and The Criterion Channel. Her debut feature, Pretty Red Dress (BFI/BBC Film), premiered at the BFI London Film Festival to widespread acclaim and multiple award nominations, following her breakout short, We Love Moses, which won nine awards. She has feature projects in development with Riff Raff and Film4.

In television, she has served as a second-unit director on episodes of Netflix’s Top Boy (Season 1) and been part of the writing staff on The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself (Netflix). She has also directed episodes of A Thousand Blows (Hulu/Disney+), Everything Now (Netflix) and the star-studded Audible Original adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2026
Production (role):
A Thousand Blows - Series 2
Company:
Disney + / The Story Collective
Project details:
Director of Episodes 4,5 & 6
Date: 2023
Production (role):
Everything Now
Company:
Netflix / Left Bank Pictures
Project details:
Director of Episodes 5 & 6
Date: 2018
Production (role):
Top Boy
Company:
Cowboy / Netflix
Project details:
2nd Unit Directing on first block
Date: 2018
Production (role):
On the Edge: 'That Girl'
Company:
Blacklight TV / Channel 4
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2023
Production (role):
PRETTY RED DRESS
Company:
Teng Teng Films / BFI / BBC Films
Project details:
Feature Film
Writer & Director

Long-listed for Best Debut Director at British Independent Film Awards

Long-listed for Best Debut Screenwriter at British Independent Film Awards
WRITING FOR TELEVISION
Date: 2020
Production (role):
HALF BAD
Company:
Imaginarium / Netflix
Project details:
Writers Room & One Script
SHORT FILM
Date: 2016
Production (role):
WE LOVE MOSES
Project details:
Writer & Director
AUDIO
Date: 2025
Production (role):
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Company:
Brock Media / Audible Studios
Project details:
Director
IN DEVELOPMENT
Production (role):
VULTURE
Company:
Riff Raff
Project details:
Feature Film
Production (role):
THE TERRIBLE
Company:
Wayward Films
Project details:
Feature Film
Production (role):
WISE GIRL
Company:
BBC Films
Project details:
Feature Film
Writer & Director

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): A Thousand Blows - Series 2
    Company: Disney + / The Story Collective
    Project details: Director of Episodes 4,5 & 6
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): Everything Now
    Company: Netflix / Left Bank Pictures
    Project details: Director of Episodes 5 & 6
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): Top Boy
    Company: Cowboy / Netflix
    Project details: 2nd Unit Directing on first block
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): On the Edge: 'That Girl'
    Company: Blacklight TV / Channel 4
    Project details:
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): PRETTY RED DRESS
    Company: Teng Teng Films / BFI / BBC Films
    Project details: Feature Film
    Writer & Director

    Long-listed for Best Debut Director at British Independent Film Awards

    Long-listed for Best Debut Screenwriter at British Independent Film Awards
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): HALF BAD
    Company: Imaginarium / Netflix
    Project details: Writers Room & One Script
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): WE LOVE MOSES
    Project details: Writer & Director
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2025
    Production (role): PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
    Company: Brock Media / Audible Studios
    Project details: Director
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): VULTURE
    Company: Riff Raff
    Project details: Feature Film
  • Production (role): THE TERRIBLE
    Company: Wayward Films
    Project details: Feature Film
  • Production (role): WISE GIRL
    Company: BBC Films
    Project details: Feature Film
    Writer & Director
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