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Dionne Edwards

Writer / Director

Dionne Edwards is a screenwriter and director. She works most often with producer Georgia Goggin, collaborating as Teng Teng Films.

Their debut feature PRETTY RED DRESS, starring Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke and newcomer Temilola Olatunbosun, was produced with the support of the BFI and BBC Film. It was developed with support from BBC Film, the BFI and the Sundance Institute. 

PRETTY RED DRESS follows five shorts together, including their 2016 short WE LOVE MOSES, which also premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and went on to screen at over fifty festivals worldwide, including ABFF and TIFF, picking up nine awards. It has been licensed for television by Cine+, Canal+, HBO, Netflix and Disney+.

Dionne’s TV credits include Netflix’s upcoming series THE F**K IT BUCKET, starring Sophie Wilde, Lauryn Ajufo and Stephen Fry, produced by Left Bank Pictures; THAT GIRL, for Channel 4’s On the Edge; Writing staff on Imaginarium/Netflix’s HALF BAD and second-unit on the third series of TOP BOY for Netflix.

Dionne has been supported by some of the industry’s leading talent development programmes. She was on the BFI Flare LGBT Filmmakers’ Mentorship programme 2016/17. In 2019, she was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow. The same year, the Sundance Institute invited Dionne to both its Screenwriting and Directing Labs and subsequently named Dionne a fellow of the inaugural Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship 2020/21.

Credits

FEATURE FILM
Date: 2021
Production (role):
PRETTY RED DRESS
Company:
Teng Teng Films / BFI / BBC Films
Project details:
Feature Film
Writer & Director
TELEVISION
Date: 2020
Production (role):
HALF BAD
Company:
Imaginarium/ Netflix
Project details:
Writers room & 1 script
Date: 2019
Production (role):
SOON GONE: A WINDRUSH CHRONICLE
Company:
Douglas Road Productions / Young Vic / BBC4
Project details:
Directed two monologues - Kev 1968 & Michaela 2019
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
IN DEVELOPMENT
Production (role):
THE F**K IT BUCKET
Company:
Netflix/Left Bank Pictures
Project details:
In Post-Production
Series
Director
Production (role):
WISE GIRL
Company:
Teng Teng Films / BBC Films
Project details:
Feature Film
Writer & Director

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): PRETTY RED DRESS
    Company: Teng Teng Films / BFI / BBC Films
    Project details: Feature Film
    Writer & Director
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): HALF BAD
    Company: Imaginarium/ Netflix
    Project details: Writers room & 1 script
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): SOON GONE: A WINDRUSH CHRONICLE
    Company: Douglas Road Productions / Young Vic / BBC4
    Project details: Directed two monologues - Kev 1968 & Michaela 2019
  • 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:
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE F**K IT BUCKET
    Company: Netflix/Left Bank Pictures
    Project details: In Post-Production
    Series
    Director
  • Production (role): WISE GIRL
    Company: Teng Teng Films / BBC Films
    Project details: Feature Film
    Writer & Director
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