Dionne Edwards

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.