FILM DIRECTOR

Kate has made five short films which have won numerous awards worldwide at prestigious festivals.  What Happened to Evie features on Ziggo's advent calendar and is screening there on Dec 19th in Holland.  She has just written her first feature, Ghost Singer and is attached to three other features including; The Many Faces of Alice Marble fully financed by Red Bull, The Bag, a heist movie by Trevis Carter, and Love on the Vertical, a romantic comedy, by Tobsha Learner.  She has directed one film for television which screened world wide and also won development money for a Cornish Feature developed with Met Films.

FEATURES
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ONE WHOLE HEART: Director, 110' minute television feature version of the book Pig Heart Boy about a boy getting a heart transplant from a Pig.  BBC. Winner BAFTA , Screened at Chicago IFF, See Awards. (1999/2000)
 
SHORTS
​BLUE ROOM. Director on a short film about a young woman trapped in a grief. Initially made as part of the final competition round for ThatFilmFestival.  Starring Georgia Henshaw. (2020)

WHAT HAPPENED TO EVIE. Director on short of award-winning screenplay, producer Georgina French. Winner Galway Int FF and best short by a female director in Cannes short film corner, see other awards.  Mike Jibson, Sian Reeves and Bessie Coates. (2017) See Awards.
 
LOVE SOMEHOW: Director on 30 min lyrical film drama about Caitlin Thomas. Starring Sally George and Griff Rhys Jones. July 2016.  See awards.  Screening at over 40 festivals around the world. (2015/16)
 
ROADKILLER: Director, short comedy horror film about the revenge of animal lovers on a “road kill” collector, starring actor Phil Davis. See Awards (2013/14)
 
THE MANIFESTO: Director, short mixed live action and animated opera in collaboration with the Guildhall School of Score written by David Moore – in post-production. (2012/13)
 
FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT
LOVE ON THE VERTICAL: Romantic Comedy written by Tobsha Learner. Producers Kelly Fulton and Mark Foligno. 

THE BAG: Director of heist thriller written by Travis Carter. Producer Laurie Cook.

ALICE MARBLE: Attached to direct the innovative drama about tennis great, Alice Marble. Producer, Jon Alwen Astronaut films. Financed by Red Bull.

GHOST SINGER: Writer and director on Fantasy RomCom about a faded Rockstar who does a deal with a ghost to regain is fame but ends up falling in love instead. In development
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NEVER SAY RABBIT; Screenplay set in world of fishing with Cornish writer Nick Darke. Development funding from Cornwall Film Fund, with Met Films Producer, Stewart Le Marechal.

KATE CHEESEMAN
​BAFTA & RTS Award Winning Film & TV Director

Represented by OLIVIA GRAY, Independent Talent
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​Kate Cheeseman - Director
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