Ruth Platt read English at Oxford, from a comprehensive school. Most recently Ruth directed a block of CALL THE MIDWIFE. Her BFI funded feature, Martyrs Lane, was released on Shudder in 2021. It won the Rising Star award at Fantasia Film Festival and was nominated for the Cheval Noir. Ruth is currently developing a TV series with Hilary Salmon’s production company, The Lighthouse, and is developing film projects with Independent and Silver Salt Films.
Her short film, The Heart Fails Without Warning, adapted from a Hilary Mantel short story, screened at multiple international festivals. Her first, micro budget, feature, The Lesson, was the only female made feature at FrightFest 2015 and picked up distribution. Her second feature, The Black Forest, a dark comedy, was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2019.
‘This skin-prickling supernatural story crafts an effectively airless atmosphere of uncanny melancholy. It’s the kind of horror which eschews jump scares in favour of a more subtle, gauzy sense of unease, a slow-burning discomfort that creeps up on the audience like a half-seen shadow’. Screen Daily. Martyrs Lane Review.
Accents & Dialects: American-Southern States, American-Standard, Australian, East European, Heightened RP, Irish-Southern, London, Northern, RP*, Russian, West Country
Music & Dance: Singing (general)
* = Native / Highly Skilled
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Accents & Dialects: American-East Coast, American-New York, American-Standard, Australian, Cockney, Dutch, East European, Essex, Geordie, German, Heightened RP, Irish-Southern, Italian, Liverpool, London*, Multicultural London English (MLE), Polish, RP, Russian
Music & Dance: Drums, Period Dancing
Sports: Badminton, Boxing, Football, Skateboarding, Skiing, Stage Combat, Swimming
Vehicle Licences: Car Driving Licence
Voice Over: Voice Over + Home Studio
* = Native / Highly Skilled
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Accents & Dialects: American-Southern States, American-Standard, Cockney, Jamaican, London*, RP
Music & Dance: Bass (singing), Body Popping, Contemporary Dance, Rap, Street Dance
Performance: Children’s Theatre, Comedy, Forum Theatre, Physical Theatre, Role Play, Verbatim Theatre
Sports: Athletics, Boxing, Cycling, Football, Jiu Jitsu, Karate, Sword Fighting, Tae Kwon Do
Vehicle Licences: Car Driving Licence
Other Skills: Director, Drama Workshop Leader, Producer (professional), Workshop Leader (Acting)
* = Native / Highly Skilled
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Accents & Dialects: American-Standard, Belfast, Cork, Dublin*, Galway, RP
Languages: English*, Irish*
Music & Dance: Laban
Performance: BADC Standard, Comedy, Comedy Improv, Immersive Performance, Physical Theatre, Sight-Reading (non-musical), Spoken Word
Sports: Swimming
Voice Over: Voice Over
* = Native / Highly Skilled
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Accents & Dialects: American-California, American-Southern States, American-Standard, Australian, Brazilian, Cockney, Essex, Estuary English, French, Italian, Latin American, London*, Northern, RP*, Spanish
Music & Dance: Cabaret Singing, Soprano
Performance: ADR-Additional Dialogue Recording, Presenting
Sports: Boxing, Cycling, Horse-riding, Mountain Biking, Rollerblading, Running, Triathlon
Voice Over: Voice Over
Other Skills: Counselling, Improvisation, Narration, Photographic Model, Photography, Psychology, Writer
* = Native / Highly Skilled
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