Ward Parry

Ward Parry is a British-American screenwriter whose work spans film and television. He co-wrote Retribution starring Liam Neeson (2023) and the forthcoming Shelter directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Jason Statham, Bill Nighy and Naomi Ackie set for release next year. He also wrote the award-winning Netflix feature Curtiz.

He was recently hired to adapt the mystery-thriller Black Box for Studio Canal and The Picture Company. In television, Ward sold an F1 racing series to Amazon with Range and Automatik producing, and he is currently developing additional projects with Amazon, Warner Bros., and Sony, as well as a Steve McQueen biopic with Atlas Entertainment.

Before screenwriting, Ward worked at The Guardian and at Saatchi, experiences that shaped his storytelling voice. His background in journalism and advertising brings sharp, character-driven tension to his films.

Jennifer Lane Baker

Jennifer Lane Baker (she/her) is a theatre director and facilitator. She trained on the MFA Theatre Directing programme at Birkbeck and at Curve in Leicester, and she holds a degree in English Literature from Durham University (where she was a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for the Arts).

Jennifer is currently developing new actor-musician folk musical The Snare and Feral with the Daywalkers Collective, which pitched at BEAM25 earlier this year, and is the UK associate director on The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum and on the Japanese tour of A Chorus Line.

She was recently resident director on The Lehman Trilogy in the West End and on international tour.

She has directed and worked as associate/assistant director on productions in the West End, across the UK, and internationally in the USA, Australia and Japan.

Jennifer is passionate about making work that is visually exciting, dynamic, camp, and heartfelt, with storytelling and audience at the heart of her practice. She loves music, dance, and silliness.’

www.jenniferlanebaker.co.uk

Millie Anna

Millie recently completed a diploma course at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.