Holly Holdsworth
Directing
Biography
Holly Holdsworth (born 15 December 1991) is a British producer, screenwriter, and film director. Her work centres on female characters using speculative fiction, absurdity and genre to create spaces to dissect contemporary issues. It is informed by her experiences as a bisexual woman and from growing up in a working-class neighbourhood in the East Midlands UK. She currently lives in Bristol, UK.
Known For
The story of the audacious jewellery, gold and cash burglary at the heart of London's diamond district executed by an elderly gang of career criminals across the Easter Bank Holiday weekend in April 2015.
Hatton Garden
Desperate for work, an unemployed scuba diver must convince a burnt out recruiter to hire her for a dangerous job.
Fathom
A long time ago in a lockdown far, far away... a filmmaker had nothing better to do, so she recreated her favourite film from memory but only using assets from 1995's children's game/ animation software/ fever dream Microsoft 3D Movie Maker. What resulted was a surreal animated homage.
Star Wars: A New Toke
An agoraphobic man travels to a remote property to collect a puppy, but on discovering the lonely seller has no dog, he realises there are far worse places to be than outside.