Stephanie is an award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted filmmaker working across film and television. Her work is bold and versatile, spanning drama, comedy, horror, and children’s and family programming. She has directed the BBC’s BAFTA and RTS winning The Dumping Ground and ITV’s Emmerdale.
Her feature debut, the psychological thriller Zebra Girl, starring Tom Cullen (The Gold, Downton Abbey, Knightfall, Weekend), Jade Anouka (HBO’s Dune: Prophecy, His Dark Materials) and Sarah Roy, had a UK theatrical release and streams globally on all major platforms. It was nominated for Best Thriller at the 2022 National Film Awards, won Midnight Movie at Portland Film Festival, took Best Women’s Film and Best Actress at Beyond the Curve in Paris, and was the Closing Night Film at A Night of Horror in Sydney.
Through her company Forge Films, she created, directed and executive produced the comedy horror House Hack, one of the first vertical interactive feature films that launched in 2020 on the Whatifi platform and was voted a Top Game App by Google Play. It stars Amar Chadha-Patel (Disney’s Willow, The Creator), Jenny Funnell (Polite Society, As Time Goes By) and Amanda Shodeko.
She recently directed and produced Amusement, a Screen South commissioned family short film featuring Steve Meo (Gavin & Stacey, Torchwood) and Hayley-Marie Axe (The Devil’s Hour, Say Nothing). The film is currently on the festival circuit, selected for BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festivals including Aesthetica, London Breeze and Short Up Rouen.
Her short films have screened at Oscar, BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festivals worldwide. Being Keegan stars Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning actor Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Peaky Blinders, A Thousand Blows). The short also won her the PIA Pressure New Voices Award, was broadcast on Channel 5 and currently streams on major platforms. Dawn, starring Edward Hogg and Keeley Forsyth, was BAFTA-longlisted in 2014. Marigolds, broadcast on BBC HD Shorts, won Best Director at Underwire Film Festival.
She is currently developing the supernatural gothic thriller In Our Blood, which she wrote and will direct. The project won a BFI Development Award and the John Brabourne Award, and also took part in the Birds Eye View/BFI FILMONOMICS Programme, EIFF Talent Lab and Galway Film Market. She is also developing and a body-swap romcom with writer Gabriella Apicella, co-founder of Underwire Film Festival, which she will direct.
Stephanie has over 15 years’ industry experience working with top-tier talent, broadcasters and production companies including the BBC, Netflix, ITV, 72 Films, Channel 5, Sky, Nutopia and Westbrook. She was selected for the BAFTA x CREW Director Talent Programme and sat on the jury for the 2026 BAFTA TV Children’s Craft Award.
She is a member of BAFTA and Directors UK and holds dual UK/US citizenship.
