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BIOGRAPHY

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Sarah was the first director to be awarded a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit (2014) and was again chosen for BAFTA Elevate (2017). A writer director dedicated to championing stories with female leads, she is currently developing the feature film AMOR FATI and the TV series YOUNGBLOOD.

Sarah's range of genre is unique. From the action adventure of WARRIOR NUN (S1, lead director S2 - Netflix), supernatural love story A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (S1 - Sky One/AMC), YA drama GET EVEN (lead director/producer S1 - BBC/Netflix) to the biopic I AM ELIZABETH SMART (Lifetime USA) which was nominated for Best TV Movie and Best Actress - Critic’s Choice Awards 2018. Past credits include acclaimed British TV series DATES (Channel 4) and sole director of true life story THE CRASH (BBC) which was nominated for Best TV Drama - BAFTA 2013.

She began her career as an indie short filmmaker and swiftly moved onto showrunning BBC teen drama THE CUT (2011), after being nominated three years in a row by Broadcast Magazine in the Best Young Writer and Best Young Director categories for her debut short films, 420 SECONDS OF LOVE (2002), ALMOST STRANGERS (2003) and SOUL BOY (2004).

BAFTA & BEHIND THE SCENES

SARAH WALKER • BAFTA Interview

SARAH WALKER • BAFTA Interview
SARAH WALKER • BAFTA Interview
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SARAH WALKER • BAFTA Interview

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES • BTS
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A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES • BTS

PRESS & AWARDS

BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH BRIT • WRITER DIRECTOR

BAFTA ELEVATE • DIRECTOR

BEST TV MOVIE NOMINEE • CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2018

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE NOMINEE • CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2018

  BEST TV DRAMA NOMINEE • BAFTA 2013

BEST SHORT FILM • RTS AWARD 2005

BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR NOMINEE • BROADCAST YOUNG TALENT AWARDS 2004

BEST YOUNG WRITER NOMINEE • BROADCAST YOUNG TALENT AWARDS 2004

BEST YOUNG WRITER NOMINEE • BROADCAST YOUNG TALENT AWARDS 2003

BEST NEW DIRECTOR • HIGHLY COMMENDED • BROADCAST YOUNG TALENT AWARDS 2002

BEST NEW WRITER NOMINEE • BROADCAST YOUNG TALENT AWARDS 2002

 

WARRIOR NUN

NETFLIX · DIRECTOR SEASON ONE · LEAD DIRECTOR SEASON TWO    

BEST DRAMATIC SERIES · LEO AWARDS

"Warrior Nun wants to talk about strong women, and sisterhood, and it succeeds at doing both. Women are at the center of this show, even when they work in service of a larger purpose" - Nicole Hill, Den of Geek

 

"At that point, your mind is made up. You are either in, because Warrior Nun has all the shameless, breathless, genre-splashing and-thenning that you haven’t seen since the first season of Stranger Things. Or you are out, because your sense of fun curled up and died some years ago ... It’s a show about a bunch of kickass girls killing monsters with swords in churches. Honestly, what isn’t there to love?" - Stuart Heritage, The Gaurdian

GET EVEN

NETFLIX & BBC · LEAD DIRECTOR · ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

"There’s a holy trinity of teen TV shows: Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and The O.C. But Netflix’s Get Even is now up there for me too ... Get Even does trump Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars in one very important way: diversity. The main cast members of this show completely run the gamut in terms of race. Black, Asian, and Latinx actors are rarely given the opportunity to play roles where their racial identity isn’t at the narrative core. On Get Even, they indulge in the same kind of frothy exploits we’ve watched countless white actors do on the CW for years ... I finished it thinking, “Wow, I love all these girls and would jump in front of a bus for them.” - Christopher Rosa, Glamour

 

"The girls are not just there to look fantastic in tailored blazers - they all have distinctive personalities, elaborate character arcs, and, in a rare move, the narratives of the non-white characters don’t revolve around their races ... Moody teenage melodrama marked by mean girls, angsty romance, and youthful rebellion - all of which will make you unexpectedly nostalgic for 2010 house parties and P.E. classes. You won’t have trouble watching the whole season in one sitting — and trust me, you’ll want to." - Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, The Cut

THE CRASH

BBC · DIRECTOR · TV MOVIE

BEST TV DRAMA NOMINEE · BAFTA

 

"Lily Loveless, who plays Ashley, will probably also get a BAFTA nomination because those scenes were tremendous. Suddenly, I am glued to the screen, as anxious as the parents now running across the field to find out their child’s fate ... The howl of the fireman as he tried to revive her wins scene of the year so far for me. It’s only been an hour, but I care about these people." - Victoria Prior, The Custard TV

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

SKY ONE & AMC · DIRECTOR

BEST NEW TV DRAMA NOMINEE · NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS UK

 

"The best episode of the season so far, playing to show strengths with an excellent turn from Malin Busku’s Satu ... The sharp visuals and convincing performances help you buy into the scene – offering a dramatic urgency sorely missing from the rest of the series ... A Discovery Of Witches reached a new peak in its latest episode. By putting witches in the spotlight and pushing conflicts forward, the show found a fresh groove which showcased its strengths" - Adam Starkey, Metro 

I AM ELIZABETH SMART

LIFETIME · DIRECTOR · TV MOVIE

BEST TV MOVIE NOMINEE · BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE · CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

 

"With the movie’s real-life subject Elizabeth Smart as on-screen narrator and off-camera producer, “I Am Elizabeth Smart” is a rare, exceptional Lifetime movie about redefining victimhood. More than once during her captivity, Elizabeth has the choice to draw others into her panic, and more than once, she opts not to. In those moments, the camera zooms in on Boden’s face, and the background around her grows fuzzy: The isolation of trauma, illustrated. “I Am Elizabeth Smart” is a Lifetime movie, with all the connotations that implies. And on the other hand, it is remarkable because it is a Lifetime movie; it is a remarkable Lifetime movie. Much like Smart herself, it is restrained, unpretentious, and direct. It is a startling, bold film" - Sonia Saraiya, Variety

DATES

CHANNEL 4 · DIRECTOR

 

"It was enjoyable, I didn't just want more, I couldn't wait to see how successive episodes would link and weave into a format so unforgivingly dependent on great writing and acting. Suffice to say, in a game of snog, marry or avoid, Dates is definitely a keeper" - Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph

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