We are assembling the GREATEST roster of screenwriting speakers ever for our TENTH anniversary!
The London Screenwriters’ Festival will host around 130 professional speakers from all areas of the film and television business. Many have also agreed to intimate online Script Chats (subject to technology) after their respective sessions so that you can get facetime with them. Although speakers are being added continuously, the vast majority will be confirmed in the summer of 2021. Get updates by signing up below.
It was great and it made me realise how incredibly massive LSF always is. Team LSF really is remarkable, and I thank the day you decided to take on this task."
Leilani Holmes, Screenwriter, Actress

Headliners
Lena Headey – Actress, Writer, Director
Credits include Game of Thrones, The Brothers Grimm, The Trap

The LSF has opened my eyes to new ways I can make my writing sparkle and has provided me with amazing opportunities."
Jacob Mulgrew, Screenwriter

Screenwriters
Barbara Machin – Screenwriter, Showrunner
Credits include Waking The Dead, The Bill

Anoushka Warden – Screenwriter, Actress
Credits include My Mum's a Twat

Daniel Maier – Comedy & Narrative Screenwriter
Credits include A Touch of Cloth, Charlie Brooker's You Have Been Watching

Danusia Samal – Actress, Writer, Singer
Credits include Ghost in the Shell, Out of Sorts

Debbie Horsfield – Screenwriter
Credits include Poldark; Sex, Chips & Rock 'n Roll; All The Small Things

Emmanuel Oberg – Screenwriter, Author, Creative Consultant
Credits include Double Game; author of the Story-Type Method® series of books

Henry Naylor – Playwright, Screenwriter
Credits include Spitting Image, Echoes

Jessica Ruston – Screenwriter
Credits include Harlots, Young Wallander

Marnie Dickens – Screenwriter
Credits include Thirteen, Gold Digger

Michal Aviram – Screenwriter
Credits include Fauda, Project Orpheus

Romi Aboulafia – Actress, Writer, Producer
Credits include The Debt, Harmon

The PitchFest is such a positive and important event for both pitcher and producer; it's where preparation can meet opportunity."
M J McMahon, Director/Producer, Capture

People Who Get Stuff Made
Julian Friedmann – Film, TV & Literary Agent
Staunch supporter of emerging talent

Alexandra Arlango – Founder of The Brit List, Head of Development | Caryn Mandabach Productions
Credits include The Duchess, Alien Autopsy

Catherine Williams – Screenwriter
Credits include New Teletubbies, Topsy and Tim, Waffle the Wonder Dog, Chip and Potato

Francesca Moody – Theatre Producer | Francesca Moody Productions
Credits include Fleabag, Baby Reindeer

Joanna Strevens – Executive Producer | Carnival Films
Credits include The Tunnel, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

John Yorke – MD | Angel Station
Credits include Wolf Hall, Shameless, Life On Mars, EastEnders

Karen Thrussell – Executive Producer | Mammoth Screen
Credits include Poldark, Ordeal by Innocence

Paul Gilbert – Commissioning Executive | Sky Drama
Credits include Bulletproof, Tin Star, Humans

Richard Lingard – Course Leader, AD/Location Management | The NFTS
Credits include Strange, The Escapist

Steve November – MD | Further South Productions
Credits include Coronation Street, Emmerdale

I learned a lot, found strength and courage for pitching (and the next steps), met brilliant people and generally had such a laugh throughout!"
Susie Farrell, Screenwriter

Directors
Jonathan Newman – Writer, Director
Credits include The Adventurer: Curse of the Midas Box, Foster

Anthony Byrne – Director
Credits include Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street, Mr Selfridge

John Stevenson – Director
Credits include Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, Madagascar

The best-run, best-organised and best-attended writers' fest I've ever seen..."
Karen Krizanovich, Presenter, Writer, Journalist

People Who Know Stuff
Hayley McKenzie – Founder & CEO | Script Angel

David Baboulene, PhD – Narrative Theorist, Story Consultant
Credits include Story Theory

David Pope – Script Consultant, Screenwriter

Harriet Bratt – International Speaker, Trainer

Jay Harley – Screenwriting Coach

Shelly Mellott – Vice President of Sales & Marketing | Final Draft

My first LSF was a blast. It brought me out of my shell. I can now say with confidence that I am a writer!"
Adam Harper, Screenwriter

Moderators
Maureen Hascoet – Producer, Director
Credits include 50 Kisses ('Enough' segment)

I met a huge number of people who were not only great writers but great company, and I'm looking forward to staying in touch with them."
Billy Steel, Screenwriter
