DIRECTING
Georgeana Bisley is an emerging director in television and film, anchored by a solid background as an Assistant Director and enriched by a growing portfolio of original work. She has shadowed respected directors including Tim Leandro(EastEnders), Niall Fraser (BBC Doctors), and David Innes Edwards and Paul Riordan (BBC Father Brown), gaining invaluable experience in managing complex stories, working with actors, and maintaining production quality across long-running series.
Her directing breakthrough came on BBC Doctors, where she was entrusted to direct a scene, showcasing her maturity in narrative pacing, actor direction, and collaboration under tight television schedules.
In the short film arena, Georgeana has made a series of distinctive projects on low budgets that have achieved festival recognition:
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Flower Beds (2023): A suspenseful horror short filmed on just £0, it won the Filmshort Creative Award in Nashville (March 26, 2024) youtube.com+8filmfreeway.com+8filmfreeway.com+8, and was officially selected for Independent Horror Society’s showcase in London on 7 December 2024 linkedin.com. It was also screened at the Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Festival in Belfast in December 2024 filmfreeway.com+1facebook.com+1.
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Live for Me (2022): A zero-budget drama starring Tyler Luke Cunningham (Holby City) and Chan Woo Lim (Holby City), screened at Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions 2024 filmfreeway.com+1georgeanabisley.com+1.
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Haunted (2024): A short horror that became a finalist at the Expresso 90 Film Festival in Birmingham 2024filmfreeway.com+1georgeanabisley.com+1.
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Our Place (2024): An animated short officially selected for the Roughcut 60‑Second Film Challenge in Truro, Cornwall 2024 filmfreeway.com+1uk.linkedin.com+1.
Earlier works include The Day I Kissed Violet (2020), Allotments (2020), We Met By The Sea (2018), and When Light Falls Asleep (2017), all showcasing her versatility across drama, experimental, and music‑video formatsfilmfreeway.com+3filmfreeway.com+3filmfreeway.com+3.
Trained in Film & Television Production (BA Hons) at Falmouth University (2016 - 2019)filmfreeway.com+1georgeanabisley.com+1, Georgeana continues to expand her directorial craft across genres—especially horror and drama—while bringing professional rigour from her AD background into every project.
