Harry Wootliff is an English film and television director and screenwriter.

Early life

Wootliff trained at Elmhurst ballet school and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

Wootliff's debut short film ''Nits'' screened in Cannes Directors' Fortnight, was Bafta nominated, and won The BFI London Film Festival TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition, Soho Rushes, and

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. Her second short film ''Trip'' starred

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and premiered in Official Selection at Berlin. Wootliff directed '' Coming Up'' episode "I Don't Care" for Channel 4, starring

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, Iwan Rheon, David Leon and Mark Benton, the drama screened at Edinburgh Film Festival and Soho Rushes In 2013 Wootliff was a finalist for the Arts Foundation Award for Screenwriting. Wootliff's debut feature film, the critically acclaimed romantic drama '' Only You'' starring

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and

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, premiered 19 October 2018 at The London Film Festival, where it was nominated for both the First Feature Award and IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award. ''Only You'' went on to win The Critics’ Award at the 30th Dinard Film Festival, two British Independent Film Awards, a Writers' Guild Award, and a BAFTA nomination. Wootliff's second feature film '' True Things'' starring

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and Tom Burke, had its World Premiere at Venice, and also screened at Toronto and The London Film Festival, where it won the IWC Shaffhausen award.

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acquired North American distribution rights to the film. Wootliff directed the finale of BBC/HBO's ''

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'' season three. She is currently directing ''The Woman in the Wall'', a Motive Pictures production, for BBC/Showtime.BBC website, The BBC and Showtime commission new drama series The Woman In The Wal

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