Shelagh McLeod

After an international career as a leading actor, Shelagh stepped behind the camera. Her debut feature film as writer/director/ associate producer Astronaut stars Academy award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss. Astronaut was selected for Best of the Fest at Edinburgh Film Festival and after a North American & European theatrical release, Hulu & Sky purchased the film. After being awarded best director at the UK National Film Awards (2021) her subsequent screenplay Nexus was shortlisted for Sundance Screenwriter's Lab, selected for Meryl Streep's Writer's Lab & won top prize at Vail Film Festival (2022).  Writing, directing, and producing across genres, her short films have won at several film festivals.  She's now attached to direct the feature film Wolf at The Door and her own project - The Visit, which is a PAGE award finalist. Shelagh has Canadian/ British citizenship.

shelaghm@clara.co.uk Tel: 07831203003

AWARDS AND HIGHLIGHTS

Edinburgh Film Festival – Best of the Fest (Astronaut)

Vail Film Festival – Best Screenplay (2022)

LA Film and Script Festival – Best Narrative Short (2022)

The National Film Awards, Best Director, (Astronaut) (2021)

Meryl Streep/Nicole Kidman Writer's Lab, official selection (2018)

Sundance Screenwriters Lab Finalist

JETS, Berlinale, Winner 2017

PAGE Screenwriting AWARDS – Finalist 2020

PAGE Screenwriting AWARDS – Finalist – 2021

Meryl Streep/Nicole Kidman Writers lab – Finalist 2021

Directors UK, BAFTA, SAG, WGGB, Equity, ACTRA member.

Agents:  Canada: Jennifer Goldhar. UK: Richard Bucknall.