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Corinna McFarlane (she/her) is an acclaimed film director whose career began in theatre. By the age of 18, she was writing, directing, performing and producing, through her own company of actors. Awarded a prize for entrepreneurship by the University of Sussex, where she was studying Political Science, Corinna took sold-out, critically acclaimed shows from Brighton’s Komedia Theatre to several iconic London fringe venues and on to 4-star runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
At 22, Corinna landed her first role as a film producer on the low-budget British indie, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, directed by Thomas Clay. Against all the odds, Corinna and the young team succeeded in bringing the film to compete for the Camera D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2005.
Corinna went on to direct, produce and edit the award-winning indie documentary Three Miles North of Molkom. The film was a resounding critical success, theatrically released by Metrodome in the UK in 2009, Wildbunch in Europe and IFC in North America. The film acquired a string of prestigious international nominations; the Audience Award for best film (including dramas) at the Goteborg Film Festival, a finalist in the Audience Award tables at IDFA and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary.
The remake rights for Corinna’s documentary debut sparked a bidding frenzy in Hollywood. Choosing to maintain involvement as an executive producer and to work in the UK, Corinna struck a deal with Dan Mazer (long term Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator – Borat, Bruno, Ali G) and his producers, Oscar winning production company, Blueprint Pictures (Three Billboards Outside of Missouri, The Banshees of Inisherin). The project is in development with the support of the BFI.
Ready to write her first feature film script, Corinna set off to find inspiration from her Scottish roots. She converted the back of a long-wheel-base Land Rover so she could sleep in it and spent the next year travelling the Highlands. The Silent Storm is the script that came out of that process. Returning to London, Corinna joined forces with producer Nicky Bentham (The Duke, Moon) and her writing caught the attention of iconic film producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The script became Corinna’s dramatic debut and EON’s first foray into independent filmmaking outside of James Bond. The film starred British actors, Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis and, after its premiere at the London Film Festival 2015, was immediately picked up by SONY for international release.
Corinna’s exciting working relationship with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson continued; the producers sent Corinna to LA to develop and write a psychological thriller script. This project remains confidential.
After 15 years working in the film industry, Corinna took time out and moved first to India, then to Italy, to embark on her journey into motherhood. During this time, her friendship with children’s author Michael Morpurgo inspired Corinna to start developing My Summer as Mia, a feminist re-telling of a true story Michael shared with her, a story that inspired him to write War Horse.
Alongside raising her two children in Somerset, Corinna is now working with multi-Cannes award-winning producer Louis Tisné (Border, The 8 Mountains) and the BFI on My Summer as Mia, currently casting for a Summer 2023 UK/Vietnam shoot.
Submit your self-tape or question and receive feedback, via voice-note, from Corinna.
Corinna McFarlane (she/her) is an acclaimed film director whose career began in theatre. By the age of 18, she was writing, directing, performing and producing, through her own company of actors. Awarded a prize for entrepreneurship by the University of Sussex, where she was studying Political Science, Corinna took sold-out, critically acclaimed shows from Brighton’s Komedia Theatre to several iconic London fringe venues and on to 4-star runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
At 22, Corinna landed her first role as a film producer on the low-budget British indie, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, directed by Thomas Clay. Against all the odds, Corinna and the young team succeeded in bringing the film to compete for the Camera D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2005.
Corinna went on to direct, produce and edit the award-winning indie documentary Three Miles North of Molkom. The film was a resounding critical success, theatrically released by Metrodome in the UK in 2009, Wildbunch in Europe and IFC in North America. The film acquired a string of prestigious international nominations; the Audience Award for best film (including dramas) at the Goteborg Film Festival, a finalist in the Audience Award tables at IDFA and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary.
The remake rights for Corinna’s documentary debut sparked a bidding frenzy in Hollywood. Choosing to maintain involvement as an executive producer and to work in the UK, Corinna struck a deal with Dan Mazer (long term Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator – Borat, Bruno, Ali G) and his producers, Oscar winning production company, Blueprint Pictures (Three Billboards Outside of Missouri, The Banshees of Inisherin). The project is in development with the support of the BFI.
Ready to write her first feature film script, Corinna set off to find inspiration from her Scottish roots. She converted the back of a long-wheel-base Land Rover so she could sleep in it and spent the next year travelling the Highlands. The Silent Storm is the script that came out of that process. Returning to London, Corinna joined forces with producer Nicky Bentham (The Duke, Moon) and her writing caught the attention of iconic film producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The script became Corinna’s dramatic debut and EON’s first foray into independent filmmaking outside of James Bond. The film starred British actors, Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis and, after its premiere at the London Film Festival 2015, was immediately picked up by SONY for international release.
Corinna’s exciting working relationship with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson continued; the producers sent Corinna to LA to develop and write a psychological thriller script. This project remains confidential.
After 15 years working in the film industry, Corinna took time out and moved first to India, then to Italy, to embark on her journey into motherhood. During this time, her friendship with children’s author Michael Morpurgo inspired Corinna to start developing My Summer as Mia, a feminist re-telling of a true story Michael shared with her, a story that inspired him to write War Horse.
Alongside raising her two children in Somerset, Corinna is now working with multi-Cannes award-winning producer Louis Tisné (Border, The 8 Mountains) and the BFI on My Summer as Mia, currently casting for a Summer 2023 UK/Vietnam shoot.
Submit your self-tape or question and receive feedback, via voice-note, from Corinna.
Corinna McFarlane (she/her) is an acclaimed film director whose career began in theatre. By the age of 18, she was writing, directing, performing and producing, through her own company of actors. Awarded a prize for entrepreneurship by the University of Sussex, where she was studying Political Science, Corinna took sold-out, critically acclaimed shows from Brighton’s Komedia Theatre to several iconic London fringe venues and on to 4-star runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
At 22, Corinna landed her first role as a film producer on the low-budget British indie, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, directed by Thomas Clay. Against all the odds, Corinna and the young team succeeded in bringing the film to compete for the Camera D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2005.
Corinna went on to direct, produce and edit the award-winning indie documentary Three Miles North of Molkom. The film was a resounding critical success, theatrically released by Metrodome in the UK in 2009, Wildbunch in Europe and IFC in North America. The film acquired a string of prestigious international nominations; the Audience Award for best film (including dramas) at the Goteborg Film Festival, a finalist in the Audience Award tables at IDFA and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary.
The remake rights for Corinna’s documentary debut sparked a bidding frenzy in Hollywood. Choosing to maintain involvement as an executive producer and to work in the UK, Corinna struck a deal with Dan Mazer (long term Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator – Borat, Bruno, Ali G) and his producers, Oscar winning production company, Blueprint Pictures (Three Billboards Outside of Missouri, The Banshees of Inisherin). The project is in development with the support of the BFI.
Ready to write her first feature film script, Corinna set off to find inspiration from her Scottish roots. She converted the back of a long-wheel-base Land Rover so she could sleep in it and spent the next year travelling the Highlands. The Silent Storm is the script that came out of that process. Returning to London, Corinna joined forces with producer Nicky Bentham (The Duke, Moon) and her writing caught the attention of iconic film producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The script became Corinna’s dramatic debut and EON’s first foray into independent filmmaking outside of James Bond. The film starred British actors, Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis and, after its premiere at the London Film Festival 2015, was immediately picked up by SONY for international release.
Corinna’s exciting working relationship with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson continued; the producers sent Corinna to LA to develop and write a psychological thriller script. This project remains confidential.
After 15 years working in the film industry, Corinna took time out and moved first to India, then to Italy, to embark on her journey into motherhood. During this time, her friendship with children’s author Michael Morpurgo inspired Corinna to start developing My Summer as Mia, a feminist re-telling of a true story Michael shared with her, a story that inspired him to write War Horse.
Alongside raising her two children in Somerset, Corinna is now working with multi-Cannes award-winning producer Louis Tisné (Border, The 8 Mountains) and the BFI on My Summer as Mia, currently casting for a Summer 2023 UK/Vietnam shoot.