Lou Burns - award winning screenwriter
Bringing dramatical storytelling to life through compelling and captivating writing
Bringing dramatical storytelling to life through compelling and captivating writing
Lou is an award winning writer and director from the North East. With a background in social work, social care, and teaching, and having worked, and lived, in some of the most socially and economically deprived areas in the north, Lou draws on this lived experience to create working class drama and comedy that explores social realist themes such as poverty, injustice, inequality, corruption, and community.
2024 - Short Film Drama - Toast Soldiers
2024 - Short Film Drama - Bruised
2025 - Short Film Comedy/Drama - Gan Canny
Check out Lou's work here:
"BRUISED" - written and co-directed:
* UKOWF Awards 2024 - Best Short Film (Winner) *
* UKOWF Awards 2024 - Best Screenplay (Winner) *
* UKOWF Awards 2024 - Best Actress (Winner) *
* Feel the Reel Int. Film Festival 2024 - Best Original Score (Winner) *
* Emerging Talent Film Festival Awards 2024 – Best Social Drama (Winner) *
* London Women's Film Festival 2024 - Best Short Drama (Winner) *
* UK Film Awards 2024 – Best Short Film (Finalist) *
* UK Film Awards 2024 – Best Screenplay (Finalist) *
* UK Film Awards 2024 – Best Supporting Actor (Nominated) *
* UK Film Awards 2024 - Best Actress (Winner) *
* TVIFF Awards 2024 - Parmo d’Or, Best North East Film (Honourable Mention) *
* Global Shorts Awards 2024 - Best Short Film (Special Mention) *
* Glow Flare Short Film Festival 2025 - Best Film (Nominated) *
* Glow Flare Short Film Festival 2025 - Best Screenplay (Nominated) *
* Glow Flare Short Film Festival 2025 - Best Director (Nominated) *
* Glow Flare Short Film Festival 2025 - Best Actress (Nominated) *
* Glow Flare Short Film Festival 2025 - Best Supporting Actress (Nominated) *
* Boundless Film Festival 2025 - Best Short Film (Nominated) *
* Manchester Lift-Off Global Festival 2025 - Best Short Film (Nominated) *
* Berlin Short Film Awards 2025 - Best Short Drama (Winner) *
* Liverpool Indie Awards 2025 - Best UK Short (Nominated) *
* Liverpool Indie Awards 2025 - Best Actress (Nominated) *
* Bedford Independent Film Festival 2025 - Best UK Short Film (Nominated) *
* International OWF Awards 2025 - Best Short Film (Winner) *
* International OWF Awards 2025 - Best Screenplay (Nominated) *
* International OWF Awards 2025 - Best Actress (Winner) *
* International OWF Awards 2025 - Best Director (Nominated) *
* International OWF Awards 2025 - Best Original Score (Winner) *
* The Romford Film Festival 2025 - Best Short Film (Nominated) *
* New York Film and Female Awards 2025 - Best Drama Short (Winner) *
* New York Film and Female Awards 2025 - Best Actress (Winner) *
* Power 24 International Film Festival 2025 - Best Short Film (Winner) *
"GAN CANNY" - written and co-directed:
* Folkestone Film Festival 2025 - Best Editing and Sound Design (Winner) *
* Miraban UK Film Festival 2025 - Best Short Film (Honourable Mention) *
"TOAST SOLDIERS" writer:
* Sunderland Shorts Film Festival 2024 – Judges Recognition Award (Jury Prize) *
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