Eleanor is a recent graduate of Raindance Film School with an MA in Screenwriting. Her focus is on writing stories about women finding themselves in a changing world, often exploring the tensions between liberal and conservative cultures She is also inspired by her time spent in Germany as a child and aims to create bi-lingual works that encourage audiences to consider other languages and mindsets.
Eleanor has worked with established screenwriters and directors, such as Ruth Paxton, Raphaela Wagner, Sade Sellers, Liza St. John and Joey Akubeze. She previously workshopped her work with Sundance Collab courses, and her pilot 'Give Me The Cake' came in at the top 15% of the BBC Writer's Room Open Call. Eleanor's vision is to create films that inspire audiences to think differently about themselves and the world around them.
Work in Development
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The Champagne Socialist
Period Drama - 45 mins TV Series
When an upperclass, British woman arrives in Berlin as her Father’s translator, she sees the opportunity to live out her political convictions and join the communist party but then she meets her German counterpart who introduces her to a very different kind of socialism and she can’t help but be intrigued.
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Mare Street
Period Drama - 1 hour TV Series
When Nelly arrives at the new women’s refuge on Mare Street, she eschews the religious fanaticism of her missionary counterpart, Lavinia. But in a world where virtue and vice are a woman’s only options, they must learn to work together to stop the refuge from being replaced with a workhouse.
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One The Wrong Foot
Feature Film
In the wake of her recent cancer remission, a disabled artist strives to move forward with her life but is held back by family obligations and heartache, until she meets a fun-loving nurse with a secret of his own.