Lee Daniel
Writer & Director
TV & Film
Generation X female writer-director from a working-class background (London/Scotland).
My work explores themes of survival, identity, and resilience—often told through a bold, female lens.
Current recipient of the BFI Network Early Development Fund for my neo-noir feature The Debt Collector.
BBC Voices mentee, with work reaching the top 1% of the BBC Open Call.
CURRENT PROJECTS
The Debt Collector – Feature (BFI EDF)
Easy Money – TV treatment (BBC Voices, 2024)
3AM, Dad, Touched – Director - Short films (Film Club Collective, 2025)
KEY CREDITS & ACCOLADES
2025: BFI Early Development Fund – The Debt Collector
2024: BBC Voices mentorship – Easy Money
2023: She Town – Top 1%, BBC Open Call
2022: Maggie – Top 26%, BBC Writers room
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Short Film
Date
April 2023
Short Film (Brighton screen and film school)
Film Noir style. A thriller, set in 1940s England. The idea for the film comes from the rising obsession with 'seances that was sweeping the UK at this time. The phenomenon of trying to reach out to dead loved ones, was perhaps in response to the collective grief that the nation felt on losing so many of their young during the first and second world war.
STYLING
We went for the film noir black and white styling, which enabled us to establish a 1940s storyworld within tight parameters. We were using the same set as QS, so shooting in black and white enabled us to play with the shadows and make the set look like a different location all together. We focused on costume and making props - as well as sound effects to create the 1940s vibe.