Screenwriter: Stephen Beresford

Stephen Beresford was born in London and was drawn to the dramatic arts at a very young age. He began acting with a children’s drama group before he had turned ten. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked both on screen and stage as well as writing. Having heard about the Lesbian and Gay Support group, LGSM, during an argument in the 1990s, he had long fostered the idea of the group as a film or stage project without having opportunity to implement it. However, in a meeting with film producer David Livingstone in 2010, after having been asked if there was any story he would particularly wanted to write, he discussed the idea that would become his first screenplay Pride. The film would earn him a BAFTA award. Beresford went on to write Fanny and Alexander (2018) and The Last of the Haussmans (2012).

Director: Marchus Warchus

Marchus Warchus, from Kent England, is a former student of Selby High School who initially followed his father’s footsteps into acting but found a passion for directing. He has directed theatre, opera and film, including award-winning productions for all the major British theatre companies. Equally comfortable on the stage or screen, Warchus was the youngest director ever on the Stratford main stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company and emerged in film with a debut film, the play Simpatico, which he co-wrote and directed, starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges and Sharon Stone. He is married and has children with Broadway actress Lauren Ward and is currently the Artistic Director of the Old Vic Theatre, London.