About Jo: Jo Southwell is an award-winning director known for her ability to evoke emotion and bring scripts to life with distinctive pacing and powerful performances. Selected to shadow Jon East on “Killing Eve” (BBC America) and Jennie Darnell on “Trigger Point” (World Productions), she has developed a unique directorial style for both television and film.
Through her company, Aston Productions, she is actively developing several high-profile projects including the feature film “Deirdre of the Sorrows” and the 8-part TV series “The Sleeper” with StoryFirst. As a producer, she’s developing “Cold Night Rising,” a TV animation with LION TV, and has optioned “Diamond Alice,” a crime series about the female gang The Forty Elephants.
Southwell is a full voting member of BAFTA and Directors UK.
What Jo Is Looking For: Television and film content with strong gritty emotional pull, adaptations, and action.
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