NATALIE MALLA
WRITER | DIRECTOR
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BIO
Natalie Malla is an award winning writer and director. In 2023 she was selected for the Netflix UK and Creative UK Breakout Programme with her original rom-com feature MISTLETOE KISS, currently being produced by Bird Flight Films. This will be her directorial debut. Her buddy comedy RENT-A-FRIEND, written with comedy writing partner Xara Higgs is currently in development with Gobby Girl Productions and she also has TV projects in development with Sister Pictures, Blue Penguin TV, Corestar Media and Grey Seal Media.
Natalie’s short films, Apex, I Am A Unicorn, The Girl In The Dress, Killing Thyme, Crush Hour and Mairi have screened at multiple festivals worldwide, receiving awards and nominations including Best Script at BIFA qualifying Exit 6 Film Festival, Best Short Film at Cannes Short Film Festival, Best Writer at Underwire, an Award of Excellence at the One Reeler Online Film Festival in LA, Best Short and Best of Festival at Carmarthen Bay and the Audience Award at Austin Film Festival.
Alongside her writing and directing, Natalie is an accomplished script editor and script doctor for feature film projects and is an extremely versatile collaborator. Natalie also worked with Steven Knight, Tom Hardy and Chips Hardy in her role as script editor on TABOO, Produced by Scott Free and Hardy Son & Baker. Taboo screened on BBC and FX in 2017.
Natalie has been a finalist in the Funny Women Comedy Writing Awards, won the Bafta Rocliffe New Drama Writing Forum and is an alumna of the Channel Four Screenwriting Course.