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Zara Waldeback
Zara has found considerable success both as a screenwriter and director. She has written 3 feature scripts, over 15 shorts and for TV. Recently she was selected for European screenwriting programme North by Northwest to workshop family comedy George's Herd, and has been writing for a new Carlton children’s series. Her latest short Ssssh!, is premiering at the 2003 Edinburgh International Film Festival, and before that black comedy Pros & Cons of Camouflage was funded by South East Arts and picked up for distribution by Hypnotic. It was screened at various festivals and broadcast in Europe, winning a Highly Commended prize in the TCM competition. Zara's third feature script Stackhouse Cove was selected for the Screen South/UK Film Council Dreamcatcher scheme, and developed through the ScriptNaked programme run by Lighthouse in Brighton. Zara has worked as reader for British Screen and First Film Foundation, and recently set up a Writers Workshop in Whitstable. She lives in Kent and is currently developing a 2-part TV chiller, The Keeper and 2 new features, Bigwigs and Losing Space.
Agent: Chris Calitz at Creative Media Management