Zoe Black is an award-winning filmmaker who brings playful, tender stories to life through bold visual expression. Their short documentary GIRLY is a joyful exploration of queer femininity and is currently screening at international festivals.
It won Best Documentary Short at LesGaiCineMad 2024, a Goya Award qualifying selection. As a writer they have a flair for relationship-driven comedies and dramas, and the pitch for their feature project MOLL — based on the real-life 17th-century pickpocket Moll Cutpurse — won First Prize at B3 HessenLab 2024.
Other directorial work includes several short form projects and music videos, including the unscripted web series Styled by Strangers which will premiere in Summer 2025.
Zoe’s directing has its origins in theatre, where they specialised in darkly comic plays such as Alannah Lewis’s West of Frances — a show about one woman’s quest to spit on a nun’s grave. It premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe, where it garnered 5- and 4-star reviews. From puppetry to lavish pink sets, Zoe creates imaginative work that invites audiences to see the world in new and exciting ways.
Zoe holds an MFA in Film & TV Production from the University of Southern California and a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.
Email at zoeblack.film@gmail.com
Zoe’s directing has its origins in theatre, where they specialised in darkly comic plays such as Alannah Lewis’s West of Frances — a show about one woman’s quest to spit on a nun’s grave. It premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe, where it garnered 5- and 4-star reviews. From puppetry to lavish pink sets, Zoe creates imaginative work that invites audiences to see the world in new and exciting ways.
Zoe holds an MFA in Film & TV Production from the University of Southern California and a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.
Email at zoeblack.film@gmail.com
