Misha Manson-Smith
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Nominated for three BAFTAs, including the Breakthrough Talent Award for Directing.
2024. As executive producer and director, developing social thriller Status Anxiety with Eleven Film and Sony. As writer and director, in pre-production on wellness satire Guru with Iconoclast.
Created, wrote and directed the pilot for Gooseberry, executive produced by Sacha Baron Cohen for Lionsgate and Comedy Central.
Recently directed Aimee Lou Wood in Swarovski's SS23 commercials campaign.
In drama, directed David Thewlis in sci-fi thriller The Feed for Amazon, was lead director on RTS-winning cyber thriller Kiss Me First for Netflix, directed multiple episodes across all three seasons of Paul Abbott's BAFTA-nominated, RTS-winning No Offence, was lead director on Danny Brocklehurst's BAFTA-winning Ordinary Lies and broke through in drama directing Monica Dolan and Craig Parkinson in the acclaimed single Excluded for BBC Two.
In film, directed Michael Sheen in Barbados, a short selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, written by George Kay and produced by Fred Berger. Directed David Tennant in short Nine and A Half Minutes, produced by Ollie Madden, and edited and took over directing Death In Gaza, the multi-Emmy-winning HBO feature documentary.
In comedy, wrote and directed the pilot for Hoff The Record, the International Emmy-winning series developed with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay starring Craig Roberts, Asim Chaudhry and Brett Goldstein, as well as collaborating on four multi-award-winning series with Marc Wootton, including Showtime's cult hit La La Land.
2024. As executive producer and director, developing social thriller Status Anxiety with Eleven Film and Sony. As writer and director, in pre-production on wellness satire Guru with Iconoclast.
Created, wrote and directed the pilot for Gooseberry, executive produced by Sacha Baron Cohen for Lionsgate and Comedy Central.
Recently directed Aimee Lou Wood in Swarovski's SS23 commercials campaign.
In drama, directed David Thewlis in sci-fi thriller The Feed for Amazon, was lead director on RTS-winning cyber thriller Kiss Me First for Netflix, directed multiple episodes across all three seasons of Paul Abbott's BAFTA-nominated, RTS-winning No Offence, was lead director on Danny Brocklehurst's BAFTA-winning Ordinary Lies and broke through in drama directing Monica Dolan and Craig Parkinson in the acclaimed single Excluded for BBC Two.
In film, directed Michael Sheen in Barbados, a short selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, written by George Kay and produced by Fred Berger. Directed David Tennant in short Nine and A Half Minutes, produced by Ollie Madden, and edited and took over directing Death In Gaza, the multi-Emmy-winning HBO feature documentary.
In comedy, wrote and directed the pilot for Hoff The Record, the International Emmy-winning series developed with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay starring Craig Roberts, Asim Chaudhry and Brett Goldstein, as well as collaborating on four multi-award-winning series with Marc Wootton, including Showtime's cult hit La La Land.
