Official filmmaker of Monkeypaw's NO DRAMA initiative,
powered by Universal Studios and TIFF.
Charlie Dennis is a writer/director hailing from the West Midlands.
He’s one of 5 filmmakers selected by Jordan Peele as part of Monkeypaw's NO DRAMA initiative, powered by Universal Studios and TIFF. It’s an incubator designed to develop new genre-focused talent, with direct exposure to the major studio process, access to creative and production execs within a year long programme curated by TIFF and Universal Studios.
Prior to this, he was one of the filmmakers selected as part of the recent BFI NETWORK @ LFF development cohort in 2024.
As a filmmaker, he strives to represent unheard voices on screen, utilising genre as a vehicle to tell important stories from marginalised communities. He also aims to improve accessibility in film, and his Deaf-led BBC short film ‘Silent World’ which screened at Slamdance & LFF won The National Lottery Arts Project of the Year, alongside BAFTA, Academy Award and BIFA qualifying festival nominations.
Other TV work includes Second Unit directing on Sky Atlantic’s ’This England’, starring Kenneth Branagh.
Whilst already shortlisted for prestigious accolades such as the Directors UK Inspire scheme, being mentored by Julian Holmes (The Boys, Daredevil, Carnival Row), Cannes Lions nomination & 1.4 awards, he creates work that has an impact - and whether you’ll be laughing, crying, or shouting at your screen, he ensures you’ll remember his films long after you’ve watched them.
He is developing his first feature which is a grounded horror film, set in the West Midlands, focusing on the British social-class system