HELEN LYONS-CURRAN
AWARD WINNING WRITER, DIRECTOR & FILMMAKER
ABOUT
Helen Lyons-Curran is an award-winning writer, director, and filmmaker. Her passion for cinema blossomed early on, fostering a diverse taste in genres that greatly influences her work as a filmmaker. Emphasising the importance of a robust narrative and well-developed characters, Helen firmly believes in the power of a compelling script as the foundation of any project.
Having specialised in single-camera drama at The Manchester Film School, she graduated with a First Class BA Honours Degree in Film Production along with a PGCE qualification for teaching Film.
Starting out working in production, then later as a freelance editor, afforded Helen a wealth of experience from pre to post-production which has been channelled into her craft. Deciding to mainly focus on self-led projects, Helen formed PickaXe Films, an independent production company which has recently partnered with another venture to produce two upcoming projects.
Helen's work has achieved multiple awards and nominations including a Royal Television Society award for her WWII short, Delicacy. Her gritty drama, Choke, has recently been acquired by M62 Films as part of their Northern Film Collective. Brit-Grit Horror-Noir, Ends Meat, is available on Amazon Prime. The Ends Meat feature film is currently in development with production planned for late 2026.
She has recently completed the feature screenplay for Blood, Wrath, and Mercy - a revisionist western and is developing the screenplay for a coming-of-age crime drama, Summer of '76. Filming in 2025 is the suspenseful female-led road-thriller, Last Strike.
Helen has a penchant for weaving intimate and personal stories against grand backdrops, with a particular focus for the future on female-led narratives and LGBTQ characters. Helen is passionate about her craft and enthusiastic about collaborating with those who share her creative vision.
