Louisa Connolly-Burnham is an award-winning director and screenwriter from Birmingham.

She founded the production company THIMBLE FILMS in 2019 and she is a member of the female filmmaking collective CINESISTERS. 

Louisa recently wrapped principle photography on SISTER WIVES which she wrote, directed, produced and starred in alongside BAFTA-winner Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex) and Michael Fox (Downton Abbey). Variety did a press release on the project which you can read here. 

The script for SISTER WIVES won the highly-acclaimed First Flights Film Fund in association with Goldfinch and Kodak whose previous winner AN IRISH GOODBYE won an Academy Award in 2023 The script was also a semi-finalist at FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival and also won the Sunday Shorts Script Competition. SISTER WIVES recently begun its festival run starting at the Oscar-qualifying Deadcenter Film Festival in Oklahoma and the BIFA-qualifying Unrestricted View Film Festival in London where Louisa received a ‘Best Actress’ nomination.

Her directorial debut THE CALL CENTRE, which she also wrote, had a successful festival run, including the Oscar-qualifying Foyle Film Festival with a nomination for ‘Best International Film’, Aesthetica Film Festival, Underwire Film Festival with a "Best Producer" nomination, whilst also winning the audience awards at ÉCU Film Festival and Sunday Shorts Film Festival.

Louisa’s second film THE TRACK followed suit, with a successful run at the Oscar-qualifying Durban International Film Festival, BAFTA-qualifying festivals: British Urban Film Festival & Carmarthen Film Festival and a best director award at the 2022 World Indie Film Awards. It also screened at BIFA-qualifying Manchester Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival & Manchester/London Lift- Off Film Festival. 

Her third short film THE CEILING, which discusses arousal non-concordance and consent, recently begun it’s festival run, starting at the BIFA-qualifying Exit 6 Film Festival. Her fourth short film FLEETING set in the Irish ‘Repeal The Eighth’ referendum in 2018 has just begun it’s festival run starting at the IFTA-qualifying Catalyst Film Festival.