Lee Daniel
Writer & Director
TV & Film
Generation X female writer-director from a working-class background (London/Scotland).
My work explores themes of survival, identity, and resilience—often told through a bold, female lens.
Current recipient of the BFI Network Early Development Fund for my neo-noir feature The Debt Collector.
BBC Voices mentee, with work reaching the top 1% of the BBC Open Call.
CURRENT PROJECTS
The Debt Collector – Feature (BFI EDF)
Easy Money – TV treatment (BBC Voices, 2024)
3AM, Dad, Touched – Director - Short films (Film Club Collective, 2025)
KEY CREDITS & ACCOLADES
2025: BFI Early Development Fund – The Debt Collector
2024: BBC Voices mentorship – Easy Money
2023: She Town – Top 1%, BBC Open Call
2022: Maggie – Top 26%, BBC Writers room
All Videos
All Videos
Jackson's Cat - (Proof of Concept)
QUIET SCREAM
WE WIL MEET AGAIN
Experimental Film Scenes
John Yorke
Author, script editor and television producer
“Strong world building here. It's evident how much you care as a writer about your fictional world."
Shirley Day
Author, filmmaker, screenwriter and lecturer
The Literacy Consultancy
"I loved the descriptive and emotional way that you've written that first scene."
Piers Clifton
television producer
and scriptwriter/ lecturer
“Your setting is fascinating and very colourful.
You've certainly not been afraid to go your own way and to explore some challenging, tough areas”
Sarah Garrett
Script development producer
and Script Consultant
“There's a delicious dark comedic tone in this scene and a strong authorial voice. You're in command of your medium."
"Deftly written, the mayor shift in the dymnamics of their relationship feels both unexpected yet inevitable.”