Natasha Markou

Natasha has a passion for directing, writing and producing and has founded London Production Studios in 2017, with a mission to make audiovisual work that is daring, has a social impact and is exciting as well as appealing to the most diverse possible audience.

She trained in musical theatre and filmmaking at the University of Miami, read English and Classics at Strathclyde University and theatre directing at The Central School of Speech and Drama. She completed her Postgraduate Degree in Screenwriting at the Edinburgh Napier University.

THEATRE
UK directing credits for the theatre include:

The Cloak of Visibility (Mountview - Catalyst Festival 2019), The Puppeteer (Musical in Development), You Will Fail Her (New Theatre Royal Portsmouth with Dyspla), Annie (Crowland Primary School), Only Bruises (New Writing-C Royale, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Hidden School (New Writing-Ashmole Academy), A Doll's House (Central School of Speech and Drama), Abandon (New Writing-The Bussey Building), rehearsed readings, scratch nights (The Poor School).

Assistant Directing/Producing credits for the theatre include:

Windows (Finborough Theatre, dir. Geoffrey Beevers), Teddy (Southwark Playhouse, dir. Eleanor Rhode), Hunchback (Coconat Grove Playhouse, Miami FL, dir. Joseph Adler), Seussical (Miami University)

International directing credits for the theatre include: Rent (RD), Medea, The Frogs, Cabaret (RD).

FILM
Directing/Producing/Assistant Directing credits for film/TV include:

A Mouthful of Air (2020), Av: The Hunt (2020), Blank (2020), Boris Karloff (2020), The Promise (2020), 34 Seconds (2020), Dalai Lama (2020), Beacon Hill TV Series (2020), Killbird (2019), Lead Belly (2019), Nice 2 Meet U (2015) and various commercials.

WRITING/PRODUCING ACCOLADES

Producers Network (Cannes International Film Festival 2019)
Star Quest (Winner Best Television Script, Los Angeles Film Awards 2019)
Star Quest (Winner Best Sci-Fi Script, Los Angeles Film & Script Festival 2019)
Star Quest (Winner 2nd Place TV Pilot, The International Horror Hotel 2019)
Star Quest (Finalist, Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition 2019)
Star Quest (Official Selection, Hollywood Dreams Annual International Film Festival and Writers Competition 2019)
Star Quest (Official Selection, Depth of Field International Film Festival 2019)
Married in 24 Hours (Atlanta Film Festival Quarterfinalist 2019)
Star Quest (Torino Film Lab Selection, TFL 2018)
Malediction (European Script Meeting, Riga International Film Festival Selection 2018)
Sleepless Daphne (Co-Production Forum, Brussels International Film Festival Selection 2018)
Sleepless Daphne (Producers Roundtables Selection, EFM 2018)

Credits

THEATRE
UK directing credits for the theatre include:

The Cloak of Visibility (Mountview - Catalyst Festival 2019), The Puppeteer (Musical in Development), You Will Fail Her (New Theatre Royal Portsmouth with Dyspla), Annie (Crowland Primary School), Only Bruises (New Writing-C Royale, Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Hidden School (New Writing-Ashmole Academy), A Doll's House (Central School of Speech and Drama), Abandon (New Writing-The Bussey Building), rehearsed readings, scratch nights (The Poor School).

Assistant Directing/Producing credits for the theatre include: Windows (Finborough Theatre, dir. Geoffrey Beevers), Teddy (Southwark Playhouse, dir. Eleanor Rhode), Hunchback (Coconat Grove Playhouse, Miami FL, dir. Joseph Adler), Seussical (Miami University)

International directing credits for the theatre include: Rent (RD), Medea, The Frogs, Cabaret (RD).

Training

Criterion Theatre: New Writing Programme
Mike Alfreds: Director’s Training
Mike Alfreds: Laban Efforts
Young Vic: Directors Programme
Young Vic: Sacha Wares Developing Directors
Kiln Theatre: Artist Development Programme
Ian Rickson: The Director’s Process
Dominic Cooke: Directing The Warrior
Royal Opera House: Opera Staff Directing
Gate Theatre: Directing a Dynamic Space
Gate Theatre: Be an Effective Theatre AD
Gate Theatre: Producing Middle Scale
Almeida Theatre: Producing Theatre
Young Vic: Period Costume
Young Vic: The Crucible Staging Workshop
Shakespeare Centre: Shakespeare and Gender
Platform Islington: Making Theatre with Young People
The Lab Collective: Interactivity in Performance
Scottish Screen Academy: Script Development
BBC: Trust in TV