Becca Johnstone

After spending time at the National Film and Television School in the UK, Becca completed a post-graduate degree in screenwriting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

Upon graduating AFTRS, Becca was awarded the Foxtel Award for Exceptional New Talent. Becca has worked in TV writers’ rooms across Australia and interned in Feature Development and Acquisition at Icon Films. Her TV drama, Bay-ou, won the inaugural Australian Writers’ Guild’s ‘What Happens Next’ prize. She currently has feature projects in development with Bruna Papandrea/Made Up Stories and Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford/Aquarius Films. Becca is excited to be working on her own slate of projects, both in Australia and the US. Notably she is working with renowned Australian author, Lily Brett, adapting her award-winning novel Lola Bensky. She is represented by Keith Sweitzer at Paper Road Partners.

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