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Debbie Isitt

Debbie Isitt has worked on numerous theatre, television and feature film productions to great acclaim. She recently won the Best Writer award for her adapted teleplay for the children's drama The Illustrated Mum at the prestigious British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards (BAFTA). CONFETTI is Isitt's second feature film as writer and director, following her 2000 black comedy NASTY NEIGHBOURS starring Ricky Tomlinson. She also directed the comedy TRIBUTE starring Matthew Kelly (as himself).

Ms. Isitt is currently developing EUROVISION THE MOVIE, a comedy about the extraordinary and unique Eurovision song contest, as well as I LOVE LEE, a film featuring a tribute act to the late, great Liberace.

Her theatre work with the highly acclaimed Snarling Beasties has garnered Isitt several awards, including three consecutive Perrier awards for ‘Pick of the Fringe' at the Edinburgh Festival, the Independent Theatre Award and the Time Out Theatre Award. Her plays include The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, which had a successful recent run at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London starring Alison Steadman and Daisy Donovan; the black comedy Matilda Liar! and a multi-media production of A Hundred and One Dalmatians for the Belgrade Theatre Company. Isitt's plays have been translated into many languages and are frequently performed around the world.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2007.

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