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DIRECTING CREDITS
DEATH IN PARADISE | 2024
Red Planet Pictures – BBC One
– Series 14 – Episodes 5 & 6 (2 X 60 MINS)
– Murders and mojitos. Fresh off the plane, a British detective joins the police force on the luscious Caribbean island of Sainte Marie.
THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL | 2024
ScreenDog Productions – Channel 4
– Series 1 – Episodes 1-4 (4 X 60 MINS) – Drama Director
– How much can we trust our justice system? The Jury examines the jury system for the first time on British television by recreating an entire, real murder trial from the original transcripts.
FATHER BROWN | 2024
BBC One
– Series 11 – Episodes 7 & 8 (2 X 60 MINS)
– A charismatic, crime-busting priest gets on his bike to solve crimes in an idyllic Cotswolds village. Quirky, warm-hearted mystery drama starring Mark Williams.
HOLLYOAKS | 2023
Lime Pictures – Channel 4
– Episodes 6081-6085 (5 X 30 MINS)
– A teenage soap opera which follows the lives, loves, and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families.
CASUALTY | 2022
BBC One
– Series 37 – Episodes 7 & 8 (2 X 60 MINS)
– A long-running UK medical drama series depicting the working and private lives of the hospital staff, paramedics and patients.
ANTHEM | 2022
Wales Millennium Centre
– A Welsh language mockumentary following the lives of four finalists competing to with the nation’s biggest TV singing competition.
VANDULLZ | 2021
Little Wander – BBC Comedy
– Pilot Episode (1 X 30 MINS)
– Up-and-coming indie band Vandullz are on the brink of their big break. But will the pressures of life on the road force them to give up before they’ve even started?
CASUALTY | 2021
BBC One
– Series 36 – Episodes 36 (1 X 60 MINS)
– A long-running UK medical drama series depicting the working and private lives of the hospital staff, paramedics and patients.
FILMMAKER IN RESIDENCE – WELSH NATIONAL OPERA | 2019
BBC -Ffilm Cymru Wales – Welsh National Opera
– A trilogy of Short Films created in response to WNO’s Autumn Russian Revolution Season.
– GRAM GIRL – Follow the late-night adventures of a young woman obsessed with curating her Instagram persona.
– ALT – Frustrated with life, a young man is tempted by the allure of a violent right-wing extremist organization.
– FLUORESCENCE – An autobiographical account of a woman’s immigration journey, written by Syrian artist and refugee, Kinana Issa. Premiered at the London Film Festival in 2019.
STUFFED | 2018
Ffilm Cymru Wales – BFI Network
– Short Film – 2019 BAFTA Cymru nominee for Best Short Film
– A dark comedy short that explores greed, death, and the lengths we go to get what we want. Starring Ronni Ancona and Niky Wardley.
AFIACH | 2016
IRIS Prize – S4C – Ffilm Cymru Wales
– An LGBTQ+ Welsh language Short Film
– A young couple wait on a platform for the arrival of a grain as they reflect on mortality and face death head on.
ERNEST | 2016
– Documentary Short Film
– Small family farms across the globe are nearing extinction as a result of the emergence of large commercial farms. Set on a small sheep farm in West Wales, ERNEST put a human face on the changing ecological landscape of our time.
THEATRE
VENUS IN FUR | 2015
Canadian Stage Company – Assistant Director
WHAT MAKES A MAN | 2015
Necessary Angel Theatre – Assistant Director
BRANTWOOD | 2014
Sheridan College – Co-Director
WRITING CREDITS
MITTY GOES WEST | 2025
In development with Ffilm Cymru Wales, S4C, Creative Wales and Fields Park
– Feature Film
– When her best friend goes missing, Mitty Bowen, a cowboy-obsessed outcast, spirals into a Western fantasy, transforming her life into a quest for truth – or revenge. But as the police label her a suspect and her grip on reality unravels, she must face life’s harsh truths – or risk losing herself entirely.
BLUE MOTHER | 2024
In development with Ffilm Cymru Wales
– Feature Film
– When a millennial entrepreneur unexpectedly finds herself in control of her estranged mother – a disgraced venture capitalist and former porn magnate now on house arrest – the two women engage in a power struggle that could cost them everything.
BLACK MALE BABY | 2023-2025
In development with Sphere Media (CANADA)
– Comedy Series (1/2 Hour)
– A series that explores an unlikely female friendship that navigates race, class, and plenty of emotional baggage.
HOW WE SAY ‘I LOVE YOU’ | 2023-2025
In development with Chemically Altered Productions (USA)
– Drama Series (1 Hour)
– On the run, a gay daughter returns home to seek refuge in her West-Indian mother’s Christian home. Herarrival unearths painful secrets from the past that this dysfunctional, immigrant family are forced to face.
EMJOY | 2020
– Story Writer
– An audio wellcare app specialized in female wellness and women’s health with science-backed content.
GAMEHOUSE | 2020
– Story Writer for story-driven free-2-play mobile games.
– GameHouse develops, publishes, and distributes casual video games.
AWARDS AND PROGRAMS
2025 BAFTA Nomination (The Jury: Murder Trial)
2024 Filmonomics Cohort
2022 Netflix/CFC Global Project Lab
2021 Finalist in World Productions’ – Welsh Writer of the Year
2020 BAFTA CREW
2019 BFI London Film Festival NETWORK Cohort
2019 BAFTA BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Mentoring
2019 BAFTA CYMRU Short Film Nominee (Stuffed)
2015 Women on Screen: Short Film Incubator
CARYS LEWIS is a Welsh-Canadian writer and BAFTA-nominated director who splits her time between Canada and the UK. She most recently directed blocks on the BBC series DEATH IN PARADISE and the BBC series FATHER BROWN. Recent credits include the ScreenDog/Channel 4 series The Jury: Murder Trial (BAFTA ’25); a block on the Channel 4 series HOLLYOAKS; the BBC continuing medical drama CASUALTY; and the comedy webseries/pilot VANDULLZ for Little Wander. She also worked with Welsh National Opera as their Filmmaker in Residence where she created a trilogy of films: GRAM GIRL, ALT, and FLUORESCENCE (LFF 2019).
Carys is currently developing her feature directorial debut, MITTY GOES WEST, with the support of Ffilm Cymru Wales. She also co-wrote the feature film, HOW BLACK MOTHERS SAY I LOVE YOU, with playwright Trey Anthony, which advanced to the second round of the 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. The film is supported by Telefilm Canada & Ffilm Cymru Wales.
Carys was nominated in 2019 for a BAFTA Cymru in the Short Film category for her BFI funded comedy, STUFFED. Her LGBTQ+ Welsh-language short, AFIACH, premiered at the Iris Prize Festival and was screened on BBC iplayer and S4C. Her award-winning documentary short, ERNEST, premiered at the Wales International Documentary Festival. In 2018, Carys collaborated with revolutionary filmmaker Erika Lust and created an experimental short film funded by Lust Films. She was selected for the BFI London Film Festival NETWORK cohort in 2019, BAFTA Crew 2019/2020, long-listed for the BBC Writer in Residence 2021 and is a proud graduate of George Brown Theatre School. www.caryslewis.com
Website: www.caryslewis.ca
VANDULLZ (BBC Comedy): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0011y41/vandullz
Welsh National Opera – Filmmaker In Residence:
http://www.internationalartsmanager.com/features/filming-an-operatic-theme.html
https://wno.org.uk/news/tymor-rhyddid-archwilior-themâu
How Black Mothers Say I Love You – Feature:
https://ebosscanada.com/congratulations-to-trey-anthony-carys-lewis/
https://byblacks.com/entertainment/stage/item/1570-how-black-mothers-say-i-love-you-returns-and-gets-a-movie-deal
BFI Short Film – Stuffed:
http://www.ffilmcymruwales.com/index.php/en/news-and-events/530-beacons-shorts-highlight-welsh-film-flair
Iris Prize Short Film – Afiach:
https://www.irisprize.org/film/afiach/?t=p&cat=45&prog=1&i=41
http://ffilmcymruwales.com/index.php/en/news-and-events/629-welsh-language-lgbt-short-film-scheme-returns
Theatr Clwyd – Writer in Residence:
https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/get-involved/artist-development/writer-in-residence/
Film Hub Wales:
https://www.filmhubwales.org/en/carys-lewis/
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