Samantha O'Rourke

Sam O'Rourke (she/her) is a queer writer/director originally from the North West of England. Her play Our Town Needs a Nandos was staged at Liverpool's Everyman Playhouse last year. Sam's original comedy drama Mincemeat was Nominated for 3 BAFTA Cymru’s. She wrote and directed “Jelly” for Ffilm Cymru / BFI / BBC Wales / Mad as Birds, which went on to win the Chapter Queer Film Prize and feature in Iris Festival. It was also broadcast on Channel 4 and BBC. Sam was also selected for the prestigious BAFTA x Flare program. She has original series in development with The Forge, Story Collective and and Blacklight.