Vanessa Caswill

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Vanessa Caswill is an English director and writer of short films and television dramas.

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Caswill directed BBC miniseries Thirteen (2016) [1] [2] and Little Women (2017). [3] [4] Little Women marked the first time in Angela Lansbury's career of nearly 80 years that she was directed by a woman. “It was a very intimate relationship with a director which I had never really encountered before... She was quite wonderful in her ability to come to us actors — not in a loud way, from a distance she would come and whisper in our ears. And in that way, she was able to impart very subtle things that otherwise perhaps as a woman she might not have wanted to, for everybody to hear. But for the actor to hear it was delightful and I loved working that way with her.” [5]

She directed the film Love at First Sight . [6]

Filmography

TitleYearRole
A Fairytale of the City (Short)2006Director, writer, executive producer
Pudding Bowl (Short)2007Director, writer
The Fishdance Kid (Short)2009Director
The Caterpillar and Fly (Short)2010Director, writer
Magpie (Short)2010Director, writer
Love Matters (TV series)2013Director
Flea (Short)2014Director
My Mad Fat Diary (TV series)2014Director of episode "Inappropriate Adult"
Thirteen 2016Director
Little Women 2017Director
Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives2018Director [7]
Gold Digger 2019Director
Love at First Sight 2023Director

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