Jade Courtney Edwards is a screenwriter and director from London. She holds a B.F.A. from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and Stern School of Business in Film Production and Entertainment Business.
She was the creative executive for Pandemic Films and co-produced their debut feature starring Jeremy Irons, and has worked on projects with SMUGGLER, Sony Screen Gems, Nu Image, SHFT, and Deltree. Her short films have screened globally and garnered multiple awards.
She is a current scholarship recipient of Columbia University's M.F.A. program in screenwriting and directing, due to graduate in February 2021.
She has a range of TV and film projects in development and her work reflects an acute interest in moral ambiguity, social injustice, underdogs, and outsiders.
She has been selected as a BAFTA 2020 Newcomer.