Laura Scrivano is a director of film, TV and commercials. She is currently in post production on Extinction, a new eight-part thriller from Sky starring BAFTA nominee Paapa Essiedu, and written by Joe Barton (Giri/Haji, HBO's Batman). Other recent projects include McDonald & Dodds (ITV) for which she was nominated for Debut Director at the Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Awards, Hanna for Amazon/Working Title/NBCU, The Letdown for Netflix (London unit) and award-winning short film Alice starring Sarah Snook (HBO's Succession). Her commercials include spots for Public Health England, the FA, Budweiser, Scouts, Bumble & Instagram. 

First-generation Italian-Australian from a small coastal mining town, Laura was raised on a mix of late-80s blockbusters, Australian gothic masterpieces and European avant garde - from Back the Future to Bicycle Thieves, Picnic at Hanging Rock to Twin Peaks, and Labyrinth to La Jetée. 

She has been selected for "Ones to Watch" for Edinburgh TV Festival 2020, is a BFI Network awardee and was shortlisted for Sundance Screenwriter's Lab for her debut feature Ring Road, in development with Silver Salt Films.