Alice Waddington

Alice Waddington

director, writer, producer

Alice Waddington was born on Jul 31, 1990 in Spain. Alice Waddington's big-screen debut came with Paradise Hills directed by Alice Waddington in 2019. Alice Waddington is known for I'm Being Me directed by Santiago León Cuéllar, Shei Benzidour stars as and Alma Betancur as . Alice Waddington has got 10 awards and 74 nominations so far. The most recent award Alice Waddington achieved is Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Alice Waddington plays is I'm Being Me which will be released on Feb 14, 2020.

Born in Bilbao as the Spanish daughter of a psychologist and a teacher. Her mother was the first woman in her family to attend university. Alice acquired her stage name at 16 while assisting DOP Quique López ('Sótano', 'Ander'). Having no initial connections in the film industry, she studied advertising in the Public UPV, and started taking promotion stills and directing fashion films (for the Spanish editions of Harper's Bazaar and others). She worked as an advertising creative, a producer and advertising video editor at the agencies Leo Burnett Iberia and Social Noise, plus as a photo-realistic storyboard artist.In 2014, with Mexican producer Yadira Ávalos, she wrote and co-produced a short film. Her first narrative 11' 30'' piece, 'Disco Inferno' (2015) obtained nominations in 70 international film festivals including fan favorites Palm Springs, Fantasia, Sitges or Fantastic Fest, which first awarded her as Best Director and Silver Feature Film Project of its film market. Twelve other international festival wins ensued. The short film toured Japan, China, the US and Canada with several 'Best of the Fest' showcases for nearly two years.Alice's first feature 'Paradise Hills' (2019) was produced by Spanish company Nostromo Pictures ('Penny Dreadful', 'Buried'). A science-fiction YA thriller written by Brian DeLeeuw ('Daniel isn't real') and Academy-Award nominated Nacho Vigalondo ('Colossal', 'Timecrimes', 'Extraterrestrial'). Protagonized by Emma Roberts, Awkwafina, Eiza Gonzalez, Danielle Macdonald, Milla Jovovich and Jeremy Irvine.Said feature became the second Spanish debut film to ever be screened at Sundance Film Festival (2019). Twenty other international genre festivals such as Fantasia, Sitges or Mórbido, followed suit.Alice is co-producing and directing on television show 'The Witchlands' with the Henson Company. She is also co-writing and executive producing her second feature 'Scarlet' for Netflix and with writer Kristen SaBerre ('The Good Lord Bird') at MGM/Orion with Alana Mayo and Panchit Simeto; produced by Michael Costigan and Roxie Rodriguez at Aggregate Entertainment.In Oct 2022, Alice's first episode of TV for Amazon Spain premiered: co-written with Rocio Martinez, "La Pesadilla" is a remake of Spanish horror powerhouse Chicho Ibáñez Serrador's 1967 episode (similar to US' "The Twilight Zone" in intention)Alice is developing several genre and thriller projects with frequent collaborator Netflix US.

  • Birthday

    Jul 31, 1990
  • Place of Birth

    Bilbao, Spain
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

10 wins & 74 nominations

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
2016
Best Director
Winner - Festival Prize
Disco Inferno (2015)
2016
Best Short Film
Winner - Festival Prize
Disco Inferno (2015)
C-FEM Murcian Fantastic European Film Festival
2016
Best Short Film
Winner - Grand Jury Prize
Disco Inferno (2015)
2016
Best Short Film
Winner - Grand Jury Prize
Disco Inferno (2015)
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