Lynne Harwood

Director @First Take

Liverpool, GB

Lynne has worked as a Director at First Take since 1993. First Take is an Independent Production Company based in Liverpool, UK. The ethos is to make films that make a difference, working in oppressed communities.In 2022, Lynne completed the feature film \'1 in 200\', as Writer, Director and Editor, working with the recovery community, people in recovery from drugs and alcohol issues. It was part-funded by the British Film Industry (BFI) and is a political thriller around homelessness in the UK, where over people are homeless, equivalent to 1 in 200.Lynne co-wrote, directed and edited her first feature film \'Big Society The Musical\' in 2012-14 in response to the austerity cuts made by Cameron\'s government as he espoused his Big Society idea. The film was selected to open the London Labour Film Festival in 2014 and premiered at the Liverpool International Music Festival that same year.Lynne has directed several short films including \'Enough Rope\' about a direct action based on a true story, which was shot on location in France with BAFTA award-winning Vicky McClure. It was selected for Hamburg Radar International Film Festival and Los Angeles Women\'s International Film Festival. Her short film \'Tmesis\' was selected for international festivals in Sau Paulo, London and Helsinki. Other shorts have received official selection in Chicago, Toronto and Berlin.Lynne has worked on co-productions nationally and internationally including an 8-part documentary series broadcast throughout Europe, which was a co-production with Sydvest Films, Norway. In 2018 the short documentary \'The Unlimited House of Krip\', which Lynne edited, won best short at the Liverpool Pride British Short Film LGBT Film Festival, and was nominated for \'Best of British\' at the Iris Prize 2018. Lynne also edited Betty and Jean, nominated for Best of British at the Iris Prize in 2023. Lynne has written for TV and is presently developing a TV series with Moonspun Films.