Joy Wilkinson

Joy Wilkinson is an award-winning writer and director working across film, television, theatre, radio and fiction. 

Her debut feature as writer-director was the London-set thriller 7 KEYS, which premiered at SXSW in 2024 and won nominations for Best Film and Best Actress in Frightfest’s Total FilmAwards. Joy’s prize-winning short THE EVERLASTING CLUB played at genre festivals world-wide, while her first short MA’AM was funded by the Female Film Force and had an award-winning international festival run.

A Screen International ‘Star of Tomorrow’, featured twice on the Brit List, Joy was recently selected for the UK Next Wave Genre Lab, and has signed a development deal with Anton Corp. She built a successful writing career on TV shows including DOCTOR WHO (BBC) and LOCKWOOD & CO (Netflix) and was most recently lead writer on Channel 4’s hit thriller SUSPECT. Her earlier TV credits include THE PACT, THE WATCH, and the BBC’s critically-acclaimed NICK NICKLEBY.

Joy's theatre work has been produced worldwide, including her much-loved play THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BRUISING, which is regularly revived following the original production’s five-star run at Wilton’s Music Hall and Southwark Playhouse.

She is a published author and a prolific radio dramatist, on both original works and adaptations, including multiple Agatha Christie titles for BBC Radio 4 early in her career. She is also a Verity Bargate Award winner, one of Den Of Geek’s ‘50 Brilliant Screenwriters To Watch Out For’, and was mentored by Sir Kenneth Branagh through the BFI's Guiding Lights scheme.