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Karissa Hamilton-Bannis

Represented by: Emilie Loldrup Hansen
emilie@kitsonpress.co.uk

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Karissa Hamilton-Bannis

Represented by: Emilie Loldrup Hansen
emilie@kitsonpress.co.uk

Email Agent

Writer

Karissa is a graduate of the National Film and Television School’s Screenwriting MA. She has written several projects for film and television, including writing two episodes for 9 Story’s A Kind of Spark and for the second series of Netflix teen thriller series Get Even. She is currently working on her original comedy drama series Possessed for Hartswood Films.

Writing Projects
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Possessed (2020-2024)
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Hartswood Films / Channel Four
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Original supernatural comedy drama series commissioned to script and in development with Channel Four.

Production
Hollyoaks (2019-2024)
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Lime Pictures
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Currently writing episodes on this long-running series, having written 34 episodes so far.

Production
Down Grove (2024)
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Original Series Pitch

Set in Ladbroke Grove, Down Grove is told over 3 decades from the 1990s to the 2010s, a story of female friendship with a uniquely Black British slant.

Production
Josephine (2024)
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Original Spec Script

Original Television Series – A contemporary family drama about the Jones’s, an aspiring middle class Black family who are shaken when their 15 year old daughter tells them she’s pregnant.

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Championess (2023)
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Watford & Essex
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Brought on to develop a series set in the world of female bare knuckle boxing in the 18th Century based on the graphic novel with an Indian/British woman at its centre.

Production
Dr Who: Redacted S2 (2023)
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BBC Sounds
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Commissioned to write 1 x 30′ audio drama script for BBC Sounds.

Producer: James Goss

Spin-off podcast Dr Who: Redacted is scripted by bestselling author Juno Dawson, alongside a host of new and experienced writing talent, with a strong emphasis on diversity and regionality. The audio drama primarily explores the relationships between ordinary people unknowingly immersed in the Doctor Who universe.

You can listen to her episode 4, Spaceman here.

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Flipside (2022-2023)
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Talent TV
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2 x 30′ episode of Young Adult drama about 13-year-old Ashanti who dreams of becoming a pro-champion skateboarder.

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Resonance (2018-2019)
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Hillbilly Films
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Commissioned to write the television adaptation of Sci-Fi novel Resonance.

Production
BAFTA Elevate (2018-2019)
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BAFTA
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Karissa was selected to join this BAFTA talent development scheme for writers. To read more, click here.

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The Party (2017)
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Ecosse Films
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Series idea developed for E4.

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Perspective (2016-2017)
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Hillbilly Films
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Developed her techno sci-fi thriller series set in the near future.

Production
Fatherland (2017)
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Zak Films
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Thriller set in 1970s Germany, based on the book ‘Snowleg’ by Nicholas Shakespeare. In development with German company Zak Films.

Production
The Juke Box
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Original Television Series Episode.

Production
Rift-Guard
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Television series pilot and treatment

Production
Open Graves - A Zombie Musical
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Feature length screenplay

Production
Raising the Dead
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Television Pilot

Short Films
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Production
Kahanikar (The Storyteller)
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Writer

Animated Short Film. Premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2011. Won Best Animation at LA Shorts Festival. Longlisted for the Academy Awards.

Production
The Hooded Ghost
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Writer

Theatre
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The Spider
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Rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre.

Writing Projects
Production Company Notes
Possessed Hartswood Films / Channel Four

Original supernatural comedy drama series commissioned to script and in development with Channel Four.

Hollyoaks Lime Pictures

Currently writing episodes on this long-running series, having written 34 episodes so far.

Down Grove

Original Series Pitch

Set in Ladbroke Grove, Down Grove is told over 3 decades from the 1990s to the 2010s, a story of female friendship with a uniquely Black British slant.

Josephine

Original Spec Script

Original Television Series – A contemporary family drama about the Jones’s, an aspiring middle class Black family who are shaken when their 15 year old daughter tells them she’s pregnant.

Championess Watford & Essex

Brought on to develop a series set in the world of female bare knuckle boxing in the 18th Century based on the graphic novel with an Indian/British woman at its centre.

Dr Who: Redacted S2 BBC Sounds

Commissioned to write 1 x 30′ audio drama script for BBC Sounds.

Producer: James Goss

Spin-off podcast Dr Who: Redacted is scripted by bestselling author Juno Dawson, alongside a host of new and experienced writing talent, with a strong emphasis on diversity and regionality. The audio drama primarily explores the relationships between ordinary people unknowingly immersed in the Doctor Who universe.

You can listen to her episode 4, Spaceman here.

Flipside Talent TV

2 x 30′ episode of Young Adult drama about 13-year-old Ashanti who dreams of becoming a pro-champion skateboarder.

Resonance Hillbilly Films

Commissioned to write the television adaptation of Sci-Fi novel Resonance.

BAFTA Elevate BAFTA

Karissa was selected to join this BAFTA talent development scheme for writers. To read more, click here.

The Party Ecosse Films

Series idea developed for E4.

Perspective Hillbilly Films

Developed her techno sci-fi thriller series set in the near future.

Fatherland Zak Films

Thriller set in 1970s Germany, based on the book ‘Snowleg’ by Nicholas Shakespeare. In development with German company Zak Films.

The Juke Box

Original Television Series Episode.

Rift-Guard

Television series pilot and treatment

Open Graves - A Zombie Musical

Feature length screenplay

Raising the Dead

Television Pilot

Short Films
Production Company Notes
Kahanikar (The Storyteller)

Writer

Animated Short Film. Premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2011. Won Best Animation at LA Shorts Festival. Longlisted for the Academy Awards.

The Hooded Ghost

Writer

Theatre
Production Company Notes
The Spider

Rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre.