Karissa Hamilton-Bannis
Represented by: Emilie Loldrup Hansen
emilie@kitsonpress.co.uk
Email Agent
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.
Original supernatural comedy drama series commissioned to script and in development with Channel Four.
Currently writing episodes on this long-running series, having written 34 episodes so far.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2 x 30′ episode of Young Adult drama about 13-year-old Ashanti who dreams of becoming a pro-champion skateboarder.
Commissioned to write the television adaptation of Sci-Fi novel Resonance.
Karissa was selected to join this BAFTA talent development scheme for writers. To read more, click here.
Series idea developed for E4.
Developed her techno sci-fi thriller series set in the near future.
Thriller set in 1970s Germany, based on the book ‘Snowleg’ by Nicholas Shakespeare. In development with German company Zak Films.
Original Television Series Episode.
Television series pilot and treatment
Feature length screenplay
Television Pilot
Writer
Animated Short Film. Premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2011. Won Best Animation at LA Shorts Festival. Longlisted for the Academy Awards.
Writer
Rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre.
Writing Projects | ||
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Rift-Guard | Television series pilot and treatment |
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Open Graves - A Zombie Musical | Feature length screenplay |
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Raising the Dead | Television Pilot |
Short Films | ||
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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. |
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The Hooded Ghost | Writer |
Theatre | ||
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Production | Company | Notes |
The Spider | Rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre. |