About
Will Peppercorn is an award winning writer director based between London and Bristol. He is a Directing Fiction graduate of the National Film & Television School. His recent films have screened at a number of national and international festivals including BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, The British Independent Festival, Bath International Festival, and New Renaissance Festival. He has won awards for Best Drama at the UK Film Festival and the Royal Television Society Student Awards as well as being nominated for Best Writer at the BFI Future Festival.
Directing Work & Awards
2022
Choices: Commercial, Jisc, Suited & Booted Production Company
Dive: Short Film, National Film & Television School
Mantis: Short Film, National Film & Television School
(Premiere at BAFTA Qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival)
(BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Film Festival, Best Comedy)
2021
Handover: Short Film, National Film & Television School (2021)
(Nominated for Best Drama at Suffolk Short Film Festival)
2020
Sister: Short Film
Skeletons: Short Film
(Nominee for Best Screenplay at BFI Futures Film Festival)
(Nominee for Best Drama at Suffolk Short Film Festival)
(Nominee for Best Drama at Royal Television Society Awards Scotland)
2019
We Three: Short Film
(Nominee for Best Drama at Royal Television Society Awards Scotland)
(Semi-Finalist at Rhode Island International Film Festival)
Running After: Short film
(Winner at the UK Film Festival London)
(Official Selection New Renaissance Film Festival London)
(Nominee for Best Student Film at British Independent Film Festival)
(Official Selection for Bath International Film Festival)
(Finalist at Kino The People’s Film Festival London)
(Semi-finalist at Sunday Short International Festival)
Strathberry Lana Midi 2019 Spring Release (Spain)
Strathberry Crescent Shoulder 2019 Spring Release (Spain)
2018
The Final Days of Summer: Short Film
The Student Body: Short Film
(Official Selection, Student Director Award Winner iMDB Independent Short Awards)
(Official Selection, Editing Award Winner iMDb Independent Short Awards)
(Official Selection SCENE BFI Futures Film Festival)
Film & Television Work & Experience
Locations Marshal on Fast & Furious 9 2019 (Edinburgh Crew) September 2019
Production Assistant on Avengers: Infinity War 2018 (Edinburgh Crew) March 2017 – June 2017
Production Assistant on Avengers: End Game 2019 (Edinburgh Durham Crew) May- June 2017
Robert McKee Screenwriting Course - June 2020
Work Experience Online Edits, Envy Productions London - July 2016
Work Experience Offline Edits, Films @59 Bristol Production House - August 2016