About Us

Ruth Torjussen

Ruth Torjussen is the founder of filmdirecting4women. She is a qualified teacher and the writer/director of seven shorts and one feature film. Ruth has also worked extensively on other projects in roles ranging from actor, producer and script editor to 1st AD and production manager.

Ruth graduated from Bournemouth University in 2000 with a degree in Scriptwriting for Film and TV and has since attended numerous other workshops and courses in directing and producing.  She has several projects in development.

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Ruth leads the Introduction to Film Directing course and FD4W have many other great tutors leading the selection of film directing courses on offer with FD4W inc. directing actors or scenes and camera techniques.

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Mission Statement

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  Pauline Walker

  Film Festival Manager. Pauline has an honours degree in Literature from the Open University. She has previously worked for the BBC as a Sponsorship Executive, securing funding for events such as the BBC Four World Cinema Award... Read More

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  Iria Estevez

  Film Festival Co-ordinator. A Spanish producer / director based in London, Iria was the Festival Coordinator at the MUFEST, the first women film festival in Santiago de Compostela, her home town in North West Spain. Now working on ... Read More

• Co-ordinator for The Female Lens. Since graduating from Vancouver Film School's Acting for Film and Television, Emma has worked as an actor on a number of independent short films and most recently... Read More

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  Beatrice Ni Bhroin

  Film Festival Co-ordinator. Beatrice studied English, Art History and film at University College Dublin, where she also sat as the Film Society Auditor for two years. She has worked in various film and TV production roles... Read More