Penny Woolcock

Penny Woolcock is a
writer and director making documentaries, television fiction, feature
films and opera. Her fiction feature film 1 Day (2009)
about a day in the life of a gang
banging street hustler led to One Mile Away (2013)
documenting a peace process between the
two notorious gangs in inner city Birmingham. She is specially
interested in the vibrant economy and culture of marginalised
communities. Her trilogy about inner city Leeds Tina Goes Shopping, Tina Takes A Break and
Mischief Night were street cast fictions based on real life stories. She spent eight
months On The Streets (2010) making a film about homeless people in London and months in a
hostel for street drinkers for The Wet House (2000). She’s directed a film
version of the John Adams opera The Death of Klinghoffer (2003) and stage
operas for the Met in New York and the English National Opera.