BIOGRAPHY

Natalie Malla is an award winning writer and director. She has been a finalist in the Funny Women Comedy Writing Awards, won the Bafta Rocliffe New Drama Writing Forum and is an alumna of the Channel Four Screenwriting Course.

In 2023 she was selected for the Netflix UK and Creative UK Breakout Programme with her original rom-com feature MISTLETOE KISS, currently being produced by Bird Flight Films. This will be her directorial debut. Her original sitcom FORTY & FABULOUS? is currently in development with Gobby Girl Productions as well as her buddy comedy RENT-A-FRIEND, written with comedy writing partner Xara Higgs. Natalie also has TV projects in development with Sister Pictures, Blue Penguin TV, Corestar Media and Grey Seal Media.

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Natalie along with comedy writing partner Xara Higgs, was selected as part of the writing team for the Gobby Girls 11% Club Sketch Show at Edinburgh this August, a show written, directed, performed and produced entirely by women. She is currently on the writing team for the London transfer: Gobby Girls - The After Party, which will run at Soho Theatre, from the 20th - 22nd November. 

Natalie’s short films, Apex, I Am A Unicorn, The Girl In The Dress, Killing Thyme, Crush Hour and Mairi have screened at multiple festivals worldwide, receiving awards and nominations including Best Script at BIFA qualifying Exit 6 Film Festival, Best Short Film at Cannes Short Film Festival, Best Writer at Underwire, an Award of Excellence at the One Reeler Online Film Festival in LA, Best Short and Best of Festival at Carmarthen Bay and the Audience Award at Austin Film Festival.