Joanne Mitchell: Filmmaker
About
Joanne started off her career studying at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has since enjoyed many years fulfilling a varied career as an actor covering Theatre, TV, Radio and Film.
However, in the past 10 years her love of storytelling and film has lead her down another route of writing, producing and now directing.
With her partner, she set up Mitchell-Brunt Films and to date the company have made a number of short films and 5 independent genre movies – all of which have played globally at international film festivals including Frightfest, Fantasia, Grimmfest, Screamfest, Nevada, Leeds International Film festival to name but a few. All have had international sales and distribution.
Latest News
Broken Bird US Theatrical Release October 2025
Broken Bird US Theatrical Release October 2025 Following its success on the festival circuit, Broken Bird will receive a US theatrical release in October 2025. We are excited for American audiences to experience [...]
Rebecca Calder wins Best Actress for Broken Bird at ECU 2025
Rebecca Calder wins Best Actress for Broken Bird at ECU 2025 A huge congratulations to Rebecca Calder, who won Best Actress at ECU 2025 for her powerful performance as Sybil in Broken Bird. [...]
Broken Bird nominated for Best Drama at ECU 2025
Broken Bird nominated for Best Drama at ECU 2025 We are proud to share that Broken Bird was nominated for Best European Dramatic Feature at the European Independent Film Festival 2025 in Paris. [...]
Companies we’ve worked with & festivals where films have screened
