LEWIS William SHIPLEY
Lewis is a writer/director with a great eye for humour and lightness but there is also a reflective and poetic layer to his work. Lewis’s films have mostly been made in the Scottish Borders. In particular, the village of Canonbie - where Lewis was brought up.
New Work
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Lights Across The Shore
A coming of age tale of young man’s move from a Scottish Island to the city of Edinburgh.
Official selection at EIFF 2022’s ‘New Visions’ and a nominee for the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize at Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023
Earlier Works
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Border Story
Made in 2019. A warmhearted and personal story of a young man and his last days in his hometown before joining the Royal Marines
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A Scottish Daydreamer
Released in 2022. A poetic reflection on the Scottish countryside
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EDUCATION
BA (hons) Film
Edinburgh Napier University
2018-2022
HND in Media and Film
Carlisle College
2016-2018
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WORK
Lights Across The Shore (2022) - directed, written, produced by. A coming of age tale set between the Isle of Arran and the city of Edinburgh
Border Story (2019) - written, produced, photographed and edited. A warmhearted and personal story of a young man and his last days in his hometown before joining the Royal Marines
A Scottish Daydream (2022) - directed, produced, photographed and edited. A poetic reflection on the Scottish landscape and his native village of Canonbie