Pinny Grylls

Pinny Grylls

Pinny Grylls is an award winning British filmmaker. In 2001 Grylls co-founded Invisible Films with [http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/index_2.htm Rachel Millward] . In the next year they founded the Birds Eye View Film Festival, which has since showcased films by emerging women filmmakers around the country, and is the UK's first major film festival for female filmmakers.

In 2003, Millward took control of Birds Eye View, and Grylls focused on Invisible films, making short films "Human" and "Blackout", which won her a place on the 2004 Berlin Film Festival Talent Camp. In 2004 she wrote and directed "Small Worlds" starring Zoë Wanamaker .

Grylls' commissioned films since include 14 arts documentaries for Creative Partnerships (Arts Council of Great Britain) including four films for The Helen Storey Foundation. Her first documentary, "Mr and Mrs Smith", was screened at the Channel Four Britdoc festival in July 2007 and at Britspotting in 2007 in Germany.

She was one of the recipients of the 2006 Film London UK Film Council Digital Shorts Scheme grants. Her second documentary, "Peter and Ben", was completed in February 2007. This multi - award winning film was screened at the London International Film Festival 2007 and at International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam where it was nominated for prestigious Silver Cub Award. It has won Best Documentary at Aspen Shorts Fest 2008 and 3 awards at the 5th London Short Film Festival - the FourDocs Award for Best Documentary the VX Auteur Award and 'Highly Commended' for the Best Film Award. It also won the SXSouthWest Click Grand Jury Prize in 2008. It also screened in the International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2008.

Grylls directed a 3 Minute Wonder for Channel Four called "Bravo!" celebrating the centenary of 'The Bra'. It was broadcast in August 2007. She went on to direct Brit Doc supported 3 minute wonder 'Seeing a Song, Hearing a Smile' for Channel Four, broadcast in July 2008.

Pinny has been nominated for a 2008 Channel Four 4Talent Award in the 'Short Documentary' category.

Personal life

As a child Grylls attended Westminster School and the Children's Film Unit. She studied Anthropology and Archaeology at Oxford University. She is the daughter of British artist Vaughan Grylls and theatre designer Gillian Daniell, and step daughter of publisher Polly Powell. She is married to actor Sam Crane.

External links

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* [http://www.invisiblefilms.co.uk InvisibleFilms.co.uk]
* [http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/ FourDocs]
* [http://www.vxcollective.co.uk/ VX Collective]
* Aspen ShortsFest Winner 2008 [http://www.aspenfilm.org/docs/SF08_Award-Winners.pdf]
* London Short Film Festival Winners 2008 [http://www.screensouth.org/downloads/_january08/London-Short-Film-Festival.pdf]


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