Lucy Benson-Brown is a UK producer, writer and filmmaker with a diverse background in theatre and film.

She is a past alumni of The Royal Court Young Writers Programme and John York Story for Script Development.

Her debut play, Cutting Off Kate Bush premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2014, before transferring to Paines Plough Roundabout. The show gained national attention with coverage on BBC 6 Music with Shaun Keaveny and features in The Guardian and The Independent.

In 2020, Lucy wrote and co-directed her first short film, sci-fi drama Radio Silence with Joe Ransom. Starring Sinéad Matthews and Mark Weinman, the film premiered at London Lift-Off in 2021 and went on to screen at festivals in 2022, including Nottingham International Film Festival, Sci-Fi London and was a semi-finalist at Flickers' Rhode Island.

As an independent producer, Lucy’s recent shorts - comedy Dinner at the Smyths’ and documentary drama The Storm Chaser were both part of Festival Formula's slate in 2023, screening at global festivals and Oscar / BAFTA qualifiers such as Indy Shorts, Tallgrass, FilmQuest, Paracinema, Pittsburgh Shorts, Flickers' Vortex, Edmonton International & Oxford Shorts. In 2023, she also produced Puddle of Muddles for Curly Films, which premiered on Nowness.

In 2023, Lucy returned to theatre to produce Daisy Doris May’s hit drag king comedy show: Steve Porters: How to Flirt. The show received rave five star reviews and played to sold out audiences at Assembly Roxy before transferring to Soho Theatre in London. In 2024, the team followed up with Steve Porters: How to Mate which returned to Assembly and finalised its run again at the Soho Theatre in December 2024. Steve Porters is currently in development with Sister Pictures.

In the commercial world, Lucy has produced global campaigns, music videos, short films and online content for major brands working with the likes of Agile Films, Armoury, Great Guns, Knucklehead, MindsEye, Radical Media and Private Island.

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