Biography
Deva Palmier’s first feature film BLUE supernatural drama, has been successfully released on Prime USA, UK and Canada and the soundtrack has been released on Spotify etc.
Deva’s short films have screened at BAFTA, Academy Award, BIFA, European Film Award and Canadian Screen Award qualifying festivals. They have won six awards and been nominated for seventeen.
Deva is a BAFTA Connect member and also an alumni of BAFTA Crew, the Directors UK Inspire Scheme, the BFI Guiding Lights Scheme where she was mentored by Gurinder Chadha and also the Berlinale Talent Campus.
Originally trained as an actress at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a BP Scholarship, Deva spent a summer studying filmmaking at NYU, on a William and Eva Fox Fellowship and is still greatly influenced by Prof. Karl Bardosh’s hands-on approach to filmmaking.