Lucy Forbes

Lucy Forbes is a BAFTA winning drama and comedy director from London. Her work includes This is Going to Hurt, The End of The F***ing World Season 2 and In My Skin.

Featured on the Alice Initiative's Emerging Female Directors list 2019 and amassing multiple awards for her work, Lucy's stunning direction on the BBC's 'In My Skin' and C4/Netflix's 'The End of the F***ing World' rapidly earned her international acclaim. With a background in commercials and comedy, since 2009 Lucy has directed a wide range of comedic talent including Charlie Brooker, Doug Stanhope and Aisling Bea. She was also lead sketch writer/director for 'Bring the Noise' for Sky One, a collaboration with Katherine Ryan. Lucy's narrative breakout was the pilot for Kayleigh Llewellyn's 'In My Skin', produced by Expectation Entertainment for the BBC, which won two BAFTA Cymru awards (Best Drama and Best Actress for Gabrielle Creavy.) Lucy returned to direct the remaining four episodes in 2019 and the series aired to critical acclaim on BBC3, BBC1 and Hulu this year, winning Lucy the BAFTA Cymru for Best Fiction Director and picking up the RTS Best Drama Series award. Lucy also served as lead director (episodes 1-4) on the second series of Charlie Covell's 'The End of the F***ing World' (for Clerkenwell, Channel 4 and Netflix.) The series scooped the BAFTA award for Best Drama Series and Naomi Ackie for Best Supporting Actress. Lucy recently directed the opening four episodes of 'This Is Going To Hurt,' adapted by Adam Kay from his own best-selling medical memoir, produced by Sister Pictures for the BBC and AMC, and starring Ben Whishaw in the lead role.