Juliette McCawley

A writer/director/producer for 12 years, Juliette\'s McCawley’s short films have been screened in festivals in China, Chile, Trinidad, Cuba, England and Canada. Originally from Trinidad, Juliette McCawley spent 15 years as an actor before directing her first short in the US. After moving to Shanghai, she spent the next 5 years producing, writing and directing short films and corporate videos. Her clients included several Fortune 500 companies such as Caterpillar, Johnson and Johnson, Everlast and JCB. In addition she was also a founding member of the East West Theatre Company in Shanghai. In 2010 she studied Advanced Film Directing at Central Film School London. While in London she continued to direct and produce short films and documentaries. After returning to Trinidad she wrote and directed “One Good Deed” which went on to be screened in several festivals around the world. It was awarded the Jury prize for Best Short Film at the Caribbean Tales International Film Festival. Juliette worked with production company Savant co-producing and writing a 10 episode documentary series for the Parliamentary channel. In 2015 she co-produced and directed the Trinidad segment for the international documentary “Eleven.” She directed and co-wrote the TV pilot for the television drama movie “The Apartment” which was released in cinema and broadcast locally. Most recently she was a producer on the feature film “The Cutlass” which won People Choice and Best Feature Film in the Trinidad And Tobago Film Festival.