Toby Fell-Holden is a writer, director and a Screen Star of Tomorrow.

His short film BALCONY played at over 100 film festivals, winning over 30 awards, including the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, the Iris Prize, and was nominated for Best British Short at the BIFAs.

His previous short film LITTLE SHADOW was longlisted for a BAFTA and nominated by the Casting Society of America for an Artios Award.

Further credits include being lead director for the BBC’s anthology series THE BREAK II.

Toby is a Sundance Screenwriting Labs finalist, has received an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences fellowship, was honored as a Film London Lodestar and is the recipient of the John Brabourne Award. He was one of ten participants in the BBC London Voices 2024 scheme and his screenplay GARVITA placed in the top 3% of the BBC Open Call 2023.

Toby is currently underway on two original feature films, which are slated to commence shooting in 2027.

He holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University, and BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, and has taught filmmaking and masterclasses at Columbia, NYU and The National Film and Television School, amongst others.

Based between New York and London.