FLORRIE PRIEST

Development Producer Rise Films, United Kingdom


Florrie joined Rise Films in 2018 after graduating with a degree in History from Cambridge University. Since then she has worked on productions including: The Art of Political Murder (HBO); The Human Factor (Sony Pictures Classics); David Osit’s multi-award winning Mayor; and Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Other recent productions include George Carlin’s American Dream, a two-part documentary for HBO directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, which won the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Documentary and Once Upon A Time In Londongrad, a timely political thriller about 14 mysterious UK deaths with alleged Russia links for SkyDocumentaries, Peacock and NBC Universal.

She is now working in development and production on a number of documentary and scripted projects, including Thank You & Goodbye, a drama series on the News International phone hacking scandal, written by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn and directed by Saul Dibb.

Institute/ Organization Profile
Rise Films is an Oscar® and Emmy® winning production company. Its productions include The Invisible War (Oscar® nominee and Emmy® winner), The Interrupters (Emmy® winner), Icarus (Oscar® winner), Knuckle (Sundance world premiere), Dreamcatcher (Sundance winner), We Are Together (Tribeca winner), Rough Aunties (Sundance winner), The Human Factor (Telluride world premiere), Mayor (Emmy® winner) and The Art of Political Murder (executive produced by George Clooney).

Roman comedy, Plebs, became ITV2’s highest rating comedy ever. The show has run for five seasons and won multiple awards including a Broadcast Award, a Royal Television Award, and received three BAFTA nominations. The series ends with a feature length finale, which was recently completed.

Its latest feature, All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen, is the only film ever to have won both the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival - where the film premiered in 2022.

Website:https://www.risefilms.com