Directing
Deva Palmier
Wellington, New Zealand
Deva is a Writer Director Cinematographer working in comedy, genre and drama. She is passionate about working on stories that are driven by misfits and maybe that's because she is one. Half Egyptian-Maltese, half UK, Deva was born in New Zealand and as a child lived in Indonesia, India, Switzerland and the UK. 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. These prizes include: Silver Plaque at Chicago International Film Festival-2003 and joint runner-up BBC New Filmmakers award 2004 for Fishy; Best Trailer Award at LA Underground Film Forum 2017, P…
