Rebecca Frayn is a novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker and environmental activist. As a filmmaker she has originated and directed a wide range of critically acclaimed documentaries for Channel 4, the BBC, ITV, HBO on subjects close to her heart. As a screen writer, Rebecca has written three screenplays that champion women's stories including The Lady, the screenplay she originated and wrote about Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese politician, starring Michelle Yeoh, which was awarded the International Human Rights Film Award with Amnesty International. She also originated and wrote Misbehaviour, starring Kiera Knightley, Jessie Buckley and Gugu Mbatha Raw, which was released in every UK cinema to rave reviews and listed for outstanding British film of 2021. As a novelist, she has published two well reviewed novels which touch on sensitive issues of our times, One Life and Deceptions for Simon and Schuster. As an environmentalist, she has made a number of short films to raise awareness on green issues, and co-founded the environmental lobbying group Climate Action Now with a group of fellow female creatives. In 2008, she was nominated by the Evening Standard as one of the 100 Most Influential Environmental Campaigners of the Year. Rebecca is currently working on Can Pep, a large-scale regenerative farm project in the north of Ibiza.
