Daisy-May began her filmmaking career unconventionally after she began filming her and her family's experiences of homelessness. She didn’t go to film school and developed her approach through filming in the hostel they lived, everyday for a year in 2013. Her debut feature documentary Half Way was BIFA and Grierson nominated for Best Cinema Documentary. With the critical acclaim of Half Way, Daisy-May was awarded BAFTA Breakthrough where she met Parkville Pictures. She began writing her first scripted feature, Lollipop with BBC and BFI- a film created with and about the power of sisterhood and our capacity for joy even in the hardest times. The film was a powerful process of alchemy with much of the cast coming from the lived experience the film depicts. During the making of Lollipop, Daisy-May co-directed her second feature documentary Holloway exploring similar themes which will premiere this year also. 

Through filming her own homeless experience, she experienced first-hand the transformative power of storytelling to turn our pain into medicine and has since committed her over ten year career in film to telling stories that are raw, honest and have a whole lot of heart ensuring love, integrity and care for those involved are the foundation of the process both on and off screen.

Daisy-May is dedicated to changing the culture around filmmaking to always be trauma-informed. Both Holloway (2024) and Lollipop (2024) were trauma-informed productions. This means creating space from the heart for people to be held in safety, shared vulnerability and connection which holds both cast and crew in dignity and respect. Daisy-May believes that all things and all life is sacred - therefore filmmaking can and should be a sacred practice also.

Over recent years, Daisy-May has been on her own profound journey to heal from CPTSD and uses this deep, embodied wisdom to hold others in safety and compassion. She has trained in advanced ancient healing modalities, emotional processing, and energy work and weaves all this love, seeing and magic into the creation of her films. She continues to be passionate about both fiction and documentary as well as the profound capacity film has for healing.

Daisy-May is committed and purposeful, dedicating her life’s expression in film, writing, songs and ceremony to our beautiful Mother Earth, to the path of Love and to honouring all of Creation.

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