Ruth Greenberg

Ruth is a BIFA nominated screenwriter and BIFA long-listed writer-director making feminist genre films. 

Ruth’s post-apocalyptic British Western script, THE COMPETITORS, topped the Brit List in 2016 and in 2018 she was awarded the Tribeca Film Institute Filmmakers Fund for her script THE SPARK. 

Ruth’s directorial debut, RUN, starring Niamh Algar, and funded by Film4 and BFI NETWORK, was BIFA long-listed Best British Short Film 2021.

In 2022 Ruth was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow and was BIFA nominated Best Debut Screenwriter for her prehistoric horror, OUT OF DARKNESS (aka THE ORIGIN). The film was released in theatres across the US on February 9, where it became the highest grossing UK Independent debut feature for seven years.

Since entering the industry in 2016, Ruth has been commissioned by A24, NETFLIX US, the BFI, BBC Films, Film4 and Creative Scotland and is currently in development on a number of projects. 

Her British boxing script, SUGAR, is in late-stage development with Wild Swim Films and the BFI as her debut feature as a writer-director.

Ruth has a PhD in Screenwriting from UEA.