Ornella is a neurodiverse. award-winning, BAFTA-accredited writer-director who focuses on genre narrative films with dramatic suspense to take her audience on a rollercoaster of emotions. She is known for making films that start conversations and showcase personal stories that resonate with a global demographic. Having trained as an actor and dancer alongside her parents’ artistic and musical influence, the importance of timing within her films is evident. Her earlier work shooting and editing extreme sports, has influenced her distinct visual style dedicated to creating the rawest most impactful scenes. Ornella’s BAFTA accredited short film Slow-Down screened at multiple BAFTA, BIFA, and Academy Award qualifying film festivals, propelling her presence in the festival circuit and landing a development opportunity with Film 4, working on her first feature. Ornella was part of the BFI South West Directors Lab 2024, in addition to wrapping her latest comedic thriller short, Cherry B, starting the festival circuit this year and in post-production with her thriller ‘God Loves a Trier’.