LEWIS William SHIPLEY

Lewis is a writer/director with a great eye for humour and lightness but there is also a reflective and poetic layer to his work. Lewis’s films have mostly been made in the Scottish Borders. In particular, the village of Canonbie - where Lewis was brought up.

New Work

  • Lights Across The Shore

    2022. A coming of age tale of young man’s move from a Scottish Island to the city of Edinburgh.

    Official selection at EIFF 2022’s ‘New Visions’ and a nominee for the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize at Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023

Earlier Works

  • Border Story

    Made in 2019. A warmhearted and personal story of a young man and his last days in his hometown before joining the Royal Marines

  • A Scottish Daydreamer

    Released in 2022. A poetic reflection on the Scottish countryside

  • EDUCATION

    BA (hons) Film

    Edinburgh Napier University

    2018-2022

    HND in Media and Film

    Carlisle College

    2016-2018

  • WORK

    Lights Across The Shore (2022) - directed, written, produced by. A coming of age tale set between the Isle of Arran and the city of Edinburgh

    Border Story (2019) - written, produced, photographed and edited. A warmhearted and personal story of a young man and his last days in his hometown before joining the Royal Marines

    A Scottish Daydream (2022) - directed, produced, photographed and edited. A poetic reflection on the Scottish landscape and his native village of Canonbie