DUCHESS

Synopsis

Follows a tough, working-class, petty criminal who morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in a murky underworld, in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling.

Director's Biography

Neil Marshall Director

Neil Marshall has been working successfully in both feature films and the television industry since his feature debut “Dog Soldiers” in 2001. His second feature as both writer and director, “The Descent” 2005 was an even bigger critical and commercial hit, winning several awards including the BIFA for Best Director, and the Empire award for Best Horror. He followed this success with the post-apocalyptic action movie “Doomsday” 2008 and historical adventure “Centurion” 2010. In 2012 Neil made his debut in the world of high-end television with Game of Thrones S2 Ep9 “Blackwater”, and followed that up with S4 Ep9 “The Watchers on the Wall” for which he received an Emmy Nomination for Best Director. Over the past 6 years, Neil has made a considerable name for himself, working in the network, cable and streaming arenas directing projects such as the pilot episodes of “Black Sails” for Starz, DC’s “Constantine” and “Timeless” both for NBC. Neil also directed notable episodes of “Hannibal” for Showtime and “Westworld” for HBO. In 2017 Neil developed, produced and directed the Netflix reboot of classic sci-fi series ‘Lost in Space”, quickly followed the same year by the feature film reboot of ‘Hellboy released in 2018. In 2020 Marshall made his return to independent film and the horror genre with the multi-award winning witch-hunt saga ‘The Reckoning’ which was the opening movie at Fantasia festival in Canada that year. This year sees the release of Marshall’s latest movie, ’The Lair’, an all action-creature-feature set in Afghanistan. ‘The Lair’ was the opening night presentation at Frightfest 2022 in London and also played Sitges in Spain along with several other international festivals. Neil switched pace and genres in the summer of 2022 filming the gangster revenge flic “Duchess” on location in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. And most recently he switched genres yet again for the erotic giallo thriller “Compulsion” which filmed in Malta.