Biography
Hope Elliott Kemp is a British writer and director. She is credited as co-writer on the feature film Lifehack (2026), a coming-of-age heist thriller produced by Timur Bekmambetov. She was longlisted for the BIFA Best Debut Screenwriter award in 2025 for the project.
Kemp began her career in development at the BAFTA New Writing Forum before directing commercials, branded content and music videos. Her earlier work includes music videos such as Anything Could Happen (2020) and Maybe California (2019). She was named Into Film and Eon Productions' 'One to Watch' Director in 2015 and received a UKMVA nomination in 2022. Her films have screened at BAFTA- and Oscar-qualifying festivals.
