Our Graduates' Stories

Becky Preston - Filmmaking Foundation Graduate

"For as long as I can remember I have been reading, writing, creating, finding new ways to illustrate and tell stories. When I was younger I wanted to be an archaeologist, I loved the idea of discovering someone’s history, finding that tale that was thought lost. However finding it wasn’t enough, what I really wanted to do was tell stories. So instead of becoming the real life Indiana Jones I went to work in film.

Nowadays I write and direct, I edit, I paint, I design graphics and even dabble a little in the gaming world: anything that allows me to create a new reality and draw people into it".

Writer-Director Becky Preston founded Tread Softly Productions with fellow LFA Filmmaking Foundation graduate Christine Cheung after meeting on the course in 2005. Their first short film, 'Avowal', was an Orange BAFTA 60 Second Film Finalist in 2006. They are currently in post-production on their first feature film 'Inner Calm', which was shot in the UK and Czech Republic in 2008.

Becky and Christine's short films have screened at the BAFTA awards ceremony and Cannes Film Festival, they have also recently signed a worldwide distribution deal on their debut feature 'Lovelorn' (winner of 29 international awards) and are currently developing a number of other projects. Last year Becky worked in the Art Department on film council funded ifeature 8 Minutes Idle and has just finished a stint at 3 Mills Studios assembly editing 'The Wee Man'. While developing her next feature, a thriller entitled 'The Secret of Selkie Bay', Becky is also cutting video game trailers for Future Publishing.

Visit the Tread Softly Productions website here.

Visit Becky's IMDB page here.

Visit Becky's personal website and blog here.

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