Margo Roe

Margo Roe is a director, writer and choreographer from the Midlands. Her career started with a theatre commission from the The Lincoln Company, co-directing a physical theatre piece for the TLC’s Edinburgh Fringe Tour 2014. In 2016 she was commissioned by Channel 4/Creative England Random Acts programme to direct and choreograph NAME, a short dance film now available on All4. 

Margo’s short film SEARCHING FOR COWARDICE was created as part of the BBC New Creatives programme and broadcast as part of BBC4’s Female Filmmakers screening. SEARCHING FOR COWARDICE is now being adapted as a TV series with BFI Young Audience Content Fund and was selected for the Torino Series Lab 2021. 

Margo’s BFI Midlands short film POP has screened at BAFTA and BIFAqualifying festivals and was placed in the top three of the Iris Prize 2021’s ‘Best of British’ category.

Margo mentored Ciara Honey on her film, Top & Tail.