SPEECH is the film debut for writer and director Nathan Leigh Horrocks. He is based in Glastonbury, Somerset in the UK.
Growing up in an arts commune, making films with family and friends was always part of life. In his early years he worked as an assistant projectionist in a small town cinema. Working two 35mm projectors was the start of lifelong love of film.
While making corporate films, experimenting more and raising funds for his own projects, he has worked on several short films that have been officially selected at Sundance, TIFF and BFI London film festivals.
Nathan has taken his time to develop a strong unique voice. He is now putting his stories centre stage to connect with bigger audiences.
With SPEECH he won the 2026 Best First Time Director at Big Apple Film Festival. SPEECH is in the middle of a great run and continues to screen at festivals around the world.
DAFFODIL is the second short film from Nathan. The script won at the New York Picture Start Film Festival and has recently wrapped filming and is currently in post.
His feature script RIDE, won the international Euroscript writing competition, which is now being developed for production. In addition he has several exciting and original projects in the pipeline.