Biography

Cassiah is an award-winning mixed-race writer/director represented by Independent, who began her career working for writer/director Gurinder Chadha OBE after a chance meeting on a train. In 2024, Cassiah was selected for the prestigious BRIT List, as well as selected for BFI Network@LFF 2024. Recently, she was selected for BFI Midlands Directors Lab 2025. Cassiah's writing work has been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (to 5-star reviews), Greenwich Theatre, New Diorama Theatre, BBC Radio 4Xtra, and more. As a director, Cassiah has directed five short films including her recent award-winning BFI Network film 'Catch A Butcher' which screened at multiple BAFTA/BIFA festivals, and was acquired by ALTER and BFI Player. Most recently, Cassiah directed the BBC Studios short award-winning thriller 'The Pink Pill'. She was also recently a Trainee Director on Apple TV's 'Hijack' mentored by director/show-runner Jim Field Smith, and has also been mentored by director Claire McCarthy. Cassiah is now working on her debut feature projects, including one in development with the BFI.
- IMDb mini biography by: Cassiah Joski-Jethi