“You can’t smell your own cologne”
Neil Marshall, Joe Barton, Charmaine DeGraté, Monica Beletsky and Joy C. Mitchell on finding your voice, handling notes and pitching. BFI Southbank, London 2026.
Writer, Bridgerton
Joy C. Mitchell is an international TV drama writer best known for her work writing and producing season one of the award-winning Netflix drama series BRIDGERTON. She started her career as a music journalist and travel blogger, before moving into screenwriting. She has lived between L.
A., Berlin, Lisbon, and London. She was a writer on the Netflix fantasy series “The Letter for the King” and Hulu/Amazon’s “Deutschland 86,” the second season of the Emmy award-winning international spy drama series “Deutschland 83.” She has sold pilots and developed drama series with Apple, Disney, Gaumont, Lionsgate, FilmNation, Fifth Season, and CBS Studios. All were originals she created or best-selling novels she adapted for television. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Emerson College and graduated with honors in Journalism from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.
Neil Marshall, Joe Barton, Charmaine DeGraté, Monica Beletsky and Joy C. Mitchell on finding your voice, handling notes and pitching. BFI Southbank, London 2026.