Helen Lyons-Curran

Director and Filmmaker at PickaXe Films
Filmmaker, Director, Editor and Screenwriter

Manchester, United Kingdom

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About Helen

Helen Lyons-Curran is a multi-award winning director and filmmaker who strives to produce work of high production value, strong performances and gripping plots. With a passion for film and a strong ethos on story, Helen aims to create films that are both entertaining and compelling. Working within the confines of modest budgets, Helen displays the skill of combining creativity with practicality.

Helen’s work has screened internationally, including at Spooky Empire (Florida’s premier horror convention), Grimmfest, Macabre Faire, Long Beach International Film Fesival and San Jose International Film Festival.

Delicacy (2014), Helen's Macabre WWII short won the 2014 Royal Television Society's North West Best Student Drama. The film then went on to achieve six more awards, and nine nominations; being recognised for direction, cinematography, performance and art & design. The film was also chosen as an episode of cult horror anthology show, Fear Haus.

As well as Delicacy, Brit-Grit, Horror-Noir film Ends Meat, can be found on Amazon Prime. Ends Meat, a thirty minute movie about a taxi driver with a wicked secret, is a precursor to a feature film currently being developed by writer Kris Heys. Up next is road thriller, Last Strike, as well as development on the screenplay for a micro-budget feature film.

Helen earned her First Class BA Honours Degree in Film and TV Production from The Manchester Film School, where she trained in single camera drama. She also holds a PGCE, qualified to teach film production. As an editor, Helen has credits in promos, documentary TV and narrative film.

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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ENDS MEAT (2018) - Official Trailer [HD]

Helen Lyons-Curran 2015 Filmmaker SHOWREEL

Helen Lyons-Curran 2015 Editing SHOWREEL

Credits

The Juggernaut (2026)
Film by PickaXe Films (Drama, Thriller and Western) Writer and Director Romance and brutality amidst the American Frontier.
Summer of '76 (2024 - 2025)
Film (short) by Pickaxe Films (Drama) Writer and Director A pogniant road-movie set against the summer heatwave of 1976.
The Unit (2025)
Film by PickaXe Films (Sci-Fi and Thriller) Writer and Director A gripping thriller set in a dystopian and hostile Britain
Last Strike (2024)
Film (short) by PickaXe Films (Thriller) Writer and Director On New Years Eve a woman and her vehicle are hijacked by two criminals. As the all important strike of midnight looms, escaping them will require swift and drastic action.
Choke (2019)
Film (short) by PickaXe Films Writer, director, editor, producer Forced by an over-bearing brother figure young Lewis awaits his enemy. What unfolds will determine the kind of man he is to become.
Ends Meat (2016 - 2018)
Film by PickaXe Films Ltd. (Horror, Mystery and Short) Director Our protagonist Pete found himself unable to say no when a chance encounter resulted in a proposition that would solve all of his financial woes. It would ultimately prove to be the greatest in a long line of mistakes however, as his moral code is shattered beyond repair. A good man driven to do very bad things, Pete clings to the hope that the end is now in sight, but his actions are about to come to one horrific climax.
Dad (2015)
Film (short) Writer, director, producer, editor A super short pogniant drama about a father and daughter
Delicacy (2014)
Film (short) by Huntsman Films (Horror and War) Writer / Director Two soldiers trapped in a church cellar must try to survive without resources. Winner of five awards, including The Royal Television Society North West, and Best Cinematography at The US Hollywood international film festival. Nominated for nine further awards, being recognised for direction, performance and art and design.

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Awards

Delicacy - Best Drama: The Royal Television Society NW Student Award (writer/director)
(2015)
Award of Excellence - San Francisco Short Film Festival
(2015)
Dad - Highly Commended super short: Screen Stockport Film Festival
(2015)
Delicacy - Best Undergraduate Short: Screen Stockport (as writer/director)
(2014)
Delicacy - The Delta Short Film Award: The Festival of Fantastic Films (as writer / director)
(2014)
The Dog Whisperer - Best North West Short Film: Screen Stockport (as editor)
(2014)
It's a Metaphor - Best undergraduate short film: Screen Stockport (as producer)
(2013)