Helen Blakeman

Helen is an award-winning writer with a distinguished track record across film, television, and theatre.

Helen’s screenwriting credits include Dustbin Baby (BBC), which won both the BAFTA Children’s Award for Best Writer and the International Emmy for Best Children and Young People’s Programming in 2009. Her breakout TV film Pleasureland (Channel 4) earned BAFTA and RTS nominations for Best New Writer.

Helen served as lead writer and associate producer across six series of Hetty Feather (CBBC), adapted from Jacqueline Wilson’s novel, receiving multiple BAFTA and WGGB nominations.

Helen is the screenwriter and co-executive producer of Le Mystère de Lucy Lost, an animated feature adaptation of a Michael Morpurgo novel, for Xilam Films, Paris, releasing October 2026.

Helen is also co-founder of Title Page Films with Julia Ouston, a scripted film and TV production company whose work spans live-action and animation.

Helen is also the former Chair of the Children’s BAFTA Committee.