A Friend of Dorothy
TITLE
A Friend of Dorothy
DIRECTOR
Lee Knight
COUNTRY
UK
YEAR
2025
DURATION
22′
GENRE
Fiction
A Friend of Dorothy
Dorothy is a lonely widow whose body is failing, but her mind remains as bright as ever. When 17-year-old JJ accidentally kicks his football into her garden, he upends Dorothy’s daily routine of pills, prunes and crosswords, and an unlikely friendship blossoms.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Lee Knight
Lee Knight is an actor, writer, and director with a passion for storytelling across stage & screen. As an actor, Lee recently appeared as Rosencrantz alongside Sir Ian McKellen in 'Hamlet' (2024) on Amazon Prime, 'Vigil 2' on BBC1, 'The Stolen Girl' on Disney+ and the upcoming series ‘Talamasca’ on ABC+. His other screen credits include 'Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire', 'Sherlock', 'The Last Letter from Your Lover', 'The Trial of Christine Keeler’, and BBC’s 'The North Water’. As a writer, his sitcom pilot 'The Gym' reached the semi-finals of the BBC Comedy Writer’s Room, and his first short stage piece, No More Doughnuts, was selected for the Make It Beautiful New Writing Festival in 2021, which he also directed. He has written, directed, and shot various comedy sketches, one of which was featured on the British Comedy Guide’s website. His radio play, 'The Art of Suffering', was selected and produced for the Lost Souls Podcast. ‘A Friend of Dorothy’ marks his debut as a short film writer/director.
- DirectorLee Knight
- Screenplay LEE KNIGHT
- Cinematography VANESSA WHYTE BSC
- CastSTEPHEN FRY as Dickie, ALISTAIR NWACHUKWU as JJ, OSCAR LLOYD as Scott, MIRIAM MARGOLYES as Dorothy, DAVID IJITI as Man in Shop, HAOCHU WEI as Boy in Shop, CHARLIE CLEMMOW as Jessica (radio voice), LEE KNIGHT as Tom (radio voice)
- EditingPHIL HOOKWAY
- Producer/s James Dean, Scottie Fotré, Max Marlow
- Production CompanyFilthy Gorgeous Productions
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleA Friend of Dorothy
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originUK
- Country of filmingUK
- LanguageEnglish
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo
Lee Knight
Lee Knight is an actor, writer, and director with a passion for storytelling across stage & screen. As an actor, Lee recently appeared as Rosencrantz alongside Sir Ian McKellen in 'Hamlet' (2024) on Amazon Prime, 'Vigil 2' on BBC1, 'The Stolen Girl' on Disney+ and the upcoming series ‘Talamasca’ on ABC+. His other screen credits include 'Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire', 'Sherlock', 'The Last Letter from Your Lover', 'The Trial of Christine Keeler’, and BBC’s 'The North Water’. As a writer, his sitcom pilot 'The Gym' reached the semi-finals of the BBC Comedy Writer’s Room, and his first short stage piece, No More Doughnuts, was selected for the Make It Beautiful New Writing Festival in 2021, which he also directed. He has written, directed, and shot various comedy sketches, one of which was featured on the British Comedy Guide’s website. His radio play, 'The Art of Suffering', was selected and produced for the Lost Souls Podcast. ‘A Friend of Dorothy’ marks his debut as a short film writer/director.
