Gemma Hurley is the co-writer of the BIFA nominated horror film 'Host' (2020) directed by Rob Savage for Shudder. The lockdown breakout hit garnered a limited worldwide cinematic release and was awarded the 'best streaming movie' title at Fangoria's 2021 Chainsaw Awards. Gemma and her collaborators have since signed a three picture deal with Blumhouse Productions.
For television, Gemma has written an episode of the tech horror series 'Red Rose' for BBC / Netflix which is set to shoot in summer 2021. She is writing an episode of Sky Studios' upcoming supernatural thriller series 'The Rising' and a fantasy series with eOne Entertainment / Amazon Studios (released in 2022).
Previous to this, Gemma had a background writing collaborative comedy theatre and in 2018, her zombie horror feature script landed her in the top 10 female writers for The Academy run Nicholl Fellowship.