CHELSEA CASSIO
SCREENWRITER
ORIGINAL WORK
Yesterday
Returning 6-part mystery series.
In Development with
Federation Studios (France).
Jaywick
Returning 8 x 1-hour mystery drama.
A mind-bending mystery series about Helena Cloak, a brilliant but unreliable detective whose brain injury has stranded her in the dead-end town of Jaywick. When a teenager dies inexplicably in the middle of town, cracking the case becomes Helena's only ticket out, but Jaywick would sooner have her declared unwell than answer a straight question.
Winner, Best TV Pilot Screenplay Prix Royal: Paris Screenplay Awards
Finalist Swedish International Film Festival, New York International Screenplay Awards, Fabrique du Cinéma Awards, Rome
Film Victoria Writer in Residence. TV Drama Initiative. Selected to develop JAYWICK with UK television writer and producer Simon Mirren.
Film Victoria Development on Demand funding, 2019
Development funding awarded for the JAYWICK pilot.
The Others
Returning 8 x 1-hour grounded sci-fi drama.
A married couple cover up an accidental death, upend their lives, and disappear into suburbia. Then they meet the neighbours: an almost identical couple who somehow know everything about them, and who could expose them at any moment.
Series Drama Concept Selected for Series Mania Writers Lab (Lille, France)
Untitled
Psychological Horror Feature
When Art restorer Eadie Milan loses years of work due to her failing eyesight, she must admit that experimental eye surgery is the only way forward. But when Eadie peels off the bandages, she discovers the world around her is not as it once was, and finds herself facing unearthly forces in a desperate quest to get her old life back.
In development.
The Contract
Returning 6 x 1-hour family drama.
“If you don’t parent your children, you’ll be raising your grandchildren”.
In development.
Imaginary Friend
Short Film
Broadcast over three years on the ABC Arts Show
Best of the Rest Tropfest Film Festival Finalist
Best of the Rest Realm of the Senses Film Festival
Official screening Women in Film and Television Film Festival
Runner-Up Prize The Hope Awards
Screenplay of Excellence Brisbane Film Fantastic Festival