Louisa Connolly-Burnham is an award-winning writer-director-actress from Birmingham and founder of Thimble Films.
In 2024, she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the breakout short film Sister Wives, alongside BAFTA-winner Mia McKenna Bruce (MUBI’s How To Have Sex). The film was long-listed for the Oscars and BAFTAs, as well as the BIFAs, and was later acquired by Film4 and Channel 4. The film also featured in Letterboxd’s Year in Review, ranking as the #3 Highest Rated Live Action Short Film globally.
Sister Wives went on to win 50+ awards at 100+ international festivals, including Best Director at The British Short Film Awards, HollyShorts, Sunrise Film Festival, The Shark Awards, One Fluid Night, and Brighton Rocks. It also took home Best British Short, Best British Performance in a Female Role, and the Audience Award at The Iris Prize, sponsored by Film4 and Pinewood Studios.

Mae Louisa Connolly-Burnham yn awdur-gyfarwyddwr-actores arobryn o Birmingham a sylfaenydd Thimble Films.

Yn 2024, ysgrifennodd, cyfarwyddodd, cynhyrchodd a serennodd yn y ffilm fer arloesol Sister Wives, ochr yn ochr â Mia McKenna Bruce (How To Have Sex ar MUBI), enillydd BAFTA. Roedd y ffilm ar restr hir yr Oscars a’r BAFTAs, yn ogystal â’r BIFAs, ac yn ddiweddarach cafodd ei phrynu gan Film4 a Channel 4. Roedd y ffilm hefyd yn Year in Review Letterboxd, gan ei rhestru fel y Ffilm Fer Gweithredu Byw Rhif 3 Uchaf ei Graddio yn fyd-eang.

Aeth Sister Wives ymlaen i ennill 50+ o wobrau mewn 100+ o wyliau rhyngwladol, gan gynnwys Cyfarwyddwr Gorau yng Ngwobrau Ffilmiau Byr Prydain, HollyShorts, Gŵyl Ffilm Sunrise, Gwobrau’r Shark, One Fluid Night, a Brighton Rocks. Hefyd, aeth â Gwobr y Ffilm Fer Gorau Ym Mhrydain, Perfformiad Prydeinig Gorau mewn Rôl Fenywaidd, a Gwobr y Gynulleidfa yng Ngwobr Iris, a noddwyd gan Film4 a Pinewood Studios.