Rebekah Fortune is a British film director and screenwriter.
Biography
After graduating with a Masters in Theatre,[citation needed] Fortune began her career as an actress in theatre and television. She works with filmmakers David Yates and Colin Teague. In 1997, in collaboration with writer Peter Machen, she founded her own theatre company.[1] She was diagnosed with autism as an adult.[2]
Works
Fortune's first short film Something Blue was broadcast by Channel 4. Paul is Charlie's proud father. But when he discovers that his son is secretly fighting with his female identity, he begins his own struggle to find out what it really means to be a father. The 20-minute film juxtaposes preparations for Charlie's big sister's wedding, the most feminine day of a girl's life, with his fight to claim his true identity.[3]Something Blue is a premise to her first feature film Just Charlie released in 2017. The football star Charlie is a girl trapped in the body of a boy. Rejected by her father and teammates, Charlie hopes to continue playing football.[4][5]