Steven Sheil was born in London and studied at the University of Kent. He then moved to Nottingham where he became involved in the DV/DIY filmmaking scene, training on Intermedia Film and Video’s intensive year-long course. He worked as a camera operator on the short Shifting Units and the feature One For The Road. His own short film Cry was a festival success and has gained almost 100,000 downloads. While continuing to make horror shorts, including Through a Vulture Eye and Deliver Me, he is also developing feature ideas and working as a camera operator. Mum and Dad is his first feature script to go into production.