Lucy Wilkins

History

Lucy Wilkins is the writer/director of "Barely Recognizable" and it served as her senior project as part of the Screenwriting and Directing track of the Film and Media Studies major at Yale University. Lucy is a first-generation, low-income student from Chesterfield, England. During her time at Yale, she has directed short films, several music videos, a global health campaign video for the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, and the 2020 and 2021 Yale Symphony Orchestra Halloween Shows featuring Hillary Clinton and Angela Bassett, alongside being an Editor of Yale TV, part of the Yale Daily News. Lucy's screenwriting portfolio includes a comedy pilot about a legal escort agency in Europe, a feature horror about sleep disorders, and several shorts. She has also interned for QC Entertainment, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Blumhouse.

Movies

Barely Recognizable
Producer
A movie musical about eating disorder recovery and overcoming perceptions of perfection. It follows the first couple of weeks of college for Gracie, a young woman who has (mostly) recovered from an eating disorder. As she attempts to forge a new identity on campus, her new surroundings and the challenges associated with her transition to college life cause the recovery to teeter. With the help of Isa, a drop-dead gorgeous sophomore beauty queen, Gracie ultimately discovers that recovery is not linear, but rather, takes several twists and turns along the way.
Barely Recognizable
Writer
A movie musical about eating disorder recovery and overcoming perceptions of perfection. It follows the first couple of weeks of college for Gracie, a young woman who has (mostly) recovered from an eating disorder. As she attempts to forge a new identity on campus, her new surroundings and the challenges associated with her transition to college life cause the recovery to teeter. With the help of Isa, a drop-dead gorgeous sophomore beauty queen, Gracie ultimately discovers that recovery is not linear, but rather, takes several twists and turns along the way.
Barely Recognizable
Director
A movie musical about eating disorder recovery and overcoming perceptions of perfection. It follows the first couple of weeks of college for Gracie, a young woman who has (mostly) recovered from an eating disorder. As she attempts to forge a new identity on campus, her new surroundings and the challenges associated with her transition to college life cause the recovery to teeter. With the help of Isa, a drop-dead gorgeous sophomore beauty queen, Gracie ultimately discovers that recovery is not linear, but rather, takes several twists and turns along the way.