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Adam Bennett-Lea

Adam is a working-class writer from the North West represented by Independent Talent. After cutting his teeth working on Hollyoaks, Adam is now working on a slate of original comedy projects. He was part of BBC Drama Room’s 2022-2023 cohort, and the BFI funded short he wrote, I Know a Place, screened at BAFTA qualifying festivals including Leeds Film Festival in 2024. Adam’s queer comedy-drama script Dragged Up won a Northern Writers Award, and two episode scripts were commissioned by Channel 4 and Bonafide films. Adam is part of this year’s BFI Flare X BAFTA mentorship programme, and has recently received BFI development

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