Luke Hyams

Luke Hyams
KateModern:	Head Writer
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Age	27
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IMDB	on IMDB.com

Luke Hyams is a writer in the webseries KateModern.

During his training at YCTV, Luke created countless shows including a chart-show format, ‘Pass the Mic’, which in 2000 earned YCTV its first terrestrial commission from BBC2. In 2001, Luke turned his attention from presenting to writing, his first project ‘The Hidden City’, was an epic drama about young people living on the streets of London. Hallmark Entertainment enjoyed the pilot episode so much they commissioned a further twenty-one episodes which Luke went on to direct. Upon completion of ‘The Hidden City’ Luke began developing a feature script called Dubplate Pressure while simultaneously overseeing a number of commercial projects. Dubplate Pressure eventually became ‘Dubplate Drama’; Channel 4’s critically acclaimed interactive series which allowed viewers to influence the fate of the main characters via multiple platforms.

As well as finishing his first major feature script for the US market, Luke has spent the last few years honing his skills as a director with expertise in both film and video. He has shot in excess of 15 music videos and has been hailed as one of the UK’s most exciting film & TV directional prospects. [1]

His grandmother is Margaret Hyams who played the character Aunt Joan in the KateModern episode Spiders.