Teele Dunkley

is an award-winning director,

producer and scriptwriter

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Teele is an Estonian film director, based in England who is working on a feature film The Secret Folk Dancer and also developing scripts for various films and TV series.

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Growing up in a small farming village Põhara in Estonia and having a very creative family, her life was filled with dancing, singing, playing instruments, taking photos, and making clothes. She also travelled a lot around the world and lived in Denmark and Malawi before moving to Norfolk, UK in 2005.

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Her career started in 2010 when she worked for Eye Film as a production coordinator, DOP and editor, after graduating her degree in Media (Moving Image Pathway) from UEA.​ Soon after that, Teele also started working as a freelance director, DOP and editor in short films and music videos, focusing mainly on unsigned bands and singers in the UK and Estonia.

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To date, Teele has directed and produced 30 projects, with the size of the crews ranging from ‘one-woman-crew’ to directing over 200 people on set. During these projects, she has developed and strengthened her skills in visual storytelling and producing high-quality content on a small budget.​ She has received numerous award for her music videos and short films from festivals around the world, including Best Director for her 28-minute short film Losing Us and high praise for her work from the likes of Stephen Fry.

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The Secret Folk Dancer, that was co-written by Teele, is a perfect project for her step up into the long format world - allowing her to use her varied skillset all in one project. Teele and her team of industry professionals from Estonia and the UK have filmed pilot scenes for the The Secret Folk Dancer that were funded by two crowdfunding campaigns. The donations for the projects came in from 13 countries around the world and during the campaign the project received media attention from UK (including BBC), Canada and Estonian newspapers and TV channels.