Frances-Anne Solomon is an award-winning Filmmaker, Writer and Producer in Film, TV and Radio. She trained in Theatre Arts at the University of Toronto, and the Lecoq School of Mime in Paris before moving to Great Britain where she built a successful professional career with the BBC as a Producer, Director and Writer. Since her return to Toronto in 1999, she has continued to create, direct write and produce television and film projects through her own company, Leda Serene Films. Her current feature film, A Winter Tale, is scheduled for release in 2007. She originally developed the story through a collaborative process with a group of talented Canadian actors, and in January 2006 adapted and produced it for a successful run as a stage play. In 2005, she created and launched Literature Alive, a unique multimedia company that produces and markets documentaries, audio books, radio programmes and an educational website that arededicated to showcasing the uniqueness and value of Caribbean-Canadian writing and writers. In 2003, she co-created, directed and produced the groundbreaking Canadian sitcom Lord Have Mercy! that was originally broadcast on four Canadian networks and nominated for two Geminis. In 2002, she established CaribbeanTales, an innovative multimedia not- for-profit that promotes and celebrates the rich tradition of Caribbean-heritage storytelling through a variety of multimedia products. Her other directing credits include Peggy Su! (BBC Films 1997), What My Mother Told Me (Channel 4 1995), Bideshi (BBC Films/British Film Institute 1994), and Valentine's Night (BBC21993) as well as documentaries Reunion (BBC2, 1993), and I Is A Long Memoried Woman (Arts Council of England 1991). For BBC Single Drama & Films as a Script Editor, Producer and Executive Producer, she was responsible for several films and TV movies, including the Black Screen strand (for Black writers, producers and directors) and Screen on the Tube (for new feature directors). Here, her productions included Speak Like A Child; Love Is The Devil; The Sixth Happiness, Flight, and Siren Spirits.