Caleb J. Roberts is an award-winning screenwriter and director from Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2022, he became the first transgender person to receive funding from Northern Ireland Screen to write and direct fiction.
Caleb’s two BFI NETWORK and Northern Ireland Screen-funded short films Homebird (2022) and Malcolm (2023) have been recognised with numerous nominations at international festivals, including the Iris Prize, BFI London Film Festival and the Galway Film Fleadh. Both shorts have received distribution on Channel 4 with Film4.
Caleb was one of 15 filmmakers selected for the 2023 NETWORK@LFF Talent Development Scheme at the 67th BFI London Film Festival and was one of 8 emerging screenwriters spotlit at the LFF industry Programme sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter.
This year, Caleb has been funded for his third BFI NETWORK and Northern Ireland Screen short film Purebred (2025), alongside funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for the early development of a queer-historical short fiction novella-anthology. Caleb is currently in early-stage development on two long-form projects.
