ABOUT

Curious Witch Films is more than a production company, it’s an antidote against cynicism. The “Witch” in our name is a reclamation of a word once used to scapegoat, silence, and burn women who dared to live differently. For us, it represents what we feel the industry needs most...curiosity, intuition, and a refusal to be tamed.

Founded by veteran producer Marie Halliday, Curious Witch was born from a deep love of storytelling and a growing exhaustion with the systems meant to support it. After years inside the Hollywood machine, we found ourselves disillusioned by endless cycles of notes without vision, bright-smiled yesses that actually mean "no", inefficient processes that stall momentum (*cough* Business Affairs *cough*), and a culture where responsibility is often passed endlessly up the chain. So we built something different.

We believe in decisive creative leadership, transparent collaboration, and honoring both the artist and the audience without losing the soul of the work. We develop and produce bold, emotionally resonant film, television, and select publishing projects that are unafraid to go there. We want to work with creators who challenge systems, interrogate power, and embrace complexity while still delivering an entertaining ride.

"One day it dawned on me that we all seemed to be putting an awful lot of effort into pretending. And yet the successes I was seeing were all coming after taking off the masks and getting honest with the work. The facade...the 'game' aspect of the industry...is just precious time taken away from what matters. So I started to wonder, would it be possible to help build a future Hollywood that's a little less full of shit?"
- Marie, Founder Witch