Raphael Biss is a Scottish-French writer and director. His work has screened at BAFTA- and BIFA-qualifying festivals, earning accolades including a Royal Television Society Award, Best British Short at the UK Film Festival, and Best Short Film at Seoul. His feature script When All The Colours Fade Away, was shortlisted at Le Groupe Ouest in 2021.

He is currently working on several feature films, including High And Dry, When All The Colours Fade Away, and Unshakeable, as well as premium television series A Decent Man and T1761. 
 

In 2026 he wrapped principal photography on Forged, a medieval drama based on the first recorded female jouster.

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His work is driven by ambitious true-inspired stories that explore human resilience under extreme moral and physical pressure. He made his feature debut with Savages In Foreign Lands, an international production shot across the Atlantic and centred on the lost civilisation of the Guanches. Released theatrically in 2017 and broadcast worldwide, the film established his interest in large-scale, challenging narratives.

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Raphael is a graduate of the National Film & Television School, in London, his graduation film Rider won best edit from AVID. ​Accross the years he had the opportunity to learn and shadow from directors; Alex Garland (Devs), Ricky Gervais (After Life), Peter Hoar (Nolly, Da Vinci’s Demons), and has been mentored by Ben A. Williams (Sherwood). 

 

As a member of Directors UK, the French Society of Directors, and BAFTA, and a former member of the Young Jury at the Cannes Film Festival (2007), Raphael believes in the power of film and storytelling to inspire positive change and contribute to a better world.