Luna Carmoon

Luna Carmoon (né Hollie Moore;^[1] born 1997 or 1998^[2]) is an English screenwriter and film director,^[3] known for her 2023 debut feature film Hoard starring Joseph Quinn and Hayley Squires produced by BBC Film, Delaval Film, Erebus Pictures, Anti-Worlds and the British Film Institute.^[4] Hoard premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.^[5]

Luna Carmoon
Born	1997 or 1998 (age 26–27) Lewisham, London, England
Occupations	Film director scriptwriter
Years active	2018–present

Early life

Carmoon was born in Downham, Lewisham.^[6][7] Her father works as a plumber and her mother a hairdresser, they are divorced.^[7] She grew up on a council estate with her mum, sister, grandfather, and late-grandmother, who appears at the end of Hoard.^[7]

At 17, she realised that she could become a filmmaker and began applying to schemes that did not need a degree, as she could not afford to go to film school.^[8]

Prior to becoming to filmmaker, Carmoon worked at her local CeX,^[2] she was also employed at a garden centre.^[9]

Career

In 2019, Carmoon made her first short film Nosebleed with Sky Arts and National Youth Theatre via their "shortFLIX" scheme, ran by Creative UK.^[3] The film was screened at BFI London Film Festival and was broadcast on television the same year.^[10] The following year, Carmoon was selected as a Sundance Ignite fellow^[11] and directed her second short film Shagbands, produced by Film4 and BFI.

Prior to making Hoard, Carmoon was developing a script with Film4 who, she claims, then "ghosted" for a year after they put the project on "indefinite hold".^[8]

Carmoon eventually made her feature film debut with Hoard in 2023, after a work in process screening at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival.^[12] For Hoard, Carmoon received Special Mention for Direction at 2024 Luxembourg City Film Festival.^[13]

In 2025, Carmoon was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Subsequently becoming a member of BAFTA Breakthrough.^[14]

Her next project is confirmed to be a book adaptation that she is transposing to the 1930s, and which will also draw influence from her own grandmother’s diaries.^[3]

She has contributed to both Sight and Sound and Tate Etc.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref(s)
2019	Nosebleed	Yes	Yes	No	Short Film	[15]
2020	Shagbands	Yes	Yes	No	Short Film	[16]
2023	Hoard	Yes	Yes	No		[4]

Personal life

In an interview with Another Magazine, Carmoon opened up about her struggle with depression during the COVID 19 lockdown, stating that Hoard, originally a 20-page short story, was intended as a suicide note.^[6][7]

She is currently in a relationship.^[7]