Maude Elms is a London based producer, editor and writer. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA and MPil in Latin American and Comparative Literature, she started her career as an Editorial Assistant at CHEERIO Publishing before transitioning to film and television production. 

Maude has worked for screenwriter Polly Stenham, director Darcia Martin, The Face magazine and for Big Talk Studios, and is now working as a producer and script editor for Padula Productions. Maude is currently producing a triptych of short films, titled III: Turritopsis Dohrnii, Grylloidea, and Apus Apus. The latter of which, starring Naomi Yang and Lucy Sheen, is currently in post-production. 


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Maude Elms MA (Cantab), MPhil
EDUCATION

King’s College, University of Cambridge (2022–2023): MPhil in European, Latin American and Comparative Literatures and Cultures; Pass with distinction

King’s College, University of Cambridge (2018–2022): BA in Modern and Medieval Languages, Spanish and French; Class I with distinction (Starred First); ranked fourth in undergraduate cohort of 150 students


EMPLOYMENT

Big Talk Studios – Runner (February 2025–Present)

Darcia Martin – Script reading and report writing for British film and television director (November 2024 – Present)

Padula Productions – Producer and script assistant (October 2024–Present)

Wasted Talent LTD – Office and archive assistant for The Face, Kerrang! and Mixmag magazines (October 2024–April 2025)

CHEERIO Publishing – Editorial Assistant (October 2023–September 2024)

Polly Stenham – Script assistant for playwright and screenwriter Polly Stenham for BBC historical drama Dope Girls (November 2023–January 2024)

Spoken Bones Magazine – Contributor (August 2023–September 2024)

Hilo Sagrado – Program associate (February–July 2021)

The Story Lab Spain – Podcast production assistant (September–December 2020)


OTHER

Recipient of a Cambridge Trust Studentship, a scholarship offered by the Cambridge Trust to top-scoring applicants for postgraduate study, and a Pigott Studentship, for continuing MPhil candidates at King's College.

Awarded the Hispanist Prize for the candidate who showed the highest distinction in Spanish in 2022. 

Scholar of King's College, awarded for both Part I and Part II. 

MPhil dissertation written on ‘Space, Pop Culture and the Body in the Crónicas of Pedro Lemebel and Carlos Manuel Álvarez’, supervised by Dr Rory O’Bryen.