Jo Ho is an award-winning British-Chinese screenwriter, director and novelist whose work spans television, film, video games and publishing.

 

She is the creator of Spirit Warriors, CBBC's landmark action-fantasy series starring Jessica Henwick and Benedict Wong. The series was the first UK television drama to feature a predominantly East Asian cast, making Jo the first East Asian creator of a UK drama series.

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Jo's work has earned widespread industry recognition. She won the Women in Film & Television UK New Talent Award, was nominated for the Cultural Diversity Network's Best Breakthrough Production Talent Award, and was named one of the UK's Top Ten Outstanding Young Chinese People. She also received the Big Ben Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Chinese Woman in the UK Film and Television Industry. Spirit Warriors was nominated for Best Children's Programme at the Broadcast Awards. Her work on Spirit Warriors and its contribution to East Asian representation in UK television also led to invitations to 10 Downing Street.

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Across television and film, Jo has developed original projects with internationally acclaimed producers including Morgan O'Sullivan (Vikings, Penny Dreadful), Rick Porras (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Gary Pearl (Jane the Virgin), and Academy Award-nominated producer Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen (A Royal Affair, Melancholia). She was also attached to two feature films with legendary Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz.

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Jo also works in interactive entertainment, bringing cinematic storytelling and character-driven narrative to video games. She has served as a narrative consultant on a AAA Ubisoft title and has been in discussions with PlayStation Productions regarding screen adaptations of PlayStation Studios intellectual property.

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As a director, Jo's award-winning short film Isolation 9 won Best Film at the Buffalo San Film Festival. Her follow-up film, Monkey Nut Tales, was selected for Film London's prestigious Pulse scheme and premiered at the BFI London Film Festival.

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Alongside her screen career, Jo has established herself as an author. Her debut novel, Wanted, the first book in the Chase Ryder Series, became an Amazon bestseller across more than fifteen Young Adult categories and won the Readers' Favorite International Gold Medal for Young Adult Science Fiction. She has since written the bestselling Twisted series and continues to develop new novels alongside her screen projects.​

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​Outside her own productions, Jo has worked as a script consultant for organisations including the BFI, as well as independent writers, producers and directors. Her work is recognised for emotionally driven storytelling, complex characters and high-concept worlds across multiple mediums.

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Jo is aiming for a future in the New Forest: lake, trees, her adorable kitties, and a home filled with love, mischief, music and stories.

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A voting member of BAFTA, Jo is represented in the UK by Matthew Dench at The Dench Arnold Agency and in the United States by Sarah Arnott and Eric Williams at Zero Gravity Management.