A talented artist whose career was derailed by mental illness, Audrey Amiss left behind an astonishing archive of paintings and journals. Carol Morley draws on this in her latest film to create a portrait of a vivid, tragic, hilarious heroine.
Audrey Amiss spent 30 years as a civil service typist – but led a secret life as an artist. Macdonald, Monica Dolan and Carol Morley relive the hectic shoot that turned her amazing life into a quirky road movie
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Carol Morley’s affectionate imagining of the Sunderland-born artist Audrey Amiss, whose career was hampered by mental illness, is an evocative depiction of an unjustly neglected figure.