Luke Hyams is a writer and director from London, England, who left school early to start work at a West London charity organization named YCTV, where young people were trained in all aspects of film and television production.

After completing over 200 productions broadcast on local Cable over five years, Luke left YCTV to create a talk-show format for BBC2 named Pass the Mic, in which guests would be invited to choose the next guest on the show. With Hyams writing and presenting the show it was hailed as a critical success and attracted guests including Mick Jagger, Tony Blair and Anjelica Huston.

After Pass the Mic and spots hosting several other youth shows for the BBC, Luke switched to directing and wrote a 21-part series about homeless teenagers living on the streets of London named The Hidden City. The show was commissioned by Hallmark Entertainment and broadcast on their channel worldwide.

After a spell directing rap promos, Luke then created Dubplate Drama, the world’s first-ever interactive drama serial for Channel 4 and MTV, in the U.K. Dubplate Drama was pioneering because it was the first show to be broadcast on the PSP handheld device, and also had a sub-plot series broadcasting in tandem on the 3 mobile networks. The series was a massive critical multi-platform success and attained high ratings with six fifteen minute episodes, which then lead to the re-commissioning of twelve half hour episodes, broadcast in late 2007 on Channel 4, MTV and MySpace.

In July 2007, Luke became the head writer on KateModern, the world’s first-ever social networking drama, broadcast primarily via the Bebo website and attracting 35.7 million video views in its first 6-month season. In working on KateModern, Luke has developed a reputation as a forward thinking storyteller, winning the Broadcast Press Guild for innovation and also being nominated for a BAFTA.

With the second season of KateModern now complete, Luke is developing several feature film projects with online components, eager to move to Los Angeles and start the next chapter of his career.