Tess Morris

Tessa Jo Morris (born April 1977) is a British screenwriter. She was named one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits of 2015 after her success writing the romantic comedy Man Up. She co-hosts the romantic-comedy focused podcast You Had Us At Hello, and currently writes on Hulu's Casual. She has been referred to as a "key voice standing up for the romantic comedy genre". 2Early career Morris was born and raised in Wandsworth, London.She attended university in South London where she completed a TV and Film degree. In 1997, while she was still in university, Morris wrote a short film titled Beer Goggles. The short was directed by David Mackenzie as part of the Lloyds Bank/Channel Four Film Challenge. Her team's film won first place and was broadcast on Channel 4.After university, Morris became a journalist for teen news publishers where she regularly interviewed the cast of Hollyoaks, a British soap opera. After hearing of scriptwriting job opportunities, Morris became a writer for Hollyoaks at the age of 23. She wrote 18 episodes over the following two years, gaining a reputation on the show for her comedic script