Natasha Waugh is an IFTA-nominated director and writer.

Her most successful film, Terminal, was inspired by the women affected by the 8th amendment in Ireland which restricted access to abortion. It went on to critical acclaim, winning several awards at home and abroad including a Writer’s Guild of Ireland ‘Zebbie’ award for Best Short Film Script, a nomination for Best Short film at the Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTAs). 

In 2017, Natasha was chosen to direct Mother – a short film commissioned by the Galway Film Centre, and RTÉ written by Jonathan Hughes. Natasha was mentored by Emmy winning director Dearbhla Walsh during production of the short, which won runner up Best Short Film at the Dublin Feminist Film Festival, 2019, and Best Short Film at the Clones Short Film Festival, 2019.

In 2019, she directed short film We Don’t Choose How, funded by Kildare County Council Short Grass Films fund. The film won two audience awards: one at the Capital Irish Film Festival, and the other at the Chicago Irish Film Festival.

Her latest short, La Tumba, was a second collaboration with Jonathan Hughes, writer of Mother, with Natalie McAuley of Subotica producing. The film won the Audience Award at the Solas Nua Capital Irish Film Festival, 2023. 

Natasha has been the shadow director for Can’t Cope Won’t Cope season 2 for which she shadowed Imogen Murphy. In 2018, she was the shadow director on Sky’s Britannia season 2 in London, under director Lisa James Larsson. She further shadowed Larsson on the Netflix series Fate: The Winx Club Saga in September 2019. 

In May 2022, she directed the 2nd Unit of Channel 5 drama The House Across the Street, starring Shirley Henderson. She also directed days on the main unit of the show.

Natasha was the shadow director for feature film The Problem With People from May to July 2022. The film was directed by renowned director Chris Cottam, and starred Paul Reiser. and Colm Meaney. Natasha also directed the 2nd unit for the feature.

Natasha recently co-wrote and directed the WeConsent ad with Chris Cottam. The ad is part of Dublin Rape Crises Centre’s nationwide consent awareness campaign which aired on Sky Ireland, and across social media. The video was in collaboration with Droga 5, and produced by Pull The Trigger.

Natasha is the co-writer, and director of feature film Consentuality, which was developed with Screen Ireland. 

In between writing and directing films, Natasha is a tutor and occasional lecturer for film and media studies in University College Dublin.

She currently directs Fair City, for RTÉ.