Debs is a narrative director & screenwriter in film & TV.

She most recently directed episodes of AppleTV, Anonymous Content and Skydance/Paramount's adaptation of William Gibson's cult classic NEUROMANCER, due out in 2026 - and is gearing up for genre feature ZERO PROTOCOL starring Rebecca Hall and produced by Andy Serkis' Imaginarium.

Her work in high end TV includes leading the critically celebrated HALO s2 (101/102) for Amblin/Showtime/Paramount+, alongside episodes of LucasFilm's WILLOW, Bad Wolf's DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, and Imaginarium's HALF BAD: THE BASTARD SON & THE DEVIL HIMSELF - and prestige feminist period dramas HARLOTS and DOMINA - which shot on location in Rome. Her work infuses complex and visceral action, stunts and VFX with sensitive and subjective character focus.

Debs got her start directing with the magical realist family-friendly theatrical feature AFRICA UNITED (Pathé/BBC Films) and segued from there to the action-heavy SKY/CINEMAX HBO headliner STRIKE BACK - where she discovered a love of action directing and was the first female director in 6 seasons.

Her work has played to festival acclaim globally, and in 2018 she was invited by JJ Abrams and Kathy Kennedy to document the making of STAR WARS EPISODE IX. The resulting documentary feature THE SKYWALKER LEGACY released to lovely reports during the Covid lockdown - including an honorary mention alongside TENET, MANK and PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN on Slash Film's best of 2020 list.

Debs' first film world premiered Toronto International Film Festival and red carpet gala'd in London Film Festival, receiving standing ovations at both. She received a'Best Debut Director' British Independent Film Awards nomination and was named a BAFTA ‘Brit to Watch’ for her direction. 

Debs then collaborated with BAFTA, and award-winning producer Ivana MacKinnon, to create ELEVATE - an initiative to facilitate diverse hiring and create supportive peer networks in high end TV in the UK, which is now in its fifth cohort. The scheme is recognised as having had a significant impact on high end diverse talent hiring in the UK.

She has served on juries for the DGA, BAFTA Awards, Royal Television Society, and Women In Film & TV. Debs holds a Masters in Literature from Cambridge University and a diploma in Meisner technique from the Cuba Film & Television School.

Debs is a member of BAFTA, the DGA and Directors UK. Her manager is Geoff Shaevitz at Entertainment 360, and she is represented by Ellen Jones & Wilhelmina Ross at CAA in Los Angeles, and Robert Taylor and Tom Shepherd at the Artists Partnership in London. Her legal rep is David Jelenko at LICHTER, GROSSMAN, NICHOLS, FELDMAN, ROGAL, SHIKORA & CLARK

Debs was born in Taiwan and raised between Yorkshire, Rwanda, Singapore and India. She still travels widely for work and play. Her current base is in London.