May Miles Thomas is a Scottish film director and screenwriter. Born in Glasgow, May Miles Thomas was educated at Hillhead High School and the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in design and photography. May Miles Thomas has worked as production designer, writer, editor, director of photography, producer and director.[1] Her career in television and filmmaking began in the mid-1980s at BBC Television, where she moved from production design to directing music and arts documentaries.[2] As a freelancer, she progressed to making music videos and commercials. In 1995 she founded the production company, Elemental Films.[1] Her script, The Beauty of the Common Tool, directed by Owen Thomas, was awarded funding in the first year of the British Screen/Scottish Television short film scheme, Prime Cuts. In 1996 Miles Thomas became a Fellow of the Nipkow Programm, Berlin, where she wrote the screenplays for Ringing the True and One Life Stand.[3] In 1997 she was selected by the European Film Academy to attend A Sunday in the Country at Ebeltoft, Denmark.[1] In 1998 she attended the Arista Screenwriting Workshop in Hamburg, Germany. Since the late 1990s Miles Thomas has worked as a writer and director of feature films. She is married to Owen Thomas and lives in Glasgow, Scotland.[4] May Miles Thomas is one of the top 10 most prolific British women directors.[5]