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This year will see the release of NUCLEAR - a supernatural thriller set in the shadow of a nuclear power station. Produced by Stella Nwimo, co-written with David-John Newman, this is my feature debut as director. Media Luna are handling international sales. The beautiful cast are Emilia Jones, George Mackay, Oliver Coopersmith, Sienna Guillory and Noriko Sakura, with a cameo voice role from Stephen Waddington. The film comes under the Cinematic scheme run by Ffilm Cymru Wales and is financed by FCW, BFI, Greatpoint and Fields Park Entertainment.
Short film Things That Fall From The Sky has come to the end of its festival circuit. This film was part of the Beacons scheme run by Ffilm Cymru Wales. Soon available online.
Projects in development include This Earth Is Not My Home a sci-fi reflection on twins and alienation, set on Lanzarote. Produced by Stella Nwimo and developed with the support of Ffilm Cymru Wales. Very exciting.
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PERISH
Genre: Psycho-supernatural Thriller
Status: Completed script
A young couple grieve over the death of their son while his unborn sister, frozen at minus 196ºC, will stop at nothing for her chance to live.
RESOLUTE
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Producers: Michael Dobbin & Raimund Berens
Status: Raising finance
Christian travels to the frozen north of Canada, hoping to leave behind the guilt of an awful crime.
Instead he finds that the real punishment for his crime is only just beginning.
DESTROYING ANGEL
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Status: Completed Script
A troubled ex-sniper obsessively watches over a woman he's never met, blind to the terrible and devastating acts that are playing out in front of him in his grainy stolen images.
SHORT FILMS
THINGS THAT FALL FROM THE SKY
A swan flies into a power line, bringing together a muddy man in a ditch and a woman with blood on her hands.
Financed by Ffilm Cymru Wales, BFI NET.WORK and Edicis, this fifteen-minute film features Ophelia Lovibond and Steven Waddington.
And a swan.
NADGER
Nadger has a violent streak that's landed him in trouble more times than he can remember. Until one day he meets an angel.
This fifteen-minute film was financed by Film Wales and BFI. It features a riveting central performance by Nathan Sussex.
THE BOY WITH BLUE EYES
A small girl escapes from abuse in the company of the boy with blue eyes.
A story of parental control, this 5-minute film features Shaun Dingwall in the role of the father.
THE BLACK DOG
In the past eight years, Harvey has taken more overdoses than he can possibly remember. And still he hasn't died. Tonight might be different.
This 30-minute film features a powerful central performance from David Threlfall.
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In partnership with David-John Newman at Fireparty, I have made short films with students of Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. These shorts are devised pieces with the ambition of showcasing the actors' talent within an experimental and creative context.
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CONSULTANCY, MENTORING
AND DOCTORING
I am actively expanding my work as a consultant, mentor and script doctor. This is an essential part of my job as a writer - working with other writers makes me a better writer myself, and my own creative experience enables me to work with empathy and efficiency on other people's projects.
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WHAT I OFFER
REWRITES
Rewrites on feature projects (past projects have included California Dreamin' (winner of Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2007), The Counting House, Two Families).
CONSULTANCY
Script consultancy, supporting writers at crucial stages of their writing, whether it's during the treatment period, the transition from one draft to the next or on a final polish.
MENTORING
Mentoring of individual writers across a slate of projects. Experience includes working with offenders for the Koestler Trust.
TUTORING
Tutoring in writing and in acting for the screen. Script labs and workshops include Film Teep in Romania, Cyfle in Wales. Acting for the screen tutoring at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, as well as running acting for the screen workshops through Act Yourself. Vast range of experience in the private sector as well as the UK University sector teaching scriptwriting at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
