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I trained as an actor at The Drama Centre London. My first screenplay, ‘Small Inclusions’ (Dir. Herbie Wise) was optioned by Kudos Film and TV who commissioned me to write ‘Terezin’. I have been commissioned by The BBC, Midwest Media and Channel Four/Kismet Films. I have had fantastic actors, producers and directors attached to my films, but so far nothing has been made. I have several films in development and am currently working on a short film, ‘Blueberry Hill’, and a psychological thriller for TV, ‘The Stand In’.
I am currently without an agent – long story – but have been represented by the best. I have only recently re-joined WGGB so this is brief. I’ll update asap.
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FILM:
THE NIGHT SWIMMER – FEATURE (Prod: JESSICA MALIK/JESSICA PARKER, PARI PASSU FILMS, MARC SAMUELSON. Exec Prod: HERBIE WISE)
A DOG SO SMALL – FEATURE (Adapted from the novel by PHILIPPA PEARCE. Prod: TRACY SHAW, SHAW FILMS)
GAMER – FEATURE (Prod. ANDREW HOLMES, Midwest Media. Dir: ANDY WILSON. DOMINIC COOPER attached.)
TEREZIN – FEATURE (Prod: PAUL WEBSTER, KUDOS FILM & TV)
SMALL INCLUSIONS – FEATURE (Prod: PAUL WEBSTER, KUDOS FILM & TV)
BLUEBERRY HILL – SHORT FILM
FAULTLESS – FEATURE
ELEPHANT! – ANIMATED FEATURE (Producer: TRACY SHAW, SHAW FILMS)
TWENTY FOUR LITTLE HOURS – TEEN COMEDY THRILLER – FEATURE
HOW TO BUILD A DEN – SHORT
TV:
THE STAND IN – TV DRAMA – REHEARSED READING with GRETA SCACCHI, HANNAH DOUGLAS
EXEC – DRAMA SERIAL
FANS – 6×60 minute DRAMA SERIAL
COTTON WOOL – 90 minute DRAMA (Commissioned by Channel 4, Prod. MICHELE CAMARDA, KISMET FILMS)
THE ZING – TV SERIAL – DRAMA (Prod: WILL HANRAHAN. HANRAHAN MEDIA)
BETTER THAN LONELY – SIT COM
OUT OF CONTROL – ‘DOCTORS’. (Dir: MATT BLOOM, BBC)
THEATRE:
IF YOU CAN’T SAY SOMETHING NICE (commissioned by American actress, Julie Harris – ‘East of Eden’, ‘Member of the Wedding’) – REHEARSED READINGS – with Alison Steadman, Margot Leicester, Phoebe Vigor and Stephen Billington, dir: Patrick Sandford. The Swiss Church/WOMEN@RADA100 – Dir: Hannah Eidinow, with Elizabeth Counsell, Pooja Shah, Susan Tracy and Nicholas Woodeson.
SPARKS – REHEARSED READING – THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE MANCHESTER (With Brigid Forsythe. Dir Jacob Murray) and THE SWISS CHURCH (With Hannah Morrish, Patrick Toomey)
SMALL MERCIES – ETCETERA CAMDEN – ‘Little Pieces Of Gold’ (New Writing Showcase) (With Karen Archer & Katerina Stearman. Dir Dave Weinberg)
LOVEBIRDS – SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE – Little Pieces Of Love (New Writing Showcase) (Writer/Dir Alison Rose) (With Patrick Toomey, Alison Rose)
SIEGE/OUT OF THE BLUE – REHEARSED READING – RADA SEPTEMBER (With Eve Pearce & Sarah Woodward. Dir Jenny Eastop)
TUSSY – THE LETTERS OF ELEANOR MARX – NOT THE RSC/THE ALMEIDA/THE KING’S HEAD
RADIO
Script development on SIEGE (by FRANCESCA JOSEPH. Producer SUE ROBERTS)
OTHER INFO
Professional actress from 1977. RSC/UK Reps/Film/TV
Drama Examiner @ Trinity College London
Consultant for LD Media (learning difficulty charity) 2005
Volunteer mentor for ‘Write To Life’.
Past member of LSW (taking Shakespeare into Prisons).
Original Production of ‘Tussy’ produced by ‘Not The RSC’ at Stratford 1985. British Council’s Small Scale overseas tours list.