Biography
Mark Denton was born and grown in the green-ish suburbs of London. He attended Coopers School in Chislehurst and went on to study Politics at the University of Exeter, where he met friend and writing partner Jonny Stockwood. Upon graduation in 2007, he embarked on a year's internship in the House of Commons, where he worked in the office of an MP. Mark began writing Canon Row, his first screenplay, as a result of one day realising that it was finally something he might actually be good at.
Jonny Stockwood was born in London to an American mother and British father. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford before attending Exeter University, where he gained a bachelor's degree in Geography and a master's degree in International Relations. At Exeter he met Mark Denton, with whom he embarked upon a part full-time project of writing, drawing, painting and not studying. Jonny is a freelance graphic designer in his copious spare time, having provided branding and marketing for small businesses and events at various universities.
Currently:
FORTUNE
60mins pilot script for returning television series
DUST
90 mins pilot script for multi-stranded serial following the heroin trade from Afghanistan to London.
Television:
KISLING
60 mins espionage series, set in 1960s Berlin. Optioned to Company Pictures.
STRAW MAN
60 mins returnable detective series. Optioned to Company Pictures.
SLUSH
Original 60 mins crime drama serial. Optioned to Carnival Films.
CANON ROW
60 mins pilot script for original TV comedy-drama series
Finalist Red Planet Screenwriting Prize 2008
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