Biography

Currently the full-time Development Producer for BBC Writersroom, nurturing writers across BBC drama and comedy: www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom

 

Full Credits:

 

Scripts:

Current          
COASTING
Feature film in development: Gangway Films/Spice Factory
 
2006  
HARD HAT
Short film (10mins) Gangway Films (Director: Jonathan Martin)
Script development supported by Yorkshire Arts.
 
2004  
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE
Stage Play. Devised/performed by Year 10-12 students at British Forces HQ, Rheindahlen, Germany
 
2003  
CUED UP
Stage play. Half Moon Theatre & national tour (Director: Chris Elwell). Supported by the PRS music foundation; original music produced by 'Lost' DJ/Producer Steve Bicknell. Half Moon Theatre Writer-in-Residence 2000-02.
 
2002  
RISKY BUSINESS
Short film (20 mins), Little Fish Films (Director: Donna Turner)
                       
1998  
COASTING
Stage play, one of the winning plays showcased in the International Playwriting Festival, Warehouse Theatre, Croydon. Previously developed through Soho Theatre Workshops.
 
Script & Writer Development:
 
Includes:

2009
BBC Films & Film Network: Development Producer on four original films from emerging writing/directing talent

2007  
Film London: Eran Creevy's Shifty for the Microwave low-budget features scheme
 
2000-05        
BBC Writersroom, Drama Serials and Factual Drama: Script Reader
 
2003-05
Spice Factory Films: Script Reader
 
2004-05        
Theatre & Beyond Literary Associate: produced 'Playwright Slam' at the Chichester Festival 2004
 
2002-05        
New Writing South: Script Reader & Tutor
 
2004  
Film Council/Lighthouse Media: Script Reader
 
1998-2003
Arts Council of England Script Reader: Theatre Writing Committee, John Whiting Award, Meyer-Whitworth Award
 
1999
FilmFour Script Reader: 'Jump Cuts'
 
Teaching:
 
2003 to present          
Various workshops, lectures and panels on scriptwriting, including: Cheltenham Screenwriter's Festival, University of East Anglia, London College of Communication, Leicester De Montfort University, London Film School, Central School of Speech and Drama, Bath Spa University, City University, Middlesex University, Drama Centre, Screen South, Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre, Talawa Theatre, Soho Theatre, Black Filmmakers Festival, Momentum Festival, South West Scriptwriters, New Writing South, National Student Drama Festival
 
2003-05        
University of Sussex Associate Tutor: Scriptwriting for Film & Television; Writing for Radio; MA Dramatic Writing External Examiner.
 
2003              
National Academy of Writing Tutor: Pilot Residential Course
 
Biog:
 
After graduating with a prize-winning First in English from Liverpool University and an MPhil in Renaissance Drama from King's College, Cambridge, Paul directed new writing in the theatre and began his ongoing work in script and writer development across theatre, radio, film and television.

 

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