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Yacein and Haroun Al-Shaater are an anglo-Egyptian writing and directing duo. Having lived all over Europe, the brothers have been … more →
Sallie Aprahamian has been directing television for close to three decades. Sallie recently directed two episodes of Silent Witness S28 … more →
Indra Bhose was born in Scotland, brought up in India and then moved to exotic Hertfordshire. And he’s not remotely … more →
Helen was born and raised in Pontefract West Yorkshire. She ignored everyone’s advice, studied law at Hull University and practised … more →
Piers Black is a writer and director, and Artistic Director of award-winning Ransack Theatre. His play My Dad Hunts Bears … more →
Mark Brotherhood’s first original 6×60’ series, Ludwig (BBC1/Big Talk), starring David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin, aired in 2024. Ludwig … more →
Tom is a novelist and screenwriter. His debut literary novel, The Spider Truces was a Financial Times Book of the Year, shortlisted … more →
Ciara is a versatile BAFTA Scotland-nominated screenwriter, specialising in emotional family drama and issue-based stories. A story-lining veteran, Ciara spent … more →
Hugh Costello’s screen dramas include the Emmy-nominated HBO movie Bernard and Doris, starring Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon and directed … more →
Tessa started her career in film and television as a receptionist at film distribution company Enterprise Pictures before moving to … more →
Adam and Jonathan have written episodes for Channel X’s BAFTA-winning CBBC comedy So Awkward, from series two through to series … more →
Helen is currently writing an original feature screenplay for producer John Giwa Amu called The Clink. Helen Greaves studied Drama at Manchester … more →
Stephen Greenhorn has been a professional dramatist for theatre, radio and television since 1989. His plays have been produced by … more →
Patrick started out as a propman working on the films of Danny Boyle, Terence Davies, Derek Jarman and Bill Forsyth … more →
Nancy Harris is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Dublin. Nancy is the creator and writer of the IFTA and … more →
Tajinder Singh Hayer was born in Bradford in 1980. He grew up there, but is now based in Walsall and lectures … more →
Currently, Alison is the Labour MP for Scarborough and Whitby. Alison has been developing a six-part drama, Mrs Raffles, based on Rosie Milne’s … more →
Julia is an award-winning writer, working across sitcom, sketch and comedy drama. She is currently lead writer on comedy-adventure series … more →
Since he could hold a pencil Jonny drew comics and he didn’t stop until he went to art college to … more →
Andrea sadly died in February 2019. Andrea Levy was a Londoner, who not only lived and worked in the city … more →
Cara Loftus is an IFTA nominated Irish screenwriter who has been listed as One to Watch in The Irish Times … more →
Colin MacDonald’s most recent radio play was five-part drama-documentary Pretender Prince, BBC Radio 4. Narrated by Jack Lowden, the series … more →
Jon is a writer and producer from London who now lives in Norwich. As a producer, Jon has made programmes … more →
Roy writes for television, film and theatre. Roy co-created New Tricks which ran on BBC1 for 12 series. Gina Cronk produced … more →
Deborah Moggach has written 20 novels and many screenplays. Her most recent novel, The Black Dress was published on 22 July 2021 … more →
John is an actor, writer and filmmaker. John is the creator and writer of the TV series Dead Still, for which he … more →
Liberty wrote her first script in 2020 at the age of 39. It was inspired by Nora Ephron’s semi-autobiographical novel … more →
Dan recently completed the script for a feature film The Tankman, inspired by Ken Small’s book The Forgotten Dead. Over … more →
Jan sadly died in October 2023. Jan had written widely across all fields from television to children’s theatre to literary … more →
So far, Jonathan’s work has earned him recognition as a Broadcast Hot Shot, a place on the BBC TV Drama … more →
Eva O’Connor is an award-winning Irish writer and performer based in London. Chicken, co-written with and directed by long-time collaborator … more →
Jonny was born, raised, educated and is a proud product of the East End of London. Having enjoyed himself for … more →
Mark Oswin has written on a number CBBC shows including So Awkward, Still So Awkward, So Awkward Academy, Lagging, 4 O’Clock … more →
Tom has been a writer/director of Animation for the past 10 years, working predominantly for Aardman Animations in Bristol, and … more →
Nick Perry’s first play Arrivederci Millwall won the 1986 Samuel Beckett Award and a film adaptation was broadcast on BBC2 in 1990. … more →
Nathaniel is a writer for film, television, theatre and radio. Nathaniel’s eight-part adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel Mr Loverman for Fable Pictures/BBC, … more →
Emma is a playwright and screenwriter from Dorset. Original television projects in development include Starfields, pilot script commissioned by New … more →
Jane is a writer and director working in TV and theatre. Jane co-wrote and directed Up On The Roof. The … more →
Born in Liverpool and now living in Brighton, it was Frank’s interest in history that led him into research work … more →
Abigail has been chained to a radiator in her local Magistrates’ Court for almost thirty years, now working freelance as … more →
Writer and director, Hildegard graduated from the Central Film School with a distinction in Practical Filmmaking. Her graduation film “The 25th … more →
Joe grew up in Devon, southwest England. He studied drama at the University of Exeter, where he co-founded Worklight Theatre. … more →
In 1977 Matt’s mum and dad took him to see Star Wars at the Empire Leicester Square and his tiny … more →
Meera Syal is a writer, novelist and performer best known for her screenplay for the film Bhaji on the Beach (nominated for … more →
Delyth directed Episode 5 for the 14th series of Call The Midwife for Neal Street/BBC and recently returned to direct … more →
Brian sadly died in September 2024. Brian Trueman came to ‘show-biz’ early but late to writing. After a confusing career … more →
Adam Usden is an award-winning writer from Manchester, based in London and Los Angeles. Adam is currently writing the third series of Almonds … more →
Damian turned to scriptwriting after a career as a graphic designer and was BAFTA-nominated for his first produced script. Damian’s … more →
Orlando Wells is an actor and playwright. His artist credits include This House (Tour and West End), The History Boys (UK Tour and West … more →