Samples
My current Bio. Word version here
Here are some script samples from projects I am working on. Some with established producers attached.
Features
Scampenstein
Scampenstein is my Frankenstein-with-dogs feature animation idea set in and around Battersea Power Station and Dog's Home, London. PDF script sample here. Synopsis here. Status: Seeking producer/production company.
Dirty Hari
A feature cop comedy about a Clint Eastwood obsessed but seemingly incompetent Indian cop sent on an international police exchange scheme to Birmingham. Status: Established Producer attached. Budget £2 million
Talent: Kriss Dosanjh (This is England, East is East) attached.
Finders. Keepers.
A feature thriller about beach combing surfers who find bale of cocaine washed up on a remote Cornish beach. Outline here. Status: Seeking Producer .
Smokey Goes To War
Smokey Goes To War - another animated feature story of Churchill's war time cat Smokey and the fictional Animal Operations Executive. PDF here. Status: Seeking producer
J-San and the Mousonauts
A futuristic animated retelling of the Jason and the Argonauts/Noah legends but using rodents and set in space. The adventurers are led by a Japanese mouse called Mr J (J-San). Status: Seeking producer.
Logline: In space no one can hear you squeak.
Unix O'Mooney
Unix O'Mooney - My as yet unpublished novel about a young alien who lands in Ireland in 1969 and has to find a way back home. Word excerpt here. Status: Being considered by Penguin Ireland
KidZ
kidZ: The Trident Inheritance is the first feature adventure of a group of techno savvy kid detectives. When leading computer gamers go missing all around the world Jerry Vincent and his kidZ gaming clan must find out why. Outline here. Status: Producer considering 3k outline.
Ring Road Movie
Interlinked tail of various people from different walks of life based around Birmingham 's inner ring road. Oddballs, terrorists, criminals, lovers, ordinary people. Who's zooming who? Status: Producer has requested treatment.
The Táin
The Táin is the epic story of the Celtic boy-warrior-hero Cúchulainn. I am developing this idea with an award winning CGI animation expert. Giving it the Beowulf treatment if you like.
Shorts
The Maidens
My first paid commission from Trevor West and Andrew Holmes of MidWest Media Ltd. A live action/CGI reworking of the Shropshire folk tale Wild Edric. I worked with accomplished script editor, writer and teacher Ivan Levene on this. RTF version here. Original brief here. References available. Status: In pre-production.
Black Widow
Black Widow is a short that I made for the Film Dash 48 hour film challenge in Birmingham, UK. I wrote, produced and directed the film starting 7pm Friday 18th October and handed it in 7pm on the 19th. Contestants had to include a line from and vizual reference to the title of one of the filmds made by Hitchcock producer Michael Balcon . Pre-shooting Script here.
The Rocking Horse War
A short animation created for the 4mations scheme. PDF here. This was short listed.
A Fairytale Romance
Another short animation created for the 4mations scheme. PDF here.
Scam
Scam is a sample I did to a brief given by a producer.
Feedback and queries welcome
