Screenwriting | Script and Creative Development

My screenwriting commissions and developments are as follows:

yU+co Film Design and Production (US & China):
Writer of the trailer for Jackie Chan's upcoming movie, The Shinjuku Incident (Xi Su shi jian) (2008)

Early story development work for a Japanese/US feature-length animation project (2005).

Also, my short script, Felo-De-Se, a tense, fast-paced thriller, is currently in development.

Major Films GmBH & CO.KG (Germany):
“The Black 6’s”:
Major Films picked up my closed-room thriller treatment about an innocent man on death row who realises that the prisoner in the next cell is the true perpetrator of the murder of which he is accused. (2007)

The Woof-Woof Technique & the Harp-String Method:
Major Films picked up my romantic comedy treatment about a marriage guidance counsellor who falls for one of his clients and resolves to destroy her marriage with disastrous results. (2007)

LovEbay:
Major Films picked up my romantic comedy treatment about a humourless, obsessive collector whose life turns to chaos when he attempts to pick up an item he won on Ebay from its eccentric previous owner. (2007)

The Captive Lake:
Rewrite of a Major Films in-house feature-length development that tells the tragic story of a family who live in the shadow of the doomed Moehne dam during World War II. (2006)

“Goodnight Mongolia”:
Major Films picked up my treatment for a comedy about a long defunct rock band that suddenly makes it big in Asia. (2006)

Beatrice:
Beatrice is a feature-length psychological neo-noir commissioned from an original pitch. (2005-2006)

The Green Man:
The Green Man is a feature-length supernatural mystery developed from an in-house exposé. (2004 - 2005)

Artifice:
My original feature-length satire about a simple, albino gift-shop owner who is mistaken to be a talented contemporary artist was optioned by Major Films. (2003)


Feature Length Spec Screenplays:
The Elusive Mrs. Craven:
Black comedy noir. Set in 1930's Hollywood. A hack screenwriter, intent on winning an Oscar, becomes embroiled in a botched kidnapping plot.

In addition, I have many stories in various stages of development.

Related Work:
A substantial portion of my time is also spent working in a development team, as well as with industry analysts, so I am very familiar with the process of nurturing a script from initial concept to final draft and beyond.
In addition, as a story developer and editor, I am accustomed to analysing the craft/technical aspects, as well as the commercial viability, of third party screenplays and treatments, and guiding them through development. Apart from completing contracts for directors and producers, I have also worked for literary agencies, actors and other writers. In Dublin and San Diego I headed workshops for new screenwriters during which we analysed screenplays, as well as addressed the fundamentals of storytelling.

Recent industry courses:
Bruce Block's 'Visual Structure' (UCLA extension/Fetac); Linda Aronson's 'Non-Linear Narrative' (UCLA extension/Fetac); TV drama development; business for screenwriters; and an adaptation master class with Jean-Claude Carriere.

My poetry and prose have been published in various literary magazines including Gargoyle.

Screenwriting writing software:
Final Draft. Dramatica Pro. Storyview. Power Structure. Movie Magic Screenwriter. Storylines. Inspiration. Storybase. etc.

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