About Me
In a nutshell…
As a multidisciplinary artist - playwright, screenwriter, author, lyricist, set designer and theatre director - a recurring theme in my work is identity and social justice.
Though writing has been my main focus in recent years - I’m a member of The Writers Guild of America West, and The Society of Authors - my career began in the music industry as a performance artist/lyricist, with the creation of the PS:Surrealism album, band and live shows.
In 1984, awarded a scholarship from Goldcrest Films, I studied film-making at the Royal College of Art. Tasked with creating the UK’s first ‘MA Creative Film Producing Course’, I graduated with a MA Distinction, and a clutch of award-winning short film productions to my name.
Encouraged by the legendary film director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon, From Here to Eternity), who read my first spec feature script, I then got serious about screenwriting. After almost a decade in the minimum wage wilderness, seeking employment wherever I could find it, I finally secured my first feature screenplay commission from Paramount Pictures.
These days I can be found scribbling lyrics, novels, stage plays and scripts for screens big and small, and thanks to the late great producer and foodie Ismail Merchant, nobody makes a better Nimbu Masoor Dal!
Script consulting
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The Savage Kingdom
Available in translation in Brazilian Portuguese and Polish, ‘The Savage Kingdom’ is a dystopian fantasy adventure in which the animals of the wild join forces to prevent mankind from destroying the planet. In the wake of a terrifying global battle, a resistance movement of domesticated animals risk their lives to offer shelter to human survivors, and a tribe of ancient shape-shifters emerge to offer hope for the future.
Writing
