Simon David Eden, WGAw / Society of Authors

★★★★ 'The Albatross 3rd & Main… a heady cocktail of Sam Shepard grittiness, Harold Pinter intrigue, and dark Martin McDonagh absurdity... in two superbly developed acts. Eden – who directs and designs as well – plots an intricate story of sordid petty crime that drips with cinematic cool' - The Stage

Education

  • Royal College of Art - Dept Film / London
  • Degree - Master of Arts
  • Honors - MA Distinction / Goldcrest Films Scholar

Selected Awards

  • OFFIE Nomination - The Gift of the Gab - stage play. Wri/Dir/Des: SDE
  • Best Feature Length Drama - Quebec Int Film Festival - Bliss Ep 4 All Fall Down. Wri: SDE
  • BAFTA Best Short Film - La Boule - Wri/Dir: Simon Shore. Prod: SDE
  • Gold Plaque - Chicago Int Film Fest - The Act - Wri/Dir: Chris Fallon. Prod: SDE

Screenwriter

  • Me & Molly Malone - music doco series trailer / dir. Matt Lipsey
  • Smashed - feature / Youths & Alcohol Abuse Interactive Ed Drama/ dir. D. Hill
  • Admission of Guilt - feature / Warner Bros / The Producers
  • J G Ballard’s Vermilion Sands - sci-fi drama series / BBC TV / prod. Jane Tranter
  • All Fall Down - Ep 4 science thriller series / Carlton TV / dir. Crispin Reece
  • Inferno - feature / Paramount Pictures / prod. Mark Tarlov
  • Kinship - short film / Granada TV / Dir. Jonas Grimas

Playwright

  • The Gift of the Gab - White Bear Theatre, London / design & dir. SDE
  • The Albatross 3rd & Main - Park Theatre, London / design & dir. SDE
  • The Little Match Girl - Book Musical - Point Theatre, Eastleigh / dir. Daniel Hill
  • The Name Above the Door - rehearsed reading / Chichester / dir. SDE
  • When the Saintz Go Marching In - Point Theatre / dir. Daniel Hill
  • Family Matters - contributing material / UK tour dir. Clifford Williams & Keith Michell

Lyricist

  • The Road Will Rise - R&B album / co-writer Tony O’Malley
  • The Little Match Girl - Book Musical / Book & Lyrics
  • PS: Surrealism - art-rock album

Books

  • The Albatross 3rd & Main - stage play / pub. Samuel French
  • The Savage Kingdom - YA fantasy novel / pub. Simon & Schuster UK, Planeta Brazil & Znak Poland

Teaching & Mentoring

  • Word on the Street - voluntary creative writing workshops for the homeless / Brighton
  • Get Playwriting! - Adult Outreach Program / Chichester Festival Theatre
  • Dramaturg Page to Stage - New Writing Program / Point Theatre / Eastleigh
  • Senior Lecturer Screenwriting - London Film Academy