Markham – an experiment in filmmaking
As well as being a highly in demand script writer for hire and script consultant, regular readers will know that I’ve also just completed my […]
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Finishing the cut on Markham (2020)
Regular readers will know that I’ve directed a feature length horror film called Markham, this film was shot for nothing, a total zero budget production […]
Prince of the City (1981)
As a script writer for hire and highly in demand script consultant, I finally caught up with Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City this week, […]
Script writing and script writers during Covid19
As the UK reaches the end of our nationwide lockdown, I thought it might be time for me as a script writer for hire and UK script consultant to add my thoughts about what all this means for UK scriptwriters.
Greed (2019)
As a script writer for hire and UK script consultant I caught up with Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Greed’ this week. A kind of comedy biography of a UK retail tycoon, not unlike Arcadia Group’s disgraced (but still stomping around) ‘Sir’ Phillip Green (last time I call him ‘Sir’ here).
The Wizard of Lies (2017)
At the start of this blogpost I have to point out that The Wizard of Lies (2017) is a HBO TV Movie, that is, a TV movie, premiering on the small screen and starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer and directed by Barry Levinson.
Script consultant UK looks back on Do The Right Thing (1989)
As the hardest working UK script consultant in the business, I’ve been around long enough to remember the big fight at Cannes 89, when Spike Lee’s festival favourite Do The Right Thing was snubbed by the Jury.
Down by Law (1986)
As the busiest UK script consultant and script writer for hire in the business, I’m a big fan of Jim Jarmusch. I think ‘Mystery Train’ is one of my favourite films. ‘Night on Earth’ is fabulous too. Wonderful cinema.
Jackie Brown (1997)
Regular readers will know I swing between loathing Quentin Tarantino to singing his praise from the high heavens. I really am that confused about him. […]
Color out of Space (2019)
As a UK script consultant and leading script writer for hire, I’ve been around the UK film industry on and off since the mid 1990s. Someone else who’s been around a long time (on and off) is Richard Stanley, the director of Color out of Space (US spelling).