Screenplays
Click on the illustrations or titles to learn more about each screenplay, read the outline and view the awards won.
If you would like to know more about the screenplays, you can contact me on: sccscreenwriter@gmail.com.
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Ark 2050 – Science Fiction
An aloof and self-obsessed doctor astronaut ends up leading the last surviving humans on the moon base after a nuclear disaster on Earth but faces opponents whose crazy plans could result in the complete extinction of humanity.
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Black Jack – Action/Adventure (18th Century)
A coming-of-age adventure story about a priggish and smug, young aristocratic English boy who is rescued from the sea. Befriended by a black pirate, they join forces in a bid to steal Spanish gold.
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Circus Boy – Animated Fantasy Adventure (1950s)
A mistreated orphan boy runs away with the circus to fulfil his ambition to become a clown. He is pursued by a cruel housemistress who wants to return him to the orphanage.
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Forgotten Youth – Action Drama (1914 – 15)
An idealistic, underage boy from an abusive home, joins up and soon finds himself in the front line on the Somme, about to take part in the biggest assault of the war. A brave, sympathetic officer pledges to save him from a violent death and get him home.
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Fred’s Fortune – Black Comedy (Contemporary)
A self-indulgent and pleasure-seeking middle-aged man’s wife dies suddenly, and he is in receipt of a large life insurance payout. He decides to go on a cruise but strange things start to occur and he wonders if his wife is really dead.
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Jumper – Psychological Thriller (Contemporary)
A superficially-minded experienced train driver is unexpectedly troubled by the death of a girl who jumps in front of his train. His investigation into her untimely death draws him into the dark, seedy underworld of London’s gang and drug culture.
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Leaving Town – Action/Adventure (1940)
A wartime drama where a poverty-stricken and ill-treated East End boy is evacuated to the countryside during The Blitz. However he soon realises his foster parents are Nazi sympathisers. They are involved in a German invasion plan and he is faced with a terrible decision.
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Soot – Historical Drama, England (1860’s)
A maltreated sweeper boy in Dickensian England attempts to save his sick brother from sweeping chimneys by running away from their cruel owner to the countryside.
Based on a short story published in Victoria’s Lost Children by Stephen Curran.
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The Blitz Ripper – Period True Crime Drama (1942)
A lone and maverick police inspector hunts for a serial killer who operates during bombing raids. His pioneering fingerprint technology leads him into conflict with his more traditional police superiors.
Based on historical fact.
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The Boy from Capua – Action Adventure (Roman Empire)
A coming-of-age story of 12-year-old Lucius – a cupbearer who dared to defy an emperor.
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The Innocent – Action Adventure (13th Century)
A downtrodden, peasant boy, has a vision of Christ and attempts to lead a peaceful crusade of children to the Holy Land in 1212. Shipwreck, violence, captivity and slavery tests his commitment to his original mission and those he leads.
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The Music Box – Historical Drama, Austria (19th Century)
A talented and driven young female pianist aims to study at the Salzburg Academy but her aunt wants to marry her off to solve her financial difficulties. A music box leads the girl to discover she is related to Mozart and spurs her to fulfil her destiny.
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The Orphan Prince – Historical Drama (The French Revolution)
Haunted by the cruelty of the revolution he helped lead, a ruthless French revolutionary risks everything to secretly protect the imprisoned child-king, Louis XVII – he faces betrayal, heartbreak, and a reckoning with his own conscience as the dream of liberty descends into terror.
Based on historical fact.
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Uncle Nagorny – Historical Drama (1917)
A loyal, fatherlike sailor, is appointed carer to the ailing boy heir to the Russian throne. He risks all by dedicating himself to protecting the child, and the imperial family from dangerous Communist revolutionaries.
Based on historical fact.
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Interviews
I have been interviewed by Euroscript on a Script Development workshop I attended to develop my Black Jack script. Read the original interview here, or you can read a PDF of the interview here.
Screenwriting History
Early Screenwriting Teachers 1910-1922 : Origins, Contribution and Legacy.
Early Screenwriting Teachers 1910–1922: Origins, Contribution and Legacy, is a historical study revealing previously unacknowledged contributions that early screenwriting teachers have made to the development of the Hollywood film industry.
Drawing on an extensive range of primary materials, including manuals and columns written for the fan and trade press, this book shows the significant role five key screenwriting teachers played in translating playwriting theory and theatrical tradition into writing for film.
It demonstrates how these early teachers contributed to forming and codifying a set of
foundational writing techniques specific to the film medium, as well as examining the legacy
they have left in the context of the role and function of contemporary screenwriting gurus.
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