CV
Script Editor
Sci-Fi Web Series Project
Web series. Comedy science for North Isle Productions. Currently in pre-production.
Screenwriting
Untitled Cannibal Project
Feature. Horror comedy. Working in conjunction with project originators, North Isle Productions. Third draft currently underway.
Glencoe.
Feature. Adventure. 119 pages. A young Highlander falls for a girl from a rival clan and must ultimately prevent their massacre at the hands of his own family. Commissioned in 2007 by Andrew Borthwick/Glencoe Productions. Fourth draft underway.
The Long Flight.
Feature. Adventure. 122 pages. Two roguish former soldiers must come to terms with their reckless past when they bring danger to a missionary party they are hired to escort across 1920's China. Second draft developing.
Swagger.
Short. Sci Fi. 3 minutes. The environment has been fixed and three friends go on a hike to celebrate, only they don't know that humanity didn't fix it and for what reason... Also Director, Co-Producer and Editor. In post-production.
Elasticity.
Short. Drama. 13 pages. A wife discovers her husband's unique way of dealing with the emotional ramifications of their inability to have children.
The Last Noel.
Short. Comedy. 10 mins. Too smart for his own good, young Charlie McGinley comes across Santa Claus and proceeds to convince him that he does not exist. Produced 2003. Screened at Palm Springs International Shortfest, 2004. Dir Marc de Launay.
When the Monster Comes.
Short. Fantasy. 7 pages. A grandfather tells his grandson a bedtime story of how monsters come for the naughty children, with a surprise ending.
Hod.
Short. Comedy. 10 mins. 2004. Mock documentary. Henrik Darrow collects bricks. Henrik Darrow loves bricks. Too much.
Bob.
Short. Comedy. 18 pages. Mock documentary about a man who is eating himself for charity.
Little Tommy Tummy.
Short. Fantasy. 14 pages. An ill young girl starts to kill and bury her toys, and only the smallest, broken and forgotten doll can stop her.
Baal & Ben.
Short. Fantasy. 15 mins.1999. A demonic worker in hell grows tired of tormenting the damned. The young victim of a gangster on Earth yearns for revenge. Surely their paths can't cross? Also Director & Co-Producer.
Lenny & the Dead Guy.
Short. Fantasy/Comedy. 15 mins. 1997. Lenny is on his last chance. Too many spirits wander the Earth not knowing they are dead and now he has to catch a particularly slippery eel or risk reincarnation as an dung beetle. Also Director, Producer & Editor.
Other Film Work
Walkies for Scotland's Children - The Woof Walk @ The Kilt Walk
Promo. 2013. 1 min 50. Promoting Aberlour Chlidcare Trust's charity Woof Walk, a part of the Kilt Walk. Director, Writer, Editor.
Everything You Need.
Short. Drama. 2011. 1 min 27. In the midst of the London Riots, an old woman must choose what memory to take with her as she leaves her home for the last time. Director, Co-Producer, Editor. Entry to London Short Film Festival Competition.
Queen Anne High - A Sense of Place.
Corporate, 2004. 15 minutes. Created to highlight the Scottish Government's School Buildings scheme. Shown at School Buildings Conference 2004 to Education Secretary and stakeholders. Director, Producer & Editor.
Teaching
Cashback for Creativity
Tutor, 2013 - present, Screen Education Edinburgh
Get Started in Media
Tutor, 2014 - 2015, Screen Education Edinburgh & The Prince's Trust
BFI Academy Residential Course
Tutor, 2014 Screen Education Edinburgh, Tutor
Education
Script Reading, The Script Factory, 2011
MA Screenwriting, Screen Academy Scotland, 2007
BA (Hons) Photography, Film & Television, Napier University, 1999
HND Television & Radio Production, Edinburgh’s Telford College, 1995
Being a writer and filmmaker, there have been a plethora of jobs in the "real" world, mostly temping in the Civil Service and the highlight being a stint in the Press Office of the Scottish Government. Malcolm Tucker is not so far from the truth.
Sci-Fi Web Series Project
Web series. Comedy science for North Isle Productions. Currently in pre-production.
Screenwriting
Untitled Cannibal Project
Feature. Horror comedy. Working in conjunction with project originators, North Isle Productions. Third draft currently underway.
Glencoe.
Feature. Adventure. 119 pages. A young Highlander falls for a girl from a rival clan and must ultimately prevent their massacre at the hands of his own family. Commissioned in 2007 by Andrew Borthwick/Glencoe Productions. Fourth draft underway.
The Long Flight.
Feature. Adventure. 122 pages. Two roguish former soldiers must come to terms with their reckless past when they bring danger to a missionary party they are hired to escort across 1920's China. Second draft developing.
Swagger.
Short. Sci Fi. 3 minutes. The environment has been fixed and three friends go on a hike to celebrate, only they don't know that humanity didn't fix it and for what reason... Also Director, Co-Producer and Editor. In post-production.
Elasticity.
Short. Drama. 13 pages. A wife discovers her husband's unique way of dealing with the emotional ramifications of their inability to have children.
The Last Noel.
Short. Comedy. 10 mins. Too smart for his own good, young Charlie McGinley comes across Santa Claus and proceeds to convince him that he does not exist. Produced 2003. Screened at Palm Springs International Shortfest, 2004. Dir Marc de Launay.
When the Monster Comes.
Short. Fantasy. 7 pages. A grandfather tells his grandson a bedtime story of how monsters come for the naughty children, with a surprise ending.
Hod.
Short. Comedy. 10 mins. 2004. Mock documentary. Henrik Darrow collects bricks. Henrik Darrow loves bricks. Too much.
Bob.
Short. Comedy. 18 pages. Mock documentary about a man who is eating himself for charity.
Little Tommy Tummy.
Short. Fantasy. 14 pages. An ill young girl starts to kill and bury her toys, and only the smallest, broken and forgotten doll can stop her.
Baal & Ben.
Short. Fantasy. 15 mins.1999. A demonic worker in hell grows tired of tormenting the damned. The young victim of a gangster on Earth yearns for revenge. Surely their paths can't cross? Also Director & Co-Producer.
Lenny & the Dead Guy.
Short. Fantasy/Comedy. 15 mins. 1997. Lenny is on his last chance. Too many spirits wander the Earth not knowing they are dead and now he has to catch a particularly slippery eel or risk reincarnation as an dung beetle. Also Director, Producer & Editor.
Other Film Work
Walkies for Scotland's Children - The Woof Walk @ The Kilt Walk
Promo. 2013. 1 min 50. Promoting Aberlour Chlidcare Trust's charity Woof Walk, a part of the Kilt Walk. Director, Writer, Editor.
Everything You Need.
Short. Drama. 2011. 1 min 27. In the midst of the London Riots, an old woman must choose what memory to take with her as she leaves her home for the last time. Director, Co-Producer, Editor. Entry to London Short Film Festival Competition.
Queen Anne High - A Sense of Place.
Corporate, 2004. 15 minutes. Created to highlight the Scottish Government's School Buildings scheme. Shown at School Buildings Conference 2004 to Education Secretary and stakeholders. Director, Producer & Editor.
Teaching
Cashback for Creativity
Tutor, 2013 - present, Screen Education Edinburgh
Get Started in Media
Tutor, 2014 - 2015, Screen Education Edinburgh & The Prince's Trust
BFI Academy Residential Course
Tutor, 2014 Screen Education Edinburgh, Tutor
Education
Script Reading, The Script Factory, 2011
MA Screenwriting, Screen Academy Scotland, 2007
BA (Hons) Photography, Film & Television, Napier University, 1999
HND Television & Radio Production, Edinburgh’s Telford College, 1995
Being a writer and filmmaker, there have been a plethora of jobs in the "real" world, mostly temping in the Civil Service and the highlight being a stint in the Press Office of the Scottish Government. Malcolm Tucker is not so far from the truth.
