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PROJECTS

A Chess Grandmaster is desperate to achieve greatness. However when his greatest rival, his brother, stands in his way he must choose between glory and his family
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Developed as part of my University degree. Horse is a seven minute, short film screenplay that was adapted into Horse: A Tale of Two Brothers by Kai Moonesawmy. Discussions are ongoing for other university students to adapt again in the following year.

Rocky meets Legally Blonde.
When a Teenage Girl pretends to be an accomplished boxer to impress a boy at school, she makes an enemy of the boy’s hyper violent girlfriend who wants revenge in the ring.
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A pitch document outlining a potential feature film.

A show revolving around D.A.I, a secretive government organisation created to protect the public from entities they wouldn't understand.
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Created with Andrew Green, Tom Major, Flynn Maxwell and Joseph McCaffery as part of our University Degree. Tasked with developing a precinct drama and writing an episode each, I wrote the fourth and penultimate episode.

The story of a young couple as they struggle to open up to each other.
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Developed during my time at University but not as part of my degree. I wish you knew is a short three page script designed to highlight the acting abilities of the Actors performing it.
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Reviewing movies can be a deadly profession.
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When a Vain Critic and an Apathetic DJ lambast a Deranged Director’s passion project on their radio show they find themselves in mortal peril.
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A pitch document outlining a potential feature film.
Sorry to Inform You
(In development)

My dissertation screenplay.
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When a selfish financial advisor is informed by a mystical entity that he will die in six days he embarks on a journey to achieve a fulfilling life. However the mystical entity intends to journey with him too.