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Screenplays -
Features

I've currently written 7 complete feature screenplays, which I have described here.

On top of these I am always working on new scripts. In 2023 I plan to complete 3-4 new features.

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The Unstoppable Beauty of Life (Coming-of-Age Comedy) 90pgs
- Unproduced

17 year-old Marcel live in Paris with his mum and sister. His life doesn't seem to be going anywhere, and he's in love with Amelie - a girl from his history class. When Amelie has to move to England Marcel needs to prove how much he'd do for her, even if that includes cycling from Paris to the south of England...

Similar to Submarine (2010) & Amelie (2001)

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Major and the Rebels (Coming-of-Age Drama) 122pgs
- Unproduced

A musician and an aspiring actress who work in rival takeaway restaurants fall in love in their small English town. In the background political tensions are rising and a revolution led by the locals threatens to tear the two star-crossed lovers apart.

Similar to Romeo & Juliet, Les Misérables, Sing Street (2016) & God Help the Girl (2014).

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Slipping Through My Fingers (Romantic-Comedy-Drama) 101pgs
- Unproduced

ELEANOR is from a wealthy family and has moved down south to get away. CAMILLE is an up and coming French singer.

We follow them from the start of their relationship to a road-trip on the way to Scotland to meet Eleanor’s family. Along the way they meet SIMON, a hitman for animals who’s had a change of heart and is on the run. All this leads to an awkward and chaotic family reunion for all involved...

Similar to Amelie (2001), Lovesong (2016), Princess Cyd (2017) as well as the works of Noah Baumbach & Woody Allen

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Do You Remember the First Time? (Coming-of-Age Romantic Drama) 109pgs
- Unproduced

Over the span of 18 years we explore the relationship between JAMES and IMOGEN as they meet, drift apart, and reconnect.

Similar to The Worst Person in the World (2021), Normal People (2020) & ...

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Freshers' Flu (Horror w/Comedy Moments) 75pgs
- Unproduced

CHARLIE, STEPH, DOUG, JAMIE & MAYA are all new roommates at the start of a new year at University, and what better bonding activity than a sudden outbreak of Freshers' flu that's turning students into zombies...

Similar to Shaun of the Dead (2004) & Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)

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Children of an Idle Brain (Coming-of-Age Drama) 112pgs
- Unproduced

Fourteen year-old JOSH is growing up to quickly for his liking and the world he's come to know seems to be slipping further and further away. Set in the last two months of 2022 Josh has to cope with the his parents' divorce, the cost-of-living crisis, and decide whether the girl he likes at his Christmas drama club likes him back.

Similar to Submarine (2010), The Long Day Closes (1992), Aftersun (2022) & Belfast (2020)

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Present, Imperfect (Romantic Comedy-Drama) 97pgs
- Unproduced

Two 20-somethings meet whilst volunteering at a film festival. They quickly fall in love as they walk around the town talking about themselves and their futures.

Similar to The Before Trilogy (1995, 2004, 2013)

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Also, I'm Fine. lol (Drama) 110pgs
- Unproduced

Alex meets Hugo in a club and they have a drunken one night stand. Freya meets Gerhard outside an English country house after a party and they talk about life. These four people have lives more connected than they realise, and they love each other more than they would ever admit.

Similar to Passages (2023), Haru (1996), and others...

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