Barbara Jane Mackie
Ms. at Freelance
Screenwriter, Music Composer and Playwright
Ryde, United Kingdom
August 2013
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About Barbara
BARBARA JANE MACKIE SCREENWRITER/COMPOSER/LYRICIST
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ANTHONY MINGHELLA – SCREENWRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
'Cowboy Girls' is bold, highly original and enormous fun and a film which puts
the female at the very epi-centre of the Western.'
RACHAEL PRIOR, WORKING TITLE FILMS.
'I have always been impressed with Barbara's original ideas and her ability to create interesting, appealing and complex female characters.'
2020 – SCREENWRITER & COMPOSER/LYRICIST - 'RUMPY PUMPY!' THE MUSICAL - Commissioned by Carnaby Films London to write the screenplay from my Stage Musical backed by Arts Council UK. 'Rumpy Pumpy!' is a comedy drama about the search by two elderly ladies from the Women's Institute who go on a worldwide search to find the 'perfect brothel.' Working with Emmy-nominated Musical Supervisor/Composer John Cameron. (.uk)
2019/2018 - SCREENWRITER & COMPOSER/LYRICIST - 'COWBOY GIRLS' – A Musical-Western. An historical epic set in Ireland, New York and Texas which tells the tale of two Irish girls who meet up with an East Coast heiress on a wagon train and dress up as men to get hired as Cowhands, finding financial and emotional freedom out West. Developed by the late Anthony Minghella's Mirage Enterprises, London. Working with Musical Supervisor John Cameron ('Les Miserables', 'Kes', and many other films) Songs on
2018/2017 – SCREENWRITER - 'THE LAST CHANCE MOMMAS' – A British comedy-drama, about a female, middle-aged Punk Band on their last chance of success. Set on the Isle of Wight, South Coast of England. (Script Available.)
2014-2017 – WRITER/COMPOSER/LYRICIST 'RUMPY PUMPY!'/ STAGE MUSICAL - Barbara's rip-roaring Musical played at The Kings Head Theatre, London, the Landor Theatre, Union Theatre, Windsor Theatre Royal to critical acclaim and was backed by the ARTS COUNCIL UK. “The seeds of an exceptionally good story are present in this nugget of WI history. A fascinating story, ripe with possibilities.” The Stage, 2015.
2014- WRITER 'SEA CHANGE' – A short film set on the Isle of Wight, U.K.
2013 – SCREENWRITER - 'COWBOY GIRLS' – First draft and development – Anthony Minghella/ Mirage Enterprises, UK.
2011-2012 – AUTHOR NOVEL 'EAT THE VIEW' – A comedy drama set in rural France and centering on the lives of British Ex-Pats who fall out with the French locals. 'The Sun Newspaper's 'Book of the Week.' Reached top 100 Amazon
2009-2011 – SCREENWRITING LECTURER / PORTSMOUTH UNIVERSITY
2007-2009 – FILM & SCRIPTWRITING LECTURER / SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY
2005-2007 – WROTE LITERARY FICTION and moved to FRANCE.
2003-2005 – HEAD OF DRAMA, THE BRIDGE FILM & TV, BRIGHTON – Developing producing Dramas and Documentaries for BBC SOUTH, CHANNEL 4 and CHANNEL 5 TV.
1998-2003 – FREELANCE SCRIPTWRITER – Devising and Developing TV Drama Series for Kudos TV, World Productions, Picture Palace Productions and the BBC.
1996-1997 – SCRIPT WRITER – 'SEXUAL HEALING' TV SERIES/BBC – Barbara's original Drama Series about Sex Counsellors developed by BBC BIRMINGHAM DRAMA. Wrote First Episode and devised this 8 part series. (Script and storylines available)
1995-1996 – SCREENWRITER 'MIMI' – A coming of age film over one long hot summer in Birmingham. Commissioned by MEDIA 2/EUROPEAN SCRIPT FUND. (Script available.)
1993-1995 - HEAD OF DRAMA DEVELOPMENT, MAVERICK TV, BIRMINGHAM.
1989-1992 – BBC DRAMA, BIRMINGHAM – SCRIPT EDITOR/STORY LINER – Devised the ongoing Police Drama Series, 'Dangerfield' (that ran for four seasons). Developed the two part film 'Bad Company', produced 'Seed', a BBC Film, and developed 'Rumble' – a comedy drama series. Script Edited 'Dalziel & Pascoe' films - All for the BBC.
1987-1988 – PRODUCER/DIRECTOR – 'AN EVENING WITHOUT JOHN MCCARTHY' – A BBC documentary about the Missing Beirut Hostage. Produced the TV Documentaries on Social Issues 'Gold – the First Paralympics', 'No Faith in Us', 'Care on the Cheap', 'Paralympics', 'Separate Development' - all for Channel 4 TV.
1985-1987 – RESEARCHER TV DOCUMENTARIES – Channel 4 TV.
1983-1984 – DIRECTOR - POP PROMOS – HARRY FILMS, LONDON – worked in the Music Video Industry as a Director. Began there as an Assistand Director.
1981-1983 – PRODUCTION ASSISTANT – TV COMMERCIALS. Picture Palace Productions
1980-1981 – THE TRAMSHED THEATRE – Scheduled the Acts and Scriptwriter for Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson – comedians from BBC's THE YOUNG ONES.
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF HULL – Studied Drama & American Studies/Batchelor of Arts Degree.
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH Masters Degree - Creative Fiction.
LANGUAGES: French – fluent/spoken. Spanish - conversational
MEMBER of MUSICIANS UNION, UK. MEMBER of WOMEN IN FILM, UK.
Unique traits: Humour, originality and fun - all of which is reflected in my writing!
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COWBOY GIRLS Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Musical When a refined educated society heiress joins a wagon train heading west, tracking down the fiancee who jilted her, she meets a rough and ready Irish peasant girl looking for gold. Dressing as men to work as cowhands, the girls go undercover in an all-male world and through a series of comic misadventures embark on the ride of a lifetime!
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THE LAST CHANCE MOMMAS Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Drama A washed up tribute singer returns to the island she grew up on to win the love of her daughter, the daughter she gave up for adoption. Now pregnant and dying of cancer, the daughter requests her mother forms an all-female band for a charity competition, but when the singer's own mother, a shambolic former Punk star turns up and a high school boyfriend, a struggling sexaholic, things start to get messy!
Credits
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Screenwriter (
2019 - 2020 )
Film (Comedy and Musical) Screenwriter/Composer Writer/Composer/Lyricist - Film screenplay 'Rumpy Pumpy!' from my stage play of the same name. Commissioned by Carnaby Films UK -
The Last Chance Mommas (
2018 - 2019 )
Film Screenwriter A comedy drama about a group of female musicians, all on their last chances who manage to pull a band together. -
Cowboy Girls (
2016 - 2018 )
Screenwriter Musical film, which I have written and composed about three young women who cross America in the 1880's to find financial and emotional freedom out west. -
Rumpy Pumpy! (
2015 - 2017 )
Theater by Carnaby Films UK (Musical) Writer/Composer/Producer Comedy Drama musical, which I wrote and composed 'Rumpy Pumpy!', which tells the story of two elderly ladies who go on a worldwide search for the perfect brothel. Staged at The Kings Head Theatre, London, Windsor Theatre Royal, The Union Theatre, The Landor Theatre -
Sea Chance (
2014 )
Screenwriter Short film set on the Isle of Wight just off the south coast of England. A middle aged Drama teacher, suffering a mid-life crises, returns to her native Isle of Wight to visit an elderly dying relative and connect with her roots and becoming clear about her path in life. -
Eat The View (
2011 - 2014 )
Author A romantic comedy set in rural France. Alpha O'Mara can't write and is horribly blocked. Moving to France with her semi-depressed husband, her two children and her male au pair and dog with a missing ball, she falls foul of the British Ex-Pat community and life gets stranger than fiction! 'A very funny novel with lots of truly delicious characters!' The Sun Newspaper 'E-Book of the week'
Awards
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The Sun Newspaper UK 'E-Book of the Week'
Education
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University of Portsmouth, UK
(2012-2013) -
University of Hull UK
(1976-1979)
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