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About Geoff

Produced, Repped and Hired Screenwriter

British (Welsh, as it happens) and based in deepest France. Experienced in adaptations, work-for-hire, and drinking tea.

Current projects:
DEADLY SECRETS (TV thriller, Canada) - in post
KOL (fantasy TV series, UK) - hired to write pilot
THE BOY WHO BELONGED TO THE SEA (fantasy-drama feature, UK) - hired to adapt novel
UNTITLED VAMPIRE MOVIE (USA) - hired to write script
Five spec scripts optioned, plus three TV series and a TV movie in development

Past projects:
DARK SENSE (paranormal thriller)

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Horror, Period, Fantasy, Comedy, War, Family, Western

Author of 38 non-fiction books on the paranormal, folklore, history and crime

Unique traits: Fast. Attends numerous markets. American, British and European sensibilities.

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Loglines

  • ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY

    ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi Action A world that has adapted to permanent, widespread lethal viruses. An ‘Immune’ teenage girl, hunted by both Government goons and corporate fat cats. A chase against the clock. At stake: the fate of humanity.

  • THE DRAGON RIDER

    THE DRAGON RIDER Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi Action When aliens invade, a failing soldier has to save the Earth—and her young daughter—by becoming the psychic link between our defense forces and the planet’s mystical guardian: a great Dragon.

  • PATCHWORK SOLDIERS

    PATCHWORK SOLDIERS Budget: $10M - $30M | Horror Action When a dysfunctional squad are besieged by the resurrected terrorists they killed in the Middle East, their only hope is that their weakest link, a soldier who allegedly practices witchcraft, can harness her powers before it’s too late.

  • MONSTERVILLE

    MONSTERVILLE Budget: $10M - $30M | Fantasy Family An imaginative 12-year-old discovers all the fantasy stories she made up about her neighbors are real – and the only one who can help save her family from ruthless beautician-assassins is, unfortunately, the agoraphobic vampire next door.

  • KILLER SKILLSET

    KILLER SKILLSET Budget: $10M - $30M | Action When an ordinary short-order cook mysteriously acquires the deadly secret agent skills of her murdered twin sister, she must fight off Government agents and sadistic assassins who will do anything to get her secret.

  • TO SAVE ONE DOG

    TO SAVE ONE DOG Budget: $10M - $30M | Family Adventure Two mismatched children set off on a perilous long-distance adventure through Nazi Germany to save a pure white German Shepherd. 

  • DELETE.

    DELETE. Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller An online fraudster is targeted for murder by his own fake digital identity.

  • THE DEVIL'S ANSWER

    THE DEVIL'S ANSWER Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror In a remote bunker, a team of hardened military interrogators are tasked to break a mysterious prisoner - but when things turn weird and the bodies pile up, they come to believe that they are trapped with the Devil himself.

  • GUYS NIGHT

    GUYS NIGHT Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy On Christmas Eve, three losers - two male, one female - try to drown their sorrows at a strip club, but get mistaken for the thieves who’ve just ripped off a psychotic gangster – and now they are about to have the very worst night of their life.

  • CRAWLERS

    CRAWLERS Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror When the inhabitants of a small town are infected by alien parasites that turn them into maniacal, flesh-eating 'Crawlers', a cop who hates people must work with the tree-hugger she's just arrested to save the survivors.

  • NIGHT BUS

    NIGHT BUS Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror When a troubled young woman boards a long-distance overnight bus, she doesn’t suspect her fellow passengers include not only vicious criminals on a heist – but also a murderous supernatural entity

  • JUSTICE MAN

    JUSTICE MAN Budget: $10M - $30M | Action Comedy A reformed serial impersonator of police officers must pretend to ‘serve and protect’ one last time to defeat a gang of corrupt cops and save the very judge who sent him to prison.

  • PLUGGED

    PLUGGED Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror Comedy The Devil is using sex toys to possess people - and only a good-hearted small town dominatrix can stop him. 

  • PALEFACES

    PALEFACES Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror Fantasy In an alternative history that overturns the standard vampire mythology, only an ordinary vampire cop – a ‘Paleface’ – can prevent humanity being overrun by a vampire uprising led by an immortal and messianic Jack the Ripper.

  • JUSTICE WOMEN

    JUSTICE WOMEN Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy When a serial impersonator of police officers is released from prison, she must pretend to be a cop one last time to save the very judge who sent her down.

Credits

  • FIRST AND ONLY

    FIRST AND ONLY (2017)
    Film by Encaptivate! / Magnus Wake Co-writer A psychic foresees his own death at the hands of a serial killer - and finds it's hard to change the future.

  • The Little Book of Scotland

    The Little Book of Scotland (2014)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Bloody British History

    Bloody British History (2014)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Maggie Wall - The Witch Who Never Was

    Maggie Wall - The Witch Who Never Was (2014)
    Print by The New Curiosity Shop Author

  • What is a Poltergeist? Understanding Poltergeist Activity

    What is a Poltergeist? Understanding Poltergeist Activity (2013)
    Print by David & Charles Author

  • Poltergeist Over Scotland

    Poltergeist Over Scotland (2013)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Zombies from History: A Hunter's Guide

    Zombies from History: A Hunter's Guide (2013)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Little Book of Edinburgh

    The Little Book of Edinburgh (2013)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Haunted St Andrews

    Haunted St Andrews (2012)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Bloody History of Edinburgh

    The Bloody History of Edinburgh (2012)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Haunted Aberdeen

    Haunted Aberdeen (2011)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Little Book of Glasgow

    The Little Book of Glasgow (2011)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Paranormal Glasgow

    Paranormal Glasgow (2011)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Paranormal Cumbria

    Paranormal Cumbria (2011)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Paranormal Dundee

    Paranormal Dundee (2011)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Haunted Dundee

    Haunted Dundee (2011)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Jacobites and the Supernatural

    The Jacobites and the Supernatural (2010)
    Print by Amberley Author

  • Perthshire Murders

    Perthshire Murders (2010)
    Print by Amberley Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Skye & Lochalsh

    The Guide to Mysterious Skye & Lochalsh (2010)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Paranormal

    The Paranormal (2010)
    Print by Waverley Books Author

  • Scottish Bodysnatchers

    Scottish Bodysnatchers (2010)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Paranormal Perthshire

    Paranormal Perthshire (2010)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to the Mysterious Lake District

    The Guide to the Mysterious Lake District (2009)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Stirlingshire

    The Guide to Mysterious Stirlingshire (2009)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Aberdeenshire

    The Guide to Mysterious Aberdeenshire (2009)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Aberdeen

    The Guide to Mysterious Aberdeen (2009)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • 101 Things To Do With A Stone Circle

    101 Things To Do With A Stone Circle (2009)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Loch Ness & The Inverness Area

    The Guide to Mysterious Loch Ness & The Inverness Area (2008)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Arran

    The Guide to Mysterious Arran (2008)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Glasgow

    The Guide to Mysterious Glasgow (2008)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Iona & Staffa

    The Guide to Mysterious Iona & Staffa (2007)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • The Guide to Mysterious Perthshire

    The Guide to Mysterious Perthshire (2006)
    Print by The History Press Author

  • Scotland the Mysterious Country - 6 x 30 mins series

    Scotland the Mysterious Country - 6 x 30 mins series (2003)
    Documentary by Speakeasy Productions / STV Producer & Scriptwriter

  • Treasure -  10 x 10 mins

    Treasure - 10 x 10 mins (2002)
    Documentary by Speakeasy Productions / Channel 4 Producer, scriptwriter

  • Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story - 1 x 56 mins

    Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story - 1 x 56 mins (1996)
    Documentary by Speakeasy Productions / Channel 4 Scriptwriter & associate producer

  • Hundreds of corporate videos for dozens of companies & Government organisations

    Hundreds of corporate videos for dozens of companies & Government organisations (1996)
    Industrial by Speakeasy Productions Producer, scriptwriter

Awards

  • Thresholds/University of Chichester International Feature Writing Award
    (2012)

  • Certificate of Excellence for Internal Communications, New York Festival Film and Video Awards
    (2007)

  • Certificate of Excellence for Healthcare, New York Festival Film and Video Awards
    (2007)

  • Certificate for Creative Excellence in the Medicine, Health: Educational Category at the US International Film & Video Festival, Los Angeles
    (2007)

  • Award of Excellence, Communicators in Business
    (2005)

  • Award of Excellence, Communicators in Business
    (2003)

  • Award of Excellence, Communicators in Business
    (2001)

Education

  • University of Stirling
    (1987-1990)

  • Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
    (1987-1990)

  • Open University
    (1987-1990)

  • ScreenwritingU
    (1987-1990)

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