Mehul Desai

Screenwriter, Director and Editor

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About Mehul

UK based Science Fiction screenwriter. Winner of the PAGE Awards (Grand Prize) and Final Draft Big Break Finalist (2022).

A graduate in Film Theory & Production, Mehul has written and directed several short films funded by the UK Film Council before focusing primarily on feature film screenwriting.

In 2009, Mehul won the Grand Prize at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards for his science fiction mystery thriller Progeny. He has since garnered over 40 festival and contest accolades (including BlueCat, ScreenCraft and American Zoetrope).

Between 2020-22, Mehul was hired by Voyage Media (Los Angeles) to adapt an original science fiction story treatment into a feature film screenplay.

Specializing in grounded science fiction thrillers, Mehul's work often focuses on wealth/class inequality, environmental issues and diverse sympathetic characters.

ANDIES Audio Drama currently in development with Titan1Studios (Preview available in LINKS)

Gender:
Male

Ethnicity:
Indian/South Asian

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Loglines

ANDIES Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Thriller Stranded on a deep space cargo freighter, a migrant worker falls in love with a beautiful woman hidden in a secret vault, only to discover she is a defective pleasure android with one purpose. To ensure that he is always happy, and never leaves.
BEASTS Budget: $30M+ | Horror ⋄ Sci-fi The last woman on Earth fights for survival in a world overrun by werewolves. When she crosses paths with a mysterious and charismatic drifter she is forced to adapt to a new way of life and a new level of existence.
ASCENSION Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance When mysterious black pyramids capable of healing the sick suddenly appear in deserts around the world, two teenagers, Amanda Dorin, a leukemia patient from Michigan, and Saul Dias, a double amputee from Mexico, find themselves thrust into the public eye as the world around them is forever changed. Pilot for a Mini Series.
SANCTUARY Budget: $30M+ | Thriller ⋄ Sci-fi A former soldier awakens on a tranquil 1800s settlement sheltering the last survivors from Earth, only to discover that every woman must bear children or face exile. Including herself.
PROGENY Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Sci-fi Intercepting a probe sent by a forgotten human colony, Commander John Teller and the crew of the starship Arcas voyage to make first contact, only to find half the crew intent on exploiting the primitive men and women awaiting them.
CRADLE Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Thriller When a malfunction during a colonization mission results in every passenger reverted to a primitive state, a grieving survivor attempts to recreate his lost lover through artificial selection and twenty year stasis intervals, only to find himself consumed by an obsession with no end.

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Credits

ANDIES, Episode 1: Desolation (2023)
Radio (Sci-Fi and Thriller) Writer, Producer, Director, Editor Marooned on a desolate alien planet, a survivor aboard a crashed cargo freighter must fend off loneliness, starvation and a giant hostile creature lurking in the sandstorms.
Circle (2007)
Film (short) (Drama) Director, Writer A young British Asian doctor visits an elderly Indian woman and soon discovers the immense healing power of storytelling and belief. Funded by EM Media and the UK Film Council.
Tonight (2006)
Film (short) (Comedy) Director, Writer Comedy short, produced by Wellington Films and Britfilms.tv. Funded by EM Media and the UK Film Council.
Used (2005)
Film (short) (Comedy) Director, Writer The tragic tale of what happens to your old shoes... if they were alive. Shot, edited and premiered within 48 hours (Bristol International Film Festival, 2005). Funded by EM Media and the UK Film Council.
Coconut (2005)
Film (short) (Comedy) Co-Director, Co-Writer Comedy short, produced by Large Scale as part of DV Briefs. Funded by EM Media and the UK Film Council.

Awards

Semi-finalist (Sanctuary), Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition (2023)
(2023)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), TSL Free Screenplay Contest
(2023)
Quarter-finalist (Ascension), TSL Free Screenplay Contest
(2023)
Quarter-finalist (Progeny), Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Andies), Fade In Awards Sci-Fi Competition
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Andies), Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), Outstanding Screenplays Feature Competition
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Sanctuary), Stage 32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Andies), ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Sanctuary), ScreenCraft Feature Competition
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Cradle), Scriptapalooza
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Beasts), Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Andies), Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Fall 2021
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Sanctuary), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Cradle), Emerging Screenwriters Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Progeny), ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), The Script Lab Screenplay Contest
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Cradle), Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Fall 2021
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Sanctuary), ScreenCraft Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Semi-finalist (Andies), Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Second Round (Andies), Drama Feature, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Second Round (Sanctuary), Drama Feature, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), Shore Scripts Feature Contest
(2022)
Finalist (Sanctuary), Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
(2022)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), ScreenCraft Feature Competition
(2021)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), Shore Scripts Feature Contest
(2021)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest
(2021)
Semi-finalist (Andies), ISA Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenplay Competition
(2021)
Quarter-finalist (Andies), ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition
(2020)
Semi-finalist (Ascension), Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards
(2020)
Quarter-finalist (Ascension), Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest
(2020)
Official Selection (Progeny), Los Angeles CineFest
(2020)
Official Selection (Ascension), Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival
(2020)
Semi-Finalist (Arianna), BlueCat Screenplay Competition
(2020)
Semi-finalist (Arianna), Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition
(2019)
Semi-finalist (Ascension), NYC International Screenplay Awards
(2019)
Official Finalist (Andies), Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
(2014)
Semi-finalist (Progeny), American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
(2014)
Gold Award (Andies), Hollywood Screenplay Contest
(2013)
Grand Prize (Progeny), PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
(2009)
Silver Award for “Dramatic Original” (Circle), Houston International Film Festival
(2008)
Finalist, BAFTA Big Pitch
(2008)

Education

Sheffield Hallam University
(2001-2004)