Simon Hartwell

Simon Hartwell

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Barnstaple, United Kingdom

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About Simon

After a professional career as a Finance Project Manager, I turned my hand to writing, completing my first novel in 2014 - Quentin James and the Undercover Agent. Novel writing became a passion and I've published over twenty novels to date.

Discovering STAGE 32 led me to pursue another passion - Movies and I focused on script writing.

Initially converting my novels to screenplays, I now write straight to screenplay, my first, The Shakespeare Murders placing in the Austin Table Read 2021 Competition.

Since, I have completed six more Murder Mysteries and started a Horror series HOLMES (H H Holmes, the first US documented serial killer) with the first two; REVENGE and HOTEL complete.

Continuing the contained micro budget theme, I wrote MISTAKEN and DOUBLE CROSS, with two versions for each, one a male lead and the other a female lead/cast.

My latest completed projects are
THE O'BRIEN COWBOY ADVENTURE, the third in the O'Brien series.

GOLDEN a novel adaptation of Wilbur Smith's Hungry as the Sea.

THE AFFAIR, a murder mystery.

My current project is a murder mystery; FMS with the lead detective activating a genetic condition, Tourettes, when he takes a blow to the head.





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  • FLEE

    FLEE Historical Biography As the Russian tanks and soldiers roll in to brutally subdue the Hungarian Uprising, one family, seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl, joins the thousands as they try to flee the country. Arrest, imprisonment, even death awaits them if they fail.

  •  THE BOLLYWOOD MURDERS

    THE BOLLYWOOD MURDERS Mystery Crime First thought to be death by natural causes, the Detective finds herself immersed in a murder case that spans five years and five deaths and must find the killer before death strikes again.

  •  TILL DEATH DO US PART

    TILL DEATH DO US PART Mystery Crime When the groom is found dead on his wedding night, the Detectives race to unravel the web of deceit, betrayal, jealousy, and infidelity to discover whether he killed himself or was murdered, before the guests leave. 

  • THE AFFAIR

    THE AFFAIR Mystery Crime After a married man goes missing, the scandalous misdeeds of his family and friends come to light as the Detectives investigate.

  • SOLAN

    SOLAN Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery Crime Wishing to table read his new feature depicting a murder of 15yrs earlier, the Director gathers the actors who were present at the time; back to Solan House, the scene of the crime, and reveals what actually took place. What happens after? No one expects.

  • THE DOUBLE CROSS

    THE DOUBLE CROSS Budget: $0 - $100K | Crime Comedy An unwitting kleptomaniac tourist steps into a criminal enterprise when she takes a stolen necklace from a thief, draws attention to herself by wearing it and has to navigate her way out of the mess before ending up in prison or worse.

  • Mistaken

    Mistaken Budget: $0 - $100K | Crime Comedy Winning a free trip to Blackpool turns out to be quite the adventure, when mistaken for a hit man NB The script has also been written for a female lead. Working title What Happens in Cannes. (Available)

  • The O'Brien Detective Agency

    The O'Brien Detective Agency Mystery Family O'Brien twins, Lisa and Tina, together with their younger brother, Ben form the O'Brien Detective Agency to find a missing cat only to stumble upon a much bigger mystery.

  • The  O'Brien Pirate Adventure

    The O'Brien Pirate Adventure Family Adventure Whilst on holiday, the O'brien family race to solve the mystery of Smuggler's Cove, as they discover a gold coin and meet a young girl with a secret.

  • The O'Brien Cowboy Adventure

    The O'Brien Cowboy Adventure Budget: $1M - $5M | Western Family Undercover, the O'Brien family are at a western themed holiday adventure investigating the disappearance of an old-timer prospector and the legend of the cursed treasure of Jessie James.

  • H H HOLMES : REVENGE

    H H HOLMES : REVENGE Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller Horror Contain Horror/Thriller  The apple doesn't fall far from the tree as H H Holmes's descendants take their revenge for their falsely accused father, awakening something evil buried deep within themselves.

  • HOLMES II : Holmes Hotel

    HOLMES II : Holmes Hotel Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller Horror Contained Feature. A group of young adults wait out a storm at the Holmes Hotel, unaware of its dark legacy and murderous ancestry.

  • The Shakespeare Murders

    The Shakespeare Murders Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery Crime Contained Feature With murder in mind, Peter's family descend to cash in on his big break only to get more than they wished for.

  • DEAD DEAD

    DEAD DEAD Budget: $100K - $1M | Mystery Drama Contained Feature The Detective Inspector has his man, but the Detective Sergeant trusts her gut and races against time to unravel the mystery and prove the man is innocent of murder. But is he?

  • THE NURSERY RHYME MURDERS

    THE NURSERY RHYME MURDERS Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller Mystery Contained Feature Death stalks the Milstead family as they gather to discover who is heir to the family fortune.  

  • THE CRUCIBLE

    THE CRUCIBLE Musical Experimental 12 musical theatre actors move in together with one common aim, to out perform and out shine the others in weekly challenges to land the role of a lifetime, only to find eating, sleeping, & rehearsing together presents unexpected personal challenges. And there's a WICKED Twist.

  • OBSESSION

    OBSESSION Romance Fantasy Susie, a descent of Lilith making her the perfect vessel for the antichrist, is unaware of the Dark forces closing in as two new love interests enter her life. 

  • CYBER WARRIORS - Bug Wars

    CYBER WARRIORS - Bug Wars Budget: $30M+ | Action Fantasy Part of a top secret government experiment, three teenagers wake to find themselves inside their favourite computer game: "Bug Wars" where they have to survive attacking waves of giant ants, slugs, spiders and more, as they search for the Cipher Key.

  • Quentin James and the Undercover Agent

    Quentin James and the Undercover Agent Adventure Family Naïve and totally unprepared, Quentin James is taken from the only life he knows and placed within a School for Young Spies where he must unmask the Undercover Agent and crack the code of the encrypted message to prove the innocence of his parents. 

  • Quentin James and the Loch of Arthur

    Quentin James and the Loch of Arthur Adventure Family Quentin and his friends go undercover and head to the Loch of Arthur where they find hidden passages beneath the Loch, solve the Moon Code and complete their mission when they locate the secret ION base.

  • Quentin James and the Jacobite Gold

    Quentin James and the Jacobite Gold Mystery Family Spending Christmas within a haunted house, Quentin and his friends race to solve the clues and discover the lost gold of the Jacobite rebellion before it is spirited away by thieves.

  • Quentin James and the Global War Games

    Quentin James and the Global War Games Action Family Quentin James and his friends head to Japan to take part in the first Global War Games only to discover a terrorist base deep within an abandoned mine. 

  • The Czar's Gold

    The Czar's Gold Adventure Family Armed with a stolen notebook, three students enter their professor’s mansion in search of treasure. What they find is not of this time.

  • DISCIPLINE DESIRED

    DISCIPLINE DESIRED Romance Drama Lisa turns to the old fashioned traditional values of the 1950s to turn her life around, regain control and save her marriage but can they still work in today's world? 

  • The Witches' Eye

    The Witches' Eye Family Fantasy Quentin James has planned an adventure holiday for his friends little knowing it would send them on a magical adventure of a lifetime and reveal Quentin’s true destiny.

  • EBENEZER

    EBENEZER Family Drama A Faithful retelling of the much loved classic A Christmas Carol with Ebenezer as Prime Minister, showed the error of his isolationism policies and the harm it is doing to the people. 

  • The Demon Hunters: The Borley Rectory

    The Demon Hunters: The Borley Rectory Horror Historical The Demon Hunters travel back through time investigating the well documented hauntings of the Borley Rectory as they race to save the soul desperately crying for help before she is gone forever.

  • THE DEMON HUNTERS: JACK the RIPPER

    THE DEMON HUNTERS: JACK the RIPPER Historical Thriller Father Shaun and Sister Adriana travel back in time to Whitechapel 1888 to banish the Demon possessed Jack the Ripper and put an end to the murders before they happen. 

  • EVILNEZER

    EVILNEZER Horror Mystery Multi Millionaire Ebenezer is well on the path to achieve his greatest desire and descend to Hell, to live out his wildest fantasies only, much to the consternation of Jacob Marley, he meets Trisha, whose claim on his heart challenges their claim on his soul.

  • Unrequited

    Unrequited Musical Romance Tagline - A second chance at first love. Logline - Simon Smith inherits The Old Abernathy Theatre, a fire damaged ruin and collaborates with the local School for the Performing Arts to put on his first show, Ebenezer, A Lover Story, when, out of the blue, the love that never was walks through the door, turning his life upside down.

  • THE WITCH IN THE WOODS

    THE WITCH IN THE WOODS Fantasy Family Brothers Jack and Thomas travel to Salem to solve the mystery behind the many unsolved missing persons cold cases on file, only to find they are in a race against time to find four teenagers.

  • The Library

    The Library Adventure Family The Library: A late return will cost you more than a fine. A young man's world turns upside down when he inherits a magical house, discovers the ghost of his father, and seeks revenge for his death, only to find himself trapped within a library book with time running out.

Credits

  • B33f

    B33f (2014)
    Film (Crime, Drama and Thriller) Actor A messed-up community on the verge of total chaos.

  • Templariorum

    Templariorum (2012)
    Film (short) by Jamie Weston Homeless Man

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