Whatever you need, from character creation, world building, story, dialogue, direction and analysis to designing narrative production pipelines, I have the experience to help you. Having hit deadlines in the story offices of soap operas (Emmerdale, Family Affairs, Byker Grove), delivered scripts for multi-million pound franchises (Harry Potter, Prince of Persia); reworked well-loved favourites (Jungle Book, Wind in the Willows, Fable Legends), and generated new IP (Risen, Dirk Dagger) whatever the script and story you need, I am waiting to help you create it.
So, whether your project is in pre-production planning, or already written but missing that certain something to make it stand out, I’m used to working with projects at every stage. Advice, story analysis, script editing, writing, voice-over production, or building the whole narrative from the ground up, I am always looking for the next creative challenge, so please
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Videogame Credits
Highlighted Credits
To date I have worked on more than 85 videogames covering everything from development work to narrative and speech design, dialogue and story writing, character creation, consultancy and as a voice and motion capture director. Please find some selected credits below.
Horizon : Forbidden West : Senior Writer. Guerrilla.
November 2018 - Present Horizon Call of the Mountain : Associate Narrative Director. Confidential
June 2019 - Present Watch Dogs:Legion : Writer and consultant. Ubisoft.
September 2017 - March 2019 Legend of Solgard : Writer, narrative designer and franchise consultant. Snowprint.
March 2016 - March 2019 Fort Stars: Writer and narrative consultant. Playstack.
July 2018 - December 2018 The Division 2: Writer - additional writing, consultant. Ubisoft Massive/Linx.
April 2018 - July 2018. Raven : True Warrior's Path : Writer and narrative consultant. BBC/Aardman.
April 2018-July 2018 Shadow of War - Mobile: Writer and narrative consultant. IUGO.
March 2017 - March 2018 Crossfire 2 : Writer and narrative consultant. Remedy.
March 2017 - September 2017 Elex: Writer and narrative consultant on an RPG. Cliffhanger/Pirhana Bytes.
October 2015 - May 2017 Nosgoth: Writer, speech designer, lore writer, voice director, speech production. Square Enix/Psyonix.
April 2013 - March 2016. Shadow of the Beast: Writer. Heavy Spectrum.
June 2015 - August 2015 Fable Legends: Lead writer, speech and narrative designer, voice director, speech production. Lionhead.
April 2013 - May 2015 Need for Speed : Rivals : Writer, voice direction for initial stages and E3 demo. Dialogue from Most Wanted reused in this title. Criterion.
November 2012 - June 2013 2KChina: Writer, speech/narrative designer and story consultant on various projects including - NBA, Civilisation, Pirates:Legends. 2KChina.
January 2012 - April 2013 Need for Speed : Most Wanted : Writer, speech and narrative designer, voicedirector, speech production. Criterion.
November 2011 - September 2012 Lego City:Undercover : Script editor/story consultant. Traveller's Tales.
June 2011- November 2012 XCOM Development Project: Writer. 2k Marin.
January 2011 - October 2011. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : Narrative and speech design.Scriptwriting. Cutscene storyboard direction, motion capture direction at Centroid - Pinewood studios, co-direction of voice overs. Electronic Arts.
July 2009 - July 2010 Risen: Lead Writer and Voice director. Rewrite and narrative reversioning for English and worldwide release. Nominated for WGGB videogames writing award 2010. Voice Director. Piranha Bytes/Deep Silver.
February 2009 - July 2009
Prince of Persia : Epilogue: Narrative Director. Ubisoft Montreal.
October 2008 - January 2009
Prince of Persia: Won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Videogames Writing Award November 2009. Narrative Director - writer, narrative and speechdesigner, cutscene, scripted event mocap and voice direction. Ubisoft Montreal.
October 2007 - October 2008.
Dirk Dagger and the Fallen Idol + Dirk Dagger and the Nuclear Zeppelin:Character and story design, dialogue and story writer + voice directing Jadestone:Nokia.
January 2006 - February 2009
SOCOM -Tactical Strike: Script for British units. Side.
Sept - October 2007.
Halo 3: Voice Over director for Jonathan Ross's marine insert. Bungie, SIDE,
June 2007.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Consulting, narrative and speech design plus dialogue for console and handheld versions of the game.Electronic Arts.
May 2006 - March 2007
SolaRola : Dialogue writer and story consultant. Progressive Media.
May 2007- March 2008
Progressive Media: Dialogue writer/story consultant. Various projects.Progressive Media.
May 2007 - March 2008
Heavenly Sword : Consulting, writing dialogue elements. Ninja Theory.
October 2006 - April 2007
Medieval II :Total War : Voice direction for Side, Creative Assembly and SEGA.
March - July 2006
Shinobido: Story, character and dialogue localisation. Voice direction. Side/Sony.
Jan - Feb 2006
X3 : Reunion : Story, mission design, and ingame dialogue. Casting, production and voice direction. Egosoft.
August 2004 - September 2005.
Singles : Flirt up Your Life : Script and story redesign/rewrite. Koch.
January 2004 - February 2004
Driven : Redraft of in-game dialogue based on the Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, May 2001. Bam! Entertainment. Recorded with Sylvester Stallone,Eric Myers and Greg Proops,
June 2001
Earthworm Jim 3D: Vis Entertainment.
August - October 1999
Other clients include: Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, G5, Codemasters, Milestone,Side, Nokia, Sony, SEGA, Rebellion, Crytek, Progressive Media, P.M. Studios,Candella, Koch, Deepsilver, Razorback, BAM, THQ, Incagold and Ocean.
I have spoken about writing for games at ECGC, Austin GDC, BAFTA,E.I.E.F. BBC, Channel 4, Ex-Play, WCoS, Animex, Filmbase, Confetti and TAPs. I have written on the subject for The Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Gamasutra, PC Zone, the Writers' Handbook 2005, the Screenwriters' Handbooks 2007 and 2008, as well as chapters in all three of IGDA Writing SIG's Game Writing series.
Television Credits
Confidential : Narrative and design consultancy for reality TV project. Confidential.
February 2018.
Raven: Story, character development, narrative and script as well as franchise/lore consultant for two series with BBC Scotland.
October 2016 - February 2018.
Confidential: Creator/Script Writer for an original television series. Bible, pitch documents, series storyline and two episodes. BBC Scotland.
May 2013 - February 2018.
Warriors: Promotional trailer - History Channel/Territory.
October 2015
The Man in the High Castle: Promotional trailer - Amazon/Territory.
September 2015
Emmerdale : Script Editor, Yorkshire Television
February 2003 - September 2003.
Family Affairs : Storyliner/Story Producer, Thames Television.
March 2002 - November 2002.
Byker Grove: Episode 16:series 12, Episodes 7 & 8:series 13, episodes 5 &6:series 14 Zenith North.
The Prince of Rags and Patches : Feature length adaptation of the Terry Deary Novel for Marsden Productions/HTV.
Risk : Episodes 14 and 16. Risk Television/Mind's Eye
November 2000 - January 2001.
Byker Grove : Story/script Editor for Zenith North, June 1998 - October 2000. RTS award-winning series 10, Indy Award nominated series 10, series 11and BAFTA nominated series 12.
Emmerdale : Storyline writer for Yorkshire Television,
December 1997 - May 1998.
Berlin FM : Storylining and development for a new German soap opera for Pro7 in conjunction with Produktion Blau and Granada Television.
March - May 1997.
The Morning After/Goldilocks the Trial : One off comedies for Diamond cable.1995
Internet Credits
DNA Explainer : Writer. A documentary for the BBC website. Territory.
January 2013 - March 2013.
Feature Credits
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva : Script for the English version of animated feature film. Side/Level 7
June-July 2010
Finishing School : Commissioned to develop a teen action film for Storitel.
May 2004 - 2006
Screen Partners: The Haven: Feature - shot October, 2001. Cast included Nick Rowe, Alexander Siddig, Sophie Linfield and Cecile Thomsen.
Telephone Detectives: Feature - shot
September, 2000.
Innocents and Plato's Children - Development projects for Mesmerise Pictures.
Theatre Credits
The Incubus. Tom Sawyer Effect.
January 2019 - March 2019 Vaults Festival. In progress : A new interactive play. Hell of High Water.
March 2018 - present Aladdin : A new pop-up micro-panto. Sixteenfeet Productions.
Toured schools and venues November-December 2017 Jungle Book : A new play inspired by Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories.Sixteenfeet Productions. Staged in outdoor venues across London in summer 2016.
September 2015 - August 2016. Goldilocks and the Three Endings : An original play for Sixteenfeet Productions.
Performed July - August 2014, Brockwell Walled Garden The Wind in the Willows : Adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's novel for Sixteenfeet Productions.
January 2011-August 2011. Performed July-August 2011, Brockwell Walled Garden.
Redrafted for performances July-August 2012.
Redrafted for touring 4 London venues July-August 2015.
Redrafted for touring 6 London venues July-August 2018.
City Shorts : Writing residencies for Eastside, Half Moon Theatre.
November 2005 - May 2006.
TEXT : Writing residencies for TEXT/The Cripplegate Foundation.
June 2003 - 2010.
Quondam Theatre - The Demon Drink, Get Randy with Brandy and Tales from a Rabbit's Underpants, three One Act plays developed from improvisation.
February 2001 - July 2001
Five Bites Over Lunch : Commissioned to open the Ben Kingsley Theatre
September 1996
Ten plays for The Hell or High Water Theatre Company - Me, Me and Me, Knocking on Heaven's Door, The Morning After, Summoning Canananza, Faerie, Luv Story, Party Politics, A Midsummer Night's Dreaming, Where the Ideas Are, Loom! - The Musical
Radio Credits
White Out : A thriller for BBC Radio 4. Recorded and broadcast June 2004.
The Book : Winner of The Woolwich Young Radio Playwrights' Award 1996.
Animation Credits
Well : Development piece. Territory.
February 2013 - March 2013
Those Scurvy Rascals : Story and script for new animated series.
November2005 - January 2006
MacKinnon & Saunders : Script development for animation projects, March 1997 onwards. Inc Pixel and Quark : A children's animation.
Nov 2000 - March 2001.
Moonjelly 1996-1999.
Impossible Mission : Writer/creative consultant for a live action/animation. PRS Productions, 2000.
Comic Credits
Risen : The Don's Story: The Inquisitor's Tale Deep Silver
July 2009.
Prince of Persia - Collector's Edition, Ubisoft
August, 2008.
Dirk Dagger in 'The Poochie Predicament', writer for Nokia, 2008.
+ Script reading, consultancy and editing experience for film and film development agencies. Professional Tutor on Salford University's Television and Radio Scriptwriting MA.
Education : MA : Television and Radio Scriptwriting - Salford University,Law LLB (EC) hons Leicester/Johann Wolfgang-Goethe Universitat (Frankfurt). Additional Courses : Dov Simens Film School, Hands on Directing - PatrickTucker; Directing for the Big Screen - Simon Hunter.
Additional Information : Treasurer of the Writer's Guild of Great Britain,Videogames Committee member and Member of IGDA's Writing SIG.
Awards and Nominations
Lego City:Undercover : Script editor/consultant on shortlist nomination WGGB Videogames Writing Award 2012
Risen : Shortlist nomination WGGB Videogames Writing Award 2010.
Prince of Persia : Won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Videogames Writing Award November 2009.
The Book : The Woolwich Young Radio Playwrights' Award 1996.
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