Simon Jefferson

SIMON JEFFERSON

WRITING CREDITS o May 2021: Floppy Toast with Drippy Butter: Drama Short – Lone Pine Pictures, Durham o March 2021: Semi Finalist Killer Shorts Screenplay Competiton o August 2020: Scrap On (short script) nominated for best short screenplay - Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards o June 2020: Web Series Episode “The Confessional” – Rebel Muse, London o May 2020: Mr. Brightside - Lockdown Monologue Film Festival o April 2019: Semi Finalist - SoCreate "Get Writing" Screenwriting competition o November 2018: Web Pilot “The Secret Life of Mr McKie” – Royal Holloway, London o June 2018: Finalist - Rebel Muse #Unsigned Writers Showcase o May 2018: Stage Play “Married Sex” - Pleasance Theatre, London

IN DEVELOPMENT o The Walking Saint: Horror Short – New College Durham, Durham o Burnhope: Horror Feature – Old Hall Films, Manchester o The Monster: Horror Short –Old Hall Films, Manchester o The Confessional: Web Series – Series 1 “The Player”, Rebel Muse, London o Oníja: Web Series Pilot - Currently in post-production, Legacy Events UK, London o Sea of Trees: Fantasy/Drama short - Couch Potato Films, Hartlepool

EDUCATION o 2017-2018: MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV - Royal Holloway, London o 2009-2010: PGCE 16-19 Creative Media Diploma Sunderland University o 2002-2005: BA (Hons) in Media Production Northumbria University

PROFILE Simon is a screenwriter based in County Durham. He has written multiple shorts, web series pilots and several monologues. He is currently developing his first feature film with Old Hall Films, Manchester, UK.

He loves to produce slow-burning, thoughtful stories with an undercurrent of graphic violence, think Studio Ghibli meets a 1980s Paul Verhoeven. When not writing his own pieces, he works with students at New College Durham, helping them develop their own storytelling practices.

HOBBIES SKILLS • Computer Games, comics & graphic • Celtx/WriterDuet/Final Draft novels • Adobe CC (Premier, Photoshop, InDesign) • Collecting Vinyl as he’s a weird hipster • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, • Cooking chilli’s and steaks PowerPoint, OneNote) • Travelling