ASSOCIATE SCRIPT EDITORS
ELIZABETH CLEGG
A graduate of the MA Screenwriting Programme at the University of the Arts London, Liz has taught for the UK Film Council’s Training the Trainers, British Council/EU Media Fund Women’s Filmmaking Programme in Lahore, Pakistan and North West Vision’s Women’s Screenwriting Course in Cumbria. She was Associate Lecturer on the Screenwriting MA at the University of the Arts London and MA Producing at Goldsmith’s College, and Senior Lecturer on the BA and MA in Creative Writing at Roehampton University. She is external assessor for NFTS’ Finding Your Voice Diploma and London Film Academy’s BA Screenwriting.
Her debut feature was listed for the Orange Pathe Screenwriting Prize and her series ideas won places on both Granada and Carlton’s New Writing Schemes, from which she went on to write episodes of returning TV drama. Now specialising in dramas based on true stories, she has two feature biopics in development and is attached to a third as script editor and developer.
KOLTON LEE
Kolton has taught writing and directing for film and TV for 15 years, and is currently the Programme Leader for the BA Screenwriting (Hons) course at London's Central Film School. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level at London Metropolitan University, the London Film School and The New York Film Academy, and ran a private screenwriting course at Soho's Groucho Club. Kolton studied at the National Film and Television School before making his mark writing for Eastenders, Byker Grove and Brothers & Sisters.
An award winning filmmaker and novelist, he wrote and directed romantic comedy Cherps (2007) and directed Freestyle (2010); his first novel, The Last Card, was published in 2007. Kolton currently has two features in development: a neo noir thriller, I’ll Die When I’m Done and a horror film, Howl!
BETH SANDERS
Beth has over 15 years' experience in India and China, working with writers, directors and producers developing English and local language projects for global consumption. She spent 3 years with the Europe-India training initiative Primexchange, guiding film professionals through development and packaging for international markets. She has lectured on storytelling in China and developed a TV series workshop for India. Beth tutors at MET Film School Berlin and is a member of BAFTA and EFA (European Film Academy). In her many years as a producer in the creative industries, Beth has edited and polished scores of screenplays, treatments and pitch documents. American-born, Beth is a long term resident of London and Berlin.
CHARLES HARRIS
Charles is one of Britain’s most respected script consultants. His books, Teach Yourself: A Complete Screenwriting Course and Jaws in Space, on the art of pitching, are recommended reading on MA courses. He started as a projectionist in a dubbing theatre, where he learned about filmmaking by watching the very end of the process, before becoming a freelance photographer, film editor for BBC and LWT, and then a director. This led to his first feature as director, Paradise Grove, a darkly comic coming-of-age story starring Ron Moody and Rula Lenska, which won international awards including Best New Director in Palm Springs.
JACQUELINE HAIGH
Jacqueline is a scriptwriter and script consultant. She started her career in theatre, writing/directing the critically acclaimed “Madwoman in the Attic” at the Riverside Studios, “Past Caring” at the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme and “Catwoman Colette”, showcased at the New Ambassadors Theatre. She then moved into film and TV, writing commissioned feature screenplays, writing/directing the comedy short “Ex” (LA Shorts Fest, short listed BBC New Filmmakers Award), and “Do You Come Here Often?”, a comic documentary for C4. Jacqueline ran the London Script Consultancy for 3 years, editing hundreds of films from Europe and US, was script consultant for Brass Hat Productions and has taught scriptwriting for University of Essex and Film London. She has a BA in English from University of Oxford and a MA in Scriptwriting from Goldsmiths.
ELLIN STEIN
Ellin has worked as a script analyst for companies including Miramax, New Line and Zoetrope, as well as for the Oscar Moore Screenwriting Contest. She has taught screenwriting at Roehampton University and the University of East Anglia, and has run scriptwriting workshops for The Prince’s Trust. Her own work has been accepted into festivals on four continents, winning prizes at Toronto, Chicago, The American Film Institute, and Hiroshima. She has a particular knowledge of the US Independent (“Off-Hollywood”) market.
GARY SUTTON
Gary is a screenwriter and corporate communications consultant. A graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, he has worked in various areas of the film business in the US and UK, including rights acquisition and journalism. He has taught on the MA Screenwriting Programme at the University of the Arts and at Leeds Metropolitan University. His corporate work uses online journalism and video. He currently has three scripts in development and is based in the UK.
JAMES BARTLETT
James is a script editor and journalist living in Los Angeles. He is a story analyst for Exclusive Media Group, New Regency, Sundance, the PAGE Awards, the Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Awards, Final Draft and several funders and agencies in the UK and Ireland. When visiting the UK he lectures on pitching and the business of script reading. He can help if you have a script targeted at the Hollywood/American studio market or are planning to enter a US-based competition.
EVA KINCSEI
Eva is a London-based filmmaker, screenwriter, copywriter and content editor, originally from Hungary where she worked as a journalist. She did her MA in Script Writing at Goldsmiths. Eva has written, directed and produced two short films. She is currently developing a full-length feature, a radio play and more short films.
KEVAN TIDY (our legal advisor)
Kevan has many years of practical experience of the creative industries, first as a songwriter and musician and then as a specialist entertainment and intellectual property lawyer. His main aim as a lawyer is to ensure that creatives get a fair deal. He has worked as an in-house lawyer for Scottish TV and for several of the top national law firms. He was also one of the founders of the International Entertainment Division of Arthur Andersen, the largest legal practice in the world. For the past five years he has run his own specialist law firm. He can be contacted at [email protected] and will be pleased to answer questions on copyright and other forms of intellectual property, media and entertainment law, how to read contracts and the pros and cons of setting up of companies.
LAURENCE GOULDBOURNE
Laurence has worked as a scriptwriter on TV sitcoms such as Desmond’s (C4) and Chef! (BBC1), and has received a BAFTA nomination for an episode of Desmond’s. He was script editor for the online sitcom Meet The Adebanjos, which has scooped a number of TV awards in Africa. Laurence has been placed in international screenwriting competitions, and has taught screenwriting at various higher educational institutions.
A graduate of the MA Screenwriting Programme at the University of the Arts London, Liz has taught for the UK Film Council’s Training the Trainers, British Council/EU Media Fund Women’s Filmmaking Programme in Lahore, Pakistan and North West Vision’s Women’s Screenwriting Course in Cumbria. She was Associate Lecturer on the Screenwriting MA at the University of the Arts London and MA Producing at Goldsmith’s College, and Senior Lecturer on the BA and MA in Creative Writing at Roehampton University. She is external assessor for NFTS’ Finding Your Voice Diploma and London Film Academy’s BA Screenwriting.
Her debut feature was listed for the Orange Pathe Screenwriting Prize and her series ideas won places on both Granada and Carlton’s New Writing Schemes, from which she went on to write episodes of returning TV drama. Now specialising in dramas based on true stories, she has two feature biopics in development and is attached to a third as script editor and developer.
KOLTON LEE
Kolton has taught writing and directing for film and TV for 15 years, and is currently the Programme Leader for the BA Screenwriting (Hons) course at London's Central Film School. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level at London Metropolitan University, the London Film School and The New York Film Academy, and ran a private screenwriting course at Soho's Groucho Club. Kolton studied at the National Film and Television School before making his mark writing for Eastenders, Byker Grove and Brothers & Sisters.
An award winning filmmaker and novelist, he wrote and directed romantic comedy Cherps (2007) and directed Freestyle (2010); his first novel, The Last Card, was published in 2007. Kolton currently has two features in development: a neo noir thriller, I’ll Die When I’m Done and a horror film, Howl!
BETH SANDERS
Beth has over 15 years' experience in India and China, working with writers, directors and producers developing English and local language projects for global consumption. She spent 3 years with the Europe-India training initiative Primexchange, guiding film professionals through development and packaging for international markets. She has lectured on storytelling in China and developed a TV series workshop for India. Beth tutors at MET Film School Berlin and is a member of BAFTA and EFA (European Film Academy). In her many years as a producer in the creative industries, Beth has edited and polished scores of screenplays, treatments and pitch documents. American-born, Beth is a long term resident of London and Berlin.
CHARLES HARRIS
Charles is one of Britain’s most respected script consultants. His books, Teach Yourself: A Complete Screenwriting Course and Jaws in Space, on the art of pitching, are recommended reading on MA courses. He started as a projectionist in a dubbing theatre, where he learned about filmmaking by watching the very end of the process, before becoming a freelance photographer, film editor for BBC and LWT, and then a director. This led to his first feature as director, Paradise Grove, a darkly comic coming-of-age story starring Ron Moody and Rula Lenska, which won international awards including Best New Director in Palm Springs.
JACQUELINE HAIGH
Jacqueline is a scriptwriter and script consultant. She started her career in theatre, writing/directing the critically acclaimed “Madwoman in the Attic” at the Riverside Studios, “Past Caring” at the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme and “Catwoman Colette”, showcased at the New Ambassadors Theatre. She then moved into film and TV, writing commissioned feature screenplays, writing/directing the comedy short “Ex” (LA Shorts Fest, short listed BBC New Filmmakers Award), and “Do You Come Here Often?”, a comic documentary for C4. Jacqueline ran the London Script Consultancy for 3 years, editing hundreds of films from Europe and US, was script consultant for Brass Hat Productions and has taught scriptwriting for University of Essex and Film London. She has a BA in English from University of Oxford and a MA in Scriptwriting from Goldsmiths.
ELLIN STEIN
Ellin has worked as a script analyst for companies including Miramax, New Line and Zoetrope, as well as for the Oscar Moore Screenwriting Contest. She has taught screenwriting at Roehampton University and the University of East Anglia, and has run scriptwriting workshops for The Prince’s Trust. Her own work has been accepted into festivals on four continents, winning prizes at Toronto, Chicago, The American Film Institute, and Hiroshima. She has a particular knowledge of the US Independent (“Off-Hollywood”) market.
GARY SUTTON
Gary is a screenwriter and corporate communications consultant. A graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, he has worked in various areas of the film business in the US and UK, including rights acquisition and journalism. He has taught on the MA Screenwriting Programme at the University of the Arts and at Leeds Metropolitan University. His corporate work uses online journalism and video. He currently has three scripts in development and is based in the UK.
JAMES BARTLETT
James is a script editor and journalist living in Los Angeles. He is a story analyst for Exclusive Media Group, New Regency, Sundance, the PAGE Awards, the Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Awards, Final Draft and several funders and agencies in the UK and Ireland. When visiting the UK he lectures on pitching and the business of script reading. He can help if you have a script targeted at the Hollywood/American studio market or are planning to enter a US-based competition.
EVA KINCSEI
Eva is a London-based filmmaker, screenwriter, copywriter and content editor, originally from Hungary where she worked as a journalist. She did her MA in Script Writing at Goldsmiths. Eva has written, directed and produced two short films. She is currently developing a full-length feature, a radio play and more short films.
KEVAN TIDY (our legal advisor)
Kevan has many years of practical experience of the creative industries, first as a songwriter and musician and then as a specialist entertainment and intellectual property lawyer. His main aim as a lawyer is to ensure that creatives get a fair deal. He has worked as an in-house lawyer for Scottish TV and for several of the top national law firms. He was also one of the founders of the International Entertainment Division of Arthur Andersen, the largest legal practice in the world. For the past five years he has run his own specialist law firm. He can be contacted at [email protected] and will be pleased to answer questions on copyright and other forms of intellectual property, media and entertainment law, how to read contracts and the pros and cons of setting up of companies.
LAURENCE GOULDBOURNE
Laurence has worked as a scriptwriter on TV sitcoms such as Desmond’s (C4) and Chef! (BBC1), and has received a BAFTA nomination for an episode of Desmond’s. He was script editor for the online sitcom Meet The Adebanjos, which has scooped a number of TV awards in Africa. Laurence has been placed in international screenwriting competitions, and has taught screenwriting at various higher educational institutions.
