About me
Graduated with an Master of Arts(hons) Upper Second in Comparative Literature/Film & Television Studies from the University of Glasgow.
Currently focusing on screenwriting and directing films, however have also been editing and acting in self-made projects during the pandemic.
Intending to do a further Masters in 3D Design and Virtual Environments to enable me to work more proficiently with animation and special effects.
Projects
- Day 85Day 85 in lockdown. Following the sad monotony of day to day life during a pandemic, the meticulousness required to keep safe, and some fun memories from the times before lockdown. My little brother made some music while stuck in lockdown, 15 miles away from me, and one of them struck me as so melancholic and drowsy that it inspired me to make something to match.
- The CupboardThis is a short that I made on my phone while in isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic. I shot it on an iPhone X, edited it in iMovie, and used free music from iMovie - “Fol de Rol” by Claude Oak. The idea is mine, from a shot list I was previously working on. This version of the short was part of the official selection for MicroMania Film Fest 2020, the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival 2020, and won the award for Best Mobile/Feature Film in the UK Motion Picture Festival 2020.
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Work history
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TV/Movies Feature WriterComic Book Resources
Montreal, CanadaFreelance
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FilmmakerSelf Employed
Glasgow, United KingdomFreelance
I have been contributing to and making films since my second year in university. I have advanced to leading my own team to create my own short films.
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Skills
- Writing
- Screenwriting
- Film Analysis
- Film Directing
- Video Editing
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Poster Design
- English Literature
- Article Writing
- Blog Articles
Education
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Master of ArtsUniversity of Glasgow
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
I completed my combined MA(Hons) in Comparative Literature/Film & Television Studies, achieving a 2:1 (Upper Second). While studying there, I took honours-level modules in both subjects, such as:
- Film Analysis
- Scotland, Film And Television
- Documentary Film and Television
- Classic European Cinema - East and West
- Representations of Urban Space in Literature and Film
- Animation
- Theories of Reading
- Intercultural Readings
- Bros Grimm & the European Fairytale
- Myths and Modern Imagination
I also completed my senior dissertation in Animation, studying representation of Race, Class, and LGBTQ+ identities in the popular animated cartoon, Steven Universe.
Prior to my honours years, I completed modules in Comparative Literature (Heroic Men; Heroic Woman; Crossing Borders; Exploring Identity), English Literature (Novel and Narratology; Poetry and Poetics), Film and TV Studies (Reading Film; Key Moments in Development of Cinema and TV; Spectatorship, Audiences and Identities; History, Aesthetics and Genre), and English Language (Old and Middle English; Runes; Varieties of English; Sociolinguistics).
Additional to my extensive academic work I was also a contributor to the student newspaper, the Glasgow Guardian, and I was Class Representative to the Student Council for my English Language class.
Awards
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Best Mobile Short/FeatureUK Motion Picture Festival
The Cupboard, a short I made myself while stuck in quarantine, won the award for Best Mobile Short at the UK Motion Picture Festival 2020.4
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Best Use of Line48 Hour Film Project
Our short film entry to the 2019 competition in Edinburgh won the award for Best Use of Line - a set line that had to appear in each script. This line was in the scene that I wrote for the film.