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Louise Pennington

Writer

Great Britain , South East

Visits in the last week

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Total of visits

585

Current Work Details

What I do

Write

Company

GorgeousGeorge Productions

Website

http://louisepennington.com

Blog Feed

louisepenningtonwriter.blogspot.com/

Where I work

I am an individual working from home

Technical Skills

script editing; web content/editing

Resources / Expertise

write to commission

Availability

Paid Work or Collaboration

Training

2007-2008

BBC Northern Ireland,
Writing orginal drama series ('Occupation' - episode 4)

My Social Web

Shooters Q&A

Films I wish I had made

City of God; Fargo; The Godfather; Bladerunner; Withnail and I; 30 Days of Night; LA Confidential; Mississippi Burning (sound track to die for); Hurt Locker; Game of Thrones (it's tv, but love it).

I cried watching

Man on Fire; Kes

I left the cinema during

Matrix 2

Directors I love

Carl Hanson; Truffaut; Joe Wright; Kathryn Bigelow; David Lean; Hitchcock; Bruce Robinson; Tarantino; Coens; Ridley Scott; Coppola; Ang Lee

Actors I admire

Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Gary Oldman, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Maxwell Martin; Emily Watson; Geoffrey Rush; Gene Hackman; Josh Hartnett

Writers I respect

Charles Frasier, William Goldman; Patrick O'Brian, Annie Proulx; Francis Ford Coppola; Coens

My desert island discs

Last Request - Paolo Nutini; Killers - When You Were Young; Badge - Cream; Painted it Red, Daniel Merriweather; If I Were a Boy, Byonce; Fields of Gold - Maxi Priest; Visi d'arte, Maria Callas; Immortals, Evanescence

Books I have given my friends

Precious Bane, Mary Webb; The Shipping News; The Last English King; The Stand, Stephen King (seriously bad screen version); Aubrey/Maturin series, Patrick O'Brian;

My death row meal

Steak, fries, salad, red hot chilli on the side, plus a bottle of the best Chardonnay money can buy (nicely chilled of course)...

The best thing I own

My garden? My house? Or the extremely cute, CD of my daughter when she was two?

More about me

Am happy to discuss any idea from short to feature...

My Work & Credits

  • FRACTURED

    My role: Writer

    Production company
    Brighton Little Theatre
  • WHAT IF?

    My role: Writer

    Production company
    Rosanna Mallinson
    Category
    Short
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    LEAVING BABY

    My role: Writer

    Production company
    Off Your Rocker
    Category
    Short
    • Script Name: LEAVING BABY Draft: 3 More... DOWNLOAD
    • Document Name: Leaving Baby - ten minute short More... DOWNLOAD

      A young guy looking for a one-night stand ends up literally holding the baby...

  • INCURSION SHORT LISTED FOR NLFF SCRIPT AWARD

    My role: Writer

    Category
    Feature
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    OCCUPATION

    My role: Writer

    Production company
    BBC Northern Ireland/Skillset collaboration
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    DON'T STOP BREATHING SHORTLISTD FOR OSCAR MOORE SCREENWRITING PRIZE

    My role: Writer

    • Script Name: Losing It Draft: 5 More... DOWNLOAD
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    LOSING IT

    My role: Writer

    Category
    Feature
    • Script Name: Losing It Draft: 5 More... DOWNLOAD
    • Script Name: Losing IIt DOWNLOAD