My Details
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Great Britain , Scotland
Current Work Details
- What I do
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Writer
- Where I work
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I am an individual working from home
- Technical Skills
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Writer of published novels, prize-winning stage plays, screenplays, and radio drama
- Resources / Expertise
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Day job:doctor - psychiatrist working in busy general hospital, knowledge of A&E, suicide attempts, transplant & dialysis procedures. Also knowledge of sailing, maritime history.
- Availability
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Paid Work or Collaboration
Training
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Robert McKee
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Elliot Grove, Raindance
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Emanuel Oberg, Write Moves, Lighthouse, Brighton
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Pygmalion
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Adrian Mead
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Arista, Adaptation
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Michael Hauge
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Julian Friedmann
Shooters Q&A
- Films I wish I had made
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Baz Luhrman: Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare in Love, Memento, Sexy Beast, Chinatown
- I cried watching
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In the Mood for Love, The English Patient
- I left the cinema during
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1984
- Directors I love
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Robert Altman, Anthony Minghella
- Actors I admire
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Ian Bannen, Helen Mirren, Peter Mullen, Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes, Judy Dench, Nicole Kidman
- Writers I respect
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Anthony Minghella, Aaron Sorkin, Tom Stoppard, Robert Towne, William Goldman, Stephen King,
- My desert island discs
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Everything by Spiritualised, Everything by Tindersticks
- Books I have given my friends
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House of God, Compass Murphy, The Old Man and The Sea
- My death row meal
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I don't think I'd be hungry
- The best thing I own
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My dogs (but ownership's not the right word)
- More about me
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I'm a doctor, now working part time to write
Shooting People stuff
- Joined
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5/12/2003
- Recent Bulletin Posts
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11/3/2010 Films with dual personality killers...
8/3/2010 Cameron / Titanic ... "Spectacle Is Everything"!!!
27/1/2010 Page counts
26/1/2010 Allowable expenses of a screenwriter for income tax purposes
25/1/2010 Page counts
20/12/2009 Re: Shooting in a hospital??
30/11/2009 Thanks for the cigars! & more on "creator" vs. "writer"
19/11/2009 Copyright On Memoirs?
17/11/2009 Final Draft 8
28/9/2009 Alliance for the Protection of Copyright
- Subscribed to
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