Suzette Coon

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My Details

 

Great Britain , London

Current Work Details

What I do

Screenwriter

Where I work

I am an individual working from home

Technical Skills

screenplay writing

Resources / Expertise

I'm a parent, so 'parenty' stuff and education

Availability

Paid Work or Collaboration

Training

BA Hons Literature

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Films I wish I had made

Sideways, Withnail & I, Pans Labyrinth, Being John Malkovich, Consequences of Love, Donnie Darko, Harry He's Here to Help, Lemming, Romeo&Juiet (Lurhman's)

I cried watching

Starman, Life is Beautiful Eyes Wide Shut (from the sheer awfulness of it)

I left the cinema during

Eyes Wide Shut

Directors I love

Dominic Moll, Baz Lurhmann, Alexander Payne, Ken Loach, Jane Campion

Actors I admire

Kate Winslet, Marisa Tomei, Maggie Gyllenhall, Richard E Grant, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Isaacs, Benicio Tel Torro, Mark Strong, James Spader

Writers I respect

too many to mention

My desert island discs

Anything by Anthony & the Johnsons; Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer; anything by Kings of Leon; anything by my daughter

Books I have given my friends

'On kissing, tickling & being bored', 'Remains of the Day', 'Never Let Me Go', 'Kissing in Manhattan', 'Burned Children of America', 'Fear of Freedom'

My death row meal

Yasai Yaki Soba followed by lemon meringue ice-cream

The best thing I own

my health, my imagination, my books (but then do we 'own' anything?)

More about me

collaborating with Soho Theatre on devised play for 4oth anniversary; drama web series for Filmaka; romantic comedy feature under option; TV drama credits; writer/director/producer on a number of DV shorts; pilot eps for original series in development; scriptwriting tutor in adult education; occasional script editor; occasional workshop facilitator for Birds Eye View; Semi-finalist in 2005 NFTS/Kaos Short Screenplay Competition; repped by the Rod Hall Agency

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