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Stephen Potts
Writer
Great Britain, Scotland
About Me:
Website:
www.stephenpotts.net
Where I work: I am an individual working from home
Technical Skills: Writer of published novels, prize-winning stage plays, screenplays, and radio drama
My Work and Credits:
Tommy Trouble (2000)
About:
Illustrated novella for children aged 8-10. Adapted from short film screenplay
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Enemy Within (2002)
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Hunting Gumnor (1999)
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Compass Murphy (2001)
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The Ship Thief (2004)
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Abigail's Gift (2006)
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Grandmother's Footsteps (2006)
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Into The Storm (2008)
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The Butterfly Tattoo (2007)
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On The Water (2010)
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LOOTER'S LAMENT (2011)
Fun stuff:
Films I wish I had made:
Baz Luhrman: Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare in Love, Memento, Sexy Beast, Chinatown
I cried watching:
In the Mood for Love, The English Patient
I left the cinema during:
1984
Directors I love:
Robert Altman, Anthony Minghella
Actors I admire:
Ian Bannen, Helen Mirren, Peter Mullen, Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes, Judy Dench, Nicole Kidman
Writers I Respect:
Anthony Minghella, Aaron Sorkin, Tom Stoppard, Robert Towne, William Goldman, Stephen King,
My desert island discs:
Everything by Spiritualised, Everything by Tindersticks
Books I have given my friends:
House of God, Compass Murphy, The Old Man and The Sea
My death row meal:
I don't think I'd be hungry
The best thing I own:
My dogs (but ownership's not the right word)