I'm an award winning writer who has had work shown in over 30 international film festivals and has worked with Blue Zoo, MTV, Tangent, Vermilion and Soup. Awards include best drama at the New York International Film Festival, second in The End Of The Pier Film Festival, finalist in the Super Shorts Awards, Winner of The Haringey Short Film Award (Film London, UK Film Council) and Winner of the main Jury prize at the Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2008.

For resume/treatments please go to my main website: http://www.scriptfirst.com/

I'm on imdb here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1987210/

My TV work includes:

THOSE SCURVY RASCALS - One of the writers: Peter Devonald
Logline: Those Scurvy Rascals follows the adventures of three pant obsessed pirates who appreciate all the things a good pirate should: a seaworthy ship, a well worn plank... but they're not interested in treasure - all they want is pants, pants and more pants!
Genre: Animation series. Length: 5 minutes each episode. Screenings/Status: Nickelodeon and other networks. ***Nominated For British Academy Children's Film And Television Award 2006. Winner of two top animation awards at the 10th British Animation Awards ceremony - Best Children's Series and the Children's Choice Award ***
Filmmakers: Directed by Oli Hyatt and Adam Shaw. Series creator and main writer: Simon A. Brown
Prod co/ other details: Blue-Zoo Productions and Entara Ltd.
Website: www.thosescurvyrascals.com and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0921644/

I've had lots of short films produced, including:

WASTED By Peter Devonald
Logline: Lucy is young. Lucy is pretty. Lucy is damaged. Living with abusive, dysfunctional parents, her only comfort is strangers and her sidekick Becks: She wants to be a woman, older, independent, but how far will she go?
Genre: Drama. Length: 10 minutes each episode. Screenings/Status: Shot on Super 16 between 15-17th April 2008 . Festival details to follow.
Filmmakers: Directed by Rowland Jobson. D OP - Robbie Ryan (Wasp, Brick Lane, Red Road, Cubs). Production Design - Helen Scott (Wasp, The Bill, Red Road). Cast Includes Steven Elder (Vanity Fair, Gallow Walker, Heartbeat). Producers Zoe Webster, Victoria Wood, Rowland Jobson and Peter Devonald.
Prod co/ other details: Seefood Film and TV. *** Wasted won the London Borough of Haringey Film Award and is funded by Haringey and Film London ***
Website: http://www.seefood.tv/seefoodnews.htm

: - ) by Peter Devonald and James Appleton.
Logline: A group of bored teenagers mimic tv shows by making video clips with 3G phones, but peer pressure and a blurred sense of reality lead to a fatal accident.
Genre: Drama. Length: 10 minutes. Screenings/Status: ***Winner of the main Jury prize at The 2008 Wood Green International Short Film Festival ***
Main Actors: Casting in association with the Norwich Young Peoples Theatre Company.
Filmmakers: Director - James Appleton. Producer - James Appleton.
Prod co/ other details: Signals Media Arts and Electric Eye Productions .
Website: http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=5 6872D9C0ecbe0598BsXn239F408
WATCH HERE: http://www.jamesappleton.com/colonhyphenclosebracket.html

THE CALLING by Peter Devonald .
Logline: Two men, two lives, one moment.
Genre: Drama. Length: 2 mins 10 secs. Screenings/Status: Premiere: 7th August 2007 01zero-one, Soho. SUPER SHORTS 2007: ***FINALIST (final 5)***. Selected for the fifth round of the New Arrivals competition. Selected for screening and in competition in the 2008 Wood Green International Short Film Festival.
Main Actors: Robin Mcloughlin and Michael Dacre .
Filmmakers : Director - Jason Edwards. Producer - Andrew Cameron.
Prod co/ other details: Vermilion Films. Super 16mm Anamorphic
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1076787/

TOAST by Peter Devonald and Kevin Scrantz.
Logline: Ingmar's perfect life of synchronisation comes crashing down when a mundane burning becomes an existential crisis.
Genre: Comedy. Length: 8 minutes . Screenings/Status: Premiere: 8th March, Bradford Film Festival 2006. Selected: Warrington Film Festival 2006. Selected: ***Second in The End Of The Pier Film International Festival 2006***. Selected: The Deep Fried Film Festival 2006 . Screened: The Final Cut Film Festival, Brighton 2006 . Selected: Heart of Gold International Film Festival 2007, Australia. Selected: 10th Nuit du court métrage/ The Short Film Night of Lausanne 2007.
Main Actors: Andrew Bumfrey and Gillian Tully .
Filmmakers: Director - Steve Hammal. Producer - Steve Hammal.
Prod co/ other details: Funded by Open Lens/ City-Eye - Screen South. Prod co: Dark Skies Film .
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805699/
WATCH HERE: BBC website

.357 by Peter Devonald, Scott Rawsthorne and Kevin Scrantz .
Logline: A gun: from replica, purchase, crime, recommission to murder.
Genre: Drama. Length: 12 minutes . Screenings/Status: ***Winner: Best drama - New York International Independent Film & Video Festival***. Selected: L.A International Short Film Festival. Shown on MTV UK (13th September 2005): ***Evening Standard Pick Of The Day***. Selected: Filmstock International Film Festival 2006. British Council sponsored.
Main Actors: Joyce Nettles casting. Stars: Matthew Marsh, Alexandra Moen, Barbara Keogh, David Gyasi, Marcus Rogers.
Filmmakers: Director - Scott Rawsthorne. Producer - Jon Shaikh/ Bernie Costello .
Prod co/ other details: Diamond Bullets/ MTV.
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478961/

THE JOURNEY (f.k.a HEAVEN) by Peter Devonald and Katina Medina .
Logline: When a child finds herself lost in 'the plaza', an ambiguous place isolated between heaven and earth, an old man appears to help... But it's the old man who must learn to take the final steps to freedom.
Genre: Drama. Length: 15 minutes. Screenings/Status: Premiere 11th January 2006: Curzon, London.
Main Actor: Lucy Joyce.
Filmmakers: Director - Katina Medina . Producer - S. Chamberlain.
Prod co/ other details: 6 day shoot on 35mm: London Film School.
Website: http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=5 10149D2115c23934CNhO328E55A

BEGGARS BELIEF by Peter Devonald .
Logline: An affluent suited man begs on the street: a man, dressed in rags, admonishes him. Who's life is richer?
Genre: Drama/Comedy. Length: 3 minutes. Screenings/Status: Big Issue Film Festival (Nov 22nd 2004, Prince Charles Cinema), Community TV (Nov 8th-22nd), Triggerstreet (official selection 2004), shown in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Canada, Senegal and Korea through TresCourts, selected for The Homeless Film Night (Common Place, Leeds, 18 Dec 2005), Nordkapp Film Festival 2005 and Capalbio international short film festival 2005.
Main Actors: Adam Robertson and Simon Allix.
Filmmakers: Director - Scott Rawsthorne . Producer - Bernie Costello. Prod co : Diamond Bullets (16mm) .
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472613/

END OF THE WORLD by Peter Devonald and Kevin Scrantz .
Logline: The end of the world is nigh - and Caroline makes sure her husband knows it.
Genre: Comedy/ Drama. Length: 5 minutes. Screenings/Status: Selected for screening and competition in the 2006 Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival.
Main Actors: Caroline Jay (Caroline) and Sean Brosnan (Keith) .
Filmmakers: Director - James Appleton. Producer - Alex Feakes .
Prod co/ other details: Waveform Films.
Website: http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=5 6872D800f3c636209xUv1513192
WATCH HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxx0orkbCU

Throughout my career I've placed in screenwriting awards, including winner of the Haringey Film Award (2007), semi-finalist in The British Screenplay competition (2006), final shortlists for UKFC funding in London/ Midlands (2006), nine Top Screenplays on Coppola's Zoetrope (2005-2001), Winner of The Times award to attend the National Academy Of Writing (2003), Winner of Raindance Live Ammunition (2003), top ten on Kevin Spacey's Triggerstreet (2003) and final shortlist (18 from 2000) in the Lloyds Bank Film Challenge (1993). My theatre and radio works have been short-listed three times for the Woolwich Radio Playwrights Award (1996-7), shortlisted at the 11th Playwriting Festival (Warehouse, 1996), finalist at the International Playscript Competition (1995), and winner of the London Playwright Of Year (1992). I was also the judge/ mentor for the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award (iEMMYS, New York, 2003-6).

James Appleton - my main director collaborator - can be found here: James Appleton

Website: http://www.scriptfirst.com/