SCREENWRITING


Alongside the writing of books, Jean has a wealth of experience in the field of screenwriting.


Writing qualifications
& some of the courses JEAN HAS attended.

Kingston University – MA Creative Writing 2012
Raindance: Producer’s Foundation Course 2014
Walthamstow Film Festival. Directing Films & Hitchcock July 2013
Linda Seger Making a good script great! Oct 2012
Watermill Theatre Newbury. Writing for Stage May 2012
Syd Field Screenwriting Seminar London 2011
Screen South Information Day 19th August 2010
Linda Seger Writing for Hollywood 2010
Write your first screenplay -Met Film School 2010
City Academy – Sadlers Wells Theatre. Acting for Screen, taster.
London Screenwriting Festival 2010 /2011/2013 Various workshops.
Robert McKee seminars, London. Writing Thriller 2010
Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival 2009
Euroscript Screenwriting Workshops 2009 -2011
Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival 2007
Robert McKee seminars, London. Story 2009
Linda Seger – Believable characters 2009
Bath University Creative Writing Course, September 2005
Oxford University Summer School. Writing for Radio 2005
London University Day Conference, May 2005


SCREENWRITING AWARDS

SHADOWS’ END  ​
Psychological Thriller/Horror – Feature 
Winner – Silver Award – Queen Palm International Screenwriting Competition/Festival, Best Dialogue 2019
Semi-Finalist – 24th Annual Fade-In Screenwriting Awards, Los Angeles. (First ten pages) 2018
Selected – CKF – Selected but I won with another script. April 2019 
Selected – Austin After Dark Film Festival 2019 

LAYLA  
Horror – Feature 
Winner – Script Summit – Best Horror screenplay concept – Sept 2020
Winner / 3rd Place – Script Summit – Best Horror feature script – Sept 2020 
Finalist – Independent Horror Movie Awards – 2019 
Honourable Winner – Horror Hotel International Film & Screenwriting Competition -Won Best Script 2019 
Finalist – Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest – Made the final ten best feature screenplay -2019 
Preliminary Finalist – Creative World Awards. Best script 2019 

THE BENCH  
Fantasy horror – Short 
Gold Award Winner -Third Quarter – Best Short Script – Queen Palm Festival, June 2020 
Gold Award Winner -Third Quarter – Best Dialogue – Queen Palm Festival, June 2020 
Selected – Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards, June 2020 
Selected – Top Indie Awards, June 2020 
Finalist – Hollywood Just 4 Shorts Film & Screenplay Awards, April 2020 
Semi-finalist – Austin After dark Film Festival. Best script, April 2020
Semi-finalist – Austin After dark Film Festival. Best script, April 2020 (2nd Category)
Winner – CKF International Film Festival. Best screenwriter, March 2020
Selected – TMFF The Monthly Film Festival, Feb 2020 

PAPER MEMORIES  
Drama – Short
Semi-Finalist – Hollywood screenings 2020 
Florence International Film Awards 2019
Winner – CKF International Film Festival. Best screenwriter 2019
Nominated – The Monkey Bread Tree Film festival 2019 

THE PUMPKIN ROOM 
Horror – Short 
Finalist – 13Horror.com, August 2020 
Selected – Underground Indie Film & Screenplay Festival, June 2020 
Nomination – Bloodstained Film Festival, 2019 
Winner (Silver) – Queen Palm Film Festival. Best Dialogue 2019
Winner (Bronze) – Queen Palm Film Festival. Best script 2019
Semi-Finalist – Zed Fest 2020
Nominated -Independent Horror Movie Awards. Best Short Script
Winner – The Horror Hotel – Best script 2019
Finalist – Upstate New York Horror Film Festival 2019
Nominee – Diabolical Horror Movie Awards. Best short script 2019

UNDISCOVERED
Drama -Short
Winner – CKF International Film Festival – Best Screenwriter of the month 2019
Winner – Festigious International Film & Screenwriting Festival. Best short script 2018
Selected – TMFF -The Monthly Film Festival. Best script nomination August 2019
Semi-Finalist – Creative World Awards. Best Script 2019
Selected – Script Summit. Best script 2019 

THE ADVENTURER’S DIARY  
Fantasy Drama -Short
Semi-Finalist – Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition 2018 
Quarter-Finalist – Creative Worlds Awards – Best script 2018  
Finalist – Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Finalist 2018 
Quart-Finalist – Screencraft Film Fund screenwriting competition 2018 
Second Rounder (Finalist) Austin International Film Screenwriting Festival, out of 9,487 scripts 2017

FINDING HOPE
Short screenplay – Drama 
Won the One Stop International Film Festival (2017) 
Oniros Film Awards (April 2018) Best Written & Produced 

SHORT FILM AWARDS

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