Christopher was a winner of BAFTA Rocliffe New Talent – TV Comedy 2020/21 with his spec-script BLACK CABS, set during the abolition movement in eighteenth century Yorkshire.

Inspired in particular by history, myth, religion and language, he’s drawn to marginal counter-narratives, spiritual lives, modes of communication and hidden histories, weaving personal life stories into unexpected settings in comedy, drama and horror for adults and children.

He was a finalist in Bluecat Screenplay competition 2018 and is an alumni of the Film Hub North / BFI Network Northern Exposure scheme through which he wrote sixteenth century-set NAPE – an experimental short about a neck. His semi-autobiographical RAT TAIL was a finalist in Shore Scripts 2019 and his absurd broadcast-ban short GERRY’S VOICE played at London Short Film Festival. Chris has also had scripts placed in the top 10% of BBC Script Room 2021 and quarter-finals of the Screencraft Horror Screenplay Competition 2021.

Aside from writing heightened comedies and horrors, he is interested in developing a voice combining authenticity, realism and transcendent inner worlds – his short EL REY used the transcript from a Whatsapp conversation and his feature script ALBION is drawn from hours of audio interviews with First World War Conscientious Objectors. He continues to work on a number of pilots and features.

Television 

BLACK CABS
30′ Comedy TV Pilot
Winner BAFTA Roclife TV Comedy 2020

Feature Film

ALBION
Historic Feature Drama
In Development

Short Films

A MURMUR 2021
Drama Short
In post-production

RAT TAIL 2019
Drama Short
Finalist Shore Scripts 2019

EL REY 2019
Comedy Drama Short
BFI Network Northern Exposure
Manchester Kinofilm 2020

NAPE 2018
Experimental Drama
Film Hub North / BFI Network Northern Exposure development scheme