Writer
Laura is a Scottish writer based in Glasgow.
She has written on the upcoming series SLEEPER for the BBC, and MARY AND GEORGE for Sky, starring Julianne Moore. Previous credits include THE LAST KINGDOM (Netflix), INTERGALACTIC (Sky), and two series of DAS BOOT (Sky).
She was named a Broadcast Hot Shot by Broadcast Magazine and won the inaugural Immersive Writing Lab prize with Blackout. She graduated from Film & Television Studies at the University of Glasgow with 1st class honours and completed an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway University, graduating with distinction. She was the UK representative on Serial Eyes (serial-eyes.de), Europe’s first writers’ room training programme. Her original series DARKLANDS topped the inaugural Brit List 2018.
Credits
SLEEPER
Euston Films
BBC
MARY AND GEORGE
Hera Pictures
Sky
THE RISING
Sky Studios/Sky
THE LAST KINGDOM
Series 5
Carnival/Netflix
INTERGALACTIC
Episode 3
Moonage Pictures
Sky
DAS BOOT
Series 2, Episode 3: “Sabotage”
Bavaria Studios
Sky Atlantic
DAS BOOT
Series 1 Episode 5: “Loyalitat”
Bavaria Studios
Sky Atlantic
Currently in development
THE MOUNTAIN
Wild Mercury
WE NEED TO TALK
Mam Tor
A DARK MATTER
Adapting the book by Doug Johnstone
Ecosse/Blazing Griffin
THE DARK AGE
Carnival
Co-Written with James Smythe
IN DREAMS
Dynamic Television/Wild Mercury
OUTLAW
Wild Mercury
Sky UK
Awards and Residencies
Broadcast Hot Shot (Broadcast Magazine)
The Writing Platform Bursary (The Writing Platform & NALD Futures)
360 Narratives Residency (Playwrights Studio Scotland)
Script development funding (Creative Scotland Creatives Futures Fund)
Immersive Writing Lab Prize (Portal Entertainment)
HBO’s Girls Writing Contest Winner (HBO, Pan Macmillan & Stylist magazine)
Education
Serial Eyes Participant 2015-2016 | Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin Danish Film School
London Film School
MA in Creative Writing, with Distinction | Royal Holloway University
Film & Television Studies, with English Literature MA (Hons) First Class (University of Glasgow)
From Scriptwriting to Writer’s Room (Ravensbourne University funded by Creative Skillset Commissioned Training fund)
Writing for Games (Arvon Residential Course)
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