JASON ARNOPP: BIOG
[The cover of my novel Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat] A scene from the short film Look At Me
Jason Arnopp is a freelance screenwriter based in London, England. His successful screenwriting blog, Bloggery-Pokery, was established in March 2007.

He is the writer of the short film Look At Me (see above), a steamy tale of relationships and voyeurism directed by Dan Turner, which received its London premiere in February 2008 (see the film here; and his blog-report on the event here). Major figures in UK television have described Look At Me as "mad, brilliant" and "one of the most chilling things I've ever seen". It has been selected by the likes of the Winnipeg International Film Festival.

Arnopp has written four feature screenplays. The comedy The Accidental Serial Killer - a romcom with corpses - was commissioned by the Elstree Studios-based Magician Pictures, as was the horror film Blood Red Sky. Both are currently in development. Arnopp's horror screenplay Panik made the finals of the 2006 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards and was subsequently optioned by Hollywood production company Polaris Productions. That option was extended for a second year in October 2007. The fourth screenplay is a teen SF/horror epic - details available on request.

October 2007 saw Arnopp contributing the short story Prime Five to the hardback Big Finish collection Bernice Summerfield: The Missing Adventures. Christmas 2008 will see him contributing the story Christmas Every Day to Big Finish's Doctor Who short story collection, Short Trips: Christmas Around The World.

He is the author of the officially-licensed 2005 novel, Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat. Check it out at Amazon US or Amazon UK. You can also click here to read the novel's first chapter in a pdf file (you'll need Acrobat Reader which can be found free here). cover

Arnopp previously wrote two music-related books. The first was an unofficial biography for the band Slipknot, titled Inside The Sickness, Behind The Masks. The second was about Brit rockers The Darkness, titled The Darkness: Permission To Rock!. cover

Arnopp started off in rock journalism, travelling the world and having various bizarre experiences. He worked his way up the ranks of UK rock magazine Kerrang!, becoming Deputy Editor and often Acting Editor. Moving away from music post-millennium, in favour of film and TV, he continues to write for the likes of Doctor Who Magazine, SFX, heat, Bizarre, The Word, Mixmag and The Dark Side over here.

He shares his London flat with well over 2000 movies and an arcade machine. Nice.

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