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, you say? He's a London-based screenwriter with optioned/commissioned feature scripts and produced shorts - one of which, Look At Me, prompted Law & Order: UK show-runner Chris Chibnall to brand him "a mad, brilliant bastard". Arnopp's one-off TV drama script Ghost Writer was recently selected by the TAPS organisation as one of their four annual productions. It was filmed on the Emmerdale sets in December 2009 and will receive a BAFTA screening in April 2010.

A finalist in 2008's Red Planet Prize competition with 'cops in the afterlife' series-pilot Undying, Arnopp has projects in development with Tony Jordan's production company and an alien invasion feature entitled Blood Red Sky, which he has developed with Girl Number 9 co-creator Dan Turner.

In 2009, he was mainly hired to do these things: (1) Read for the regional agency Screen East; (2) co-storyline and co-write Eye Film & TV's current online drama series Tempting Fates (streaming now right here); (3) write sketches aplenty for Magician Pictures' comedy sketch-show pilot Splendid (trailer and more information here); and (4) speak at the Cheltenham Screenwriters' Festival.

While he has contributed material to Radio 4 comedy shows and proudly numbers among the commissioned writing team for the next series of Radio 4's Recorded For Training Purposes, edgy genre-leaning drama in film and TV remains his most fiery passion. He has written a trial script for BBC One's Waterloo Road, and also has every intention of spending the rest of his days writing for shows like Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Waking The Dead, Hollyoaks, Spooks, Hustle, EastEnders and Silent Witness.

2005 saw the publication of Arnopp's first novel, the official New Line spin-off Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat. His short story output includes a tale for Big Finish's 2008 collection Doctor Who Short Trips: Christmas Around The World.

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