CHRISTOPHER MAUDSLEY

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An emerging writer-director from Northern England, Chris is a winner of BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Writing 2020-21 with his eighteenth-century sitcom pilot ‘BLACK CABS’, and is represented for his writing by Nicola Biltoo at The Agency.

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‘GERRY’S VOICE’, his short on method acting and the 1980’s broadcast ban, played at London Short Film Festival and ‘EL REY’, repurposing verbatim-dialogue from a messaging app, played at Manchester Kinofilm.

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His scripts have been finalists in The Pitch 2021, Shore Scripts 2019 and Bluecat Screenplay Competition 2018, and placed in the top 10% of BBC Script Room 2021. These include his semi-autobiographical, 90s-set ‘RAT TAIL’, and ‘A COMPENDIUM OF GHOSTS’ - a Victorian comedy-horror featuring previously co-joined psychic triplets taking on the ghosts of empire.

‘THE KNIGHT WHO WOULD NOT FIGHT’ is his third children’s script, following on from ‘A SMUGGLERS TALE’ and ‘ DO DRAGONS DREAM OF SPICY NOODLES?’

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A Yorkshire native, he hosts fortnightly meetings of YORK SCREENWRITERS and monthly meetings of YORK FILMMAKERS COALITION and is a performing folk musician.