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Laurence is a writer for screen & stage and is a graduate of the MA in Scriptwriting at Bath Spa University (with distinction).
His modern western set in Wales, HEADWATER, was backed by the BFI Network Early Development Fund, and has garnered interest from several production companies including BBC Films. His play, ZORIC, was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2022, as well as gaining praise from the National Theatre and the Royal Court.
Laurence’s script TRANSLATIONS was produced and directed by Keith Kopp as a low budget feature film, gaining a limited theatrical release in June 2023. Reviews of TRANSLATION have described it as: “empathetically tender... surprising, warm, intriguing and hopeful.” The film won Best Screenplay, Audience Favourite Film and Best Lead Actress at the Riverside International Film Festival 2023.
He has recently written a thriller called ‘UNSEEN’ that is in further development.
As a long term collaborator with Keith Kopp, together they have produced a series of short films that have played at festivals around the world as well as on Sky in the UK, cable in the USA and streaming channels worldwide. Highlights include Turned to the Sun (2018) screening at the BAFTA Cymru qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2019 and The Short Cinema, Leicester 2018. His short films, Turned to the Sun (2018) and Scavenger (2017), have streamed on Amazon Prime.
Outside of film, Laurence was part of a team that set up a thriving community farm outside of Bristol, and has toured and recorded with several bands in the UK and Europe.
Laurence is represented by Steven Russell.
His modern western set in Wales, HEADWATER, was backed by the BFI Network Early Development Fund, and has garnered interest from several production companies including BBC Films. His play, ZORIC, was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2022, as well as gaining praise from the National Theatre and the Royal Court.
Laurence’s script TRANSLATIONS was produced and directed by Keith Kopp as a low budget feature film, gaining a limited theatrical release in June 2023. Reviews of TRANSLATION have described it as: “empathetically tender... surprising, warm, intriguing and hopeful.” The film won Best Screenplay, Audience Favourite Film and Best Lead Actress at the Riverside International Film Festival 2023.
He has recently written a thriller called ‘UNSEEN’ that is in further development.
As a long term collaborator with Keith Kopp, together they have produced a series of short films that have played at festivals around the world as well as on Sky in the UK, cable in the USA and streaming channels worldwide. Highlights include Turned to the Sun (2018) screening at the BAFTA Cymru qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2019 and The Short Cinema, Leicester 2018. His short films, Turned to the Sun (2018) and Scavenger (2017), have streamed on Amazon Prime.
Outside of film, Laurence was part of a team that set up a thriving community farm outside of Bristol, and has toured and recorded with several bands in the UK and Europe.
Laurence is represented by Steven Russell.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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FORSAKEN
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TV drama.
Script available. |
Adopted at a young age, a tormented DI is drawn into the world of a cold blooded serial killer, while at the same time reconnecting with the devastating truth of her own childhood.
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PARAMEDIC
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TV drama.
Script available. |
When a workaholic paramedic is confronted with the man who killed her son, she chooses to let him die, and is taken down a dark and revealing path.
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RUN
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TV drama.
Script available. |
When a teenage boy, aspiring to be a four hundred metre athlete, decides to leave his abusive mother, he soon finds himself homeless and facing a perilous existence.
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ALBION'S SHORE
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TV drama.
Script available. |
A traumatised detective in a small lakeshore town investigates the death of a popular young athlete.
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UNSEEN
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Feature.
Script available. |
Having escaped a violent marriage, Albanian migrant Elira pursues the vicious gang of men who trafficked her and abducted her young daughter.
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HEADWATER
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Feature.
Developed with Film London and the BFI Network. Script available. |
A wild-hearted former convict, living an unconventional life in west Wales, is taken to trial by the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his daughter.
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SEPTEMBER SKY
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Feature.
Script available. |
A career driven woman facing a terminal illness finds her life illuminated by a relationship with a younger male escort.
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LADY OF SILK
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Feature.
Script available. |
Ireland, 1926. A shy and unconventional teenage girl obsessed with insects farms her own silkworms to create a cocoon that she believes will cure her sister’s disability.
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CREDITS
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TRANSLATIONS
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Feature.
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When an agoraphobic translator is tracked down by her dead brother's friend, he attempts to show her the world she's missing by staying inside. (2023)
Director: Keith Kopp. |
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SCAVENGER
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Short film.
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In the aftermath of a brutal conflict a militia-woman Abbie awakes to a haunting new reality. Can she face the loss of her innocence to survive? (2019)
Director: Keith Kopp |
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TURNED TO THE SUN
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Short film.
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Ben is janitor who is running away from his past and he himself entangled in a metaphorical fight with his younger self. Can he break the chains of his trauma to live freely or forever be overshadowed by his demons? (2018)
Director: Keith Kopp |
