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Lorna King is a Ghanaian-Scottish screenwriter, primarily of drama, and a graduate of Screen Academy Scotland.
Her short script EXOTIC won the Glasgow Short Film Festival pitch competition in 2019 and she was selected for the prestigious Less is More Scottish residency 2020 run by Le Groupe Ouest. Her short script HER MIDAS TOUCH was developed as part of the BFI/Screen Scotland Sharp Shorts scheme. It earned several laurels at competition, including reaching the Top Five scripts in the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund 2020, and is due for release in 2022.
Lorna is currently writing a pilot under commission for Sky as part of the Youngs Film Foundation 2021/2.
Lorna is represented by Steven Russell.
Her short script EXOTIC won the Glasgow Short Film Festival pitch competition in 2019 and she was selected for the prestigious Less is More Scottish residency 2020 run by Le Groupe Ouest. Her short script HER MIDAS TOUCH was developed as part of the BFI/Screen Scotland Sharp Shorts scheme. It earned several laurels at competition, including reaching the Top Five scripts in the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund 2020, and is due for release in 2022.
Lorna is currently writing a pilot under commission for Sky as part of the Youngs Film Foundation 2021/2.
Lorna is represented by Steven Russell.
IN DEVELOPMENT
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DELIVER ME
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Spec script available.
TV drama. |
The life of a Scottish midwife painfully unravels when, upon discovering her husband’s affair, she makes a terrible mistake.
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YAAYA: KING OF WAR
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Spec script available.
Feature. |
An ancient West African princess must fight for her late father’s throne in order to rule a deeply patriarchal warrior society.
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NEXUS
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IN DEVELOPMENT.
TV drama. |
A young woman with Asperger’s and gifted in learning languages becomes a field agent for various British intelligence agencies.
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HER MIDAS TOUCH
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Pre-production.
Short film. |
An emotionally fragile teen girl with the power to drain emotions from others is hired by a rich family for a funeral.
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CREDITS
