Based: United Kingdom
  Email: pdevonald@hotmail.com
  Website: www.scriptfirst.com

Peter Devonald is a freelance writer and script editor, specialising in TV and film scripts. He currently has a development slate of shorts and features with director/ producer attachments, and has options or worked with film and TV companies such as MEM tv, Tangent, MTV, Waveform, Electric Eye, Blue-Zoo, Robber Barron and Vermilion. Peter is also one of the writers for THOSE SCURVY RASCALS (dir. Oli Hyatt. Entara Ltd/ Blue-Zoo). This Bafta nominated animated cartoon series (2006) won best Children's Series and the Children's Choice Award at the 10th British Animation Awards.

.357 (dir. Scott Rawsthorne, Diamond Bullets/ MTV) is perhaps Peter’s highest profile short so far, with a cast including Matthew Marsh, Alexandra Moen, Barbara Keogh and David Gyasi. British Council sponsored, .357 was selected for the L.A Short Film Festival, Filmstock International Festival 2006 and was the winner of best drama at the New York International Indie Film & Video Festival. When it aired on MTV on 13th September 2005 it was chosen as the Evening Standard ‘Pick Of The Night’.

TOAST (dir. Steve Hammal, Dark Skies Films) was funded by Open Lens/ City-Eye - Screen South, and has been selected for the Bradford Film Festival (2006), Warrington Film Festival (2006), The End Of The Pier International Film Festival (placed second, 2006), The Deep Fried Film Festival (2006), The Portobello Film Festival (2006), The Final Cut Film Festival, Brighton (2006) and The Sefton Short Film Festival (2006). Viewable online: BBC Hampshire.

BEGGAR’S BELIEF (dir. Scott Rawsthorne, Diamond Bullets) has had an extensive festival run, shown in a dozen countries including The Big Issue Film Festival (22 Nov 2004, Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square), TresCourts, Nordkapp Film Festival and Capalbio international short film festival (8th July 2005). It was the official selection on Triggerstreet and aired on The Community Channel (Nov 8-22 2004).

END OF THE WORLD (dir. James Appleton, Waveform) was selected for Talent Circle Super Shorts (2006). Peter has also worked at the London Film School (THE JOURNEY, dir. Katina Medina and TORST, dir. Wajid Malik) and the National Film School (FROZEN, dir. Emile Guertin). The latest works are THE CALLING (dir. Jason Edwards, Vermilion), MIRROR MIRROR (dir. Tom Madson) and :-) (dir. James Appleton, Electric Eye/ Screen East/Signals).

Throughout his career Peter has placed in screenwriting awards, including semi-finalist in The British Screenplay competition (2006), final shortlists for UKFC funding in the Midlands and London film funds (2006), nine Top Screenplays on Coppola's Zoetrope site (2005-2001), Winner of The Times award (2003), Winner of Raindance Live Ammunition (2003), top ten on Kevin Spacey’s Triggerstreet (2003) and final shortlist (18 from 2000) in the Lloyds Bank Film Challenge (1993). His theatre and radio works have been short-listed three times for the Woolwich Radio Playwrights Award (1996-7), shortlisted at the 11th Playwriting Festival (Warehouse, 1996), finalist at the International Playscript Competition (1995), and winner of the London Playwright Of Year (1992). Peter is also the senior judge/ mentor for the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award (iEMMYS, New York, 2003-7).

Born in Watford, England, in 1973, Peter trained as a writer studying Theatre at Lancaster University from 1992-95. From 1998-9 he attended The Northern Film School (Leeds) and National Academy Of Writing in 2003 (awarded best script: Celia Brayfield/ Paul Ashton). Though he now writes exclusively for the screen, Peter had 13 theatre shows performed from 1991-2001, including at The Palace Theatre (Watford), T.I.E. tour of Barrow/ Lancaster and Contact Theatre (2001).
 

A penniless French playboy will inherit a vast fortune if he marries the enemy -- an English woman.

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*co-written by GMTW member Kevin Scrantz

An amnesiac pieces together his wife's murder as he desperately searches for his kidnapped daughter.

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An adventurous young lad grows up fast as he voyages with villainous pirates, discovers love and battles a sadistic pirate hunter.

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*co-written by David Collins