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PAL Screenwriters Labs

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1990 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab Director
Otto Plaschkes

Lab Mentors
Peter Buckman - writer
Paul Mayersberg - writer
Kathleen Tynan - writer
Snoo Wilson - writer

Lab Participants
Jon Fink - writer
David Flusfeder - writer
Ellen Fox - writer
Mathew Graham - writer
Jeff Povey - writer
Pauline Kiernan - writer
Paul McKensie - writer
Richard Monks - writer
Andrew Parker - writer
Julie Wassner - writer

Guest speakers
Sophie Balhetchet - producer, Zed productions
Karin Bamborough - Commissioning Editor, Channel Four
Stephen Frears - director
Jack Gold - director
Mamoun Hassan - producer
Waris Hussein - director
James Lee - former Chariman, Goldcrest
Tessa Ross - National Film Development Fund
Christian Routh - European Script Fund

Sponsors
BAFTA UK Shell
British Film Institute
Channel Four
Enigma
National Film Development Board
TVS Trust
Wates Foundation

1991 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab Director
Otto Plaschkes

Lab Mentors
David Benedictus - dramatist
David Freeman - screenwriter
Peter Smith - film and television director

Guest speakers
Sophie Balhetchet - producer, Zed productions
Renee Goddard and Christian Routh - European Script Fund
Tessa Ross - Head of development, British Screen
Stephen Frears - director
Jack Gold - director
Waris Hussein - director
Mamoun Hassan- producer
Karin Bamborough - Commissioning Editor, Channel Four
Wilf Stevenson - Director, British Film Institute
Alvin Rakoff - director
Colin Vaines - Director, Creative Affairs, Enigma
Jeremy Irons - Actor

Lab sponsors
ANON Foundation
Baring Foundation
BBC
British Council
British Film Institute
Enterprise Oil
James Lee
National Film & TV School
National Film & TV School of Scotland
South East Arts
Waterstones Booksellers
Wates Foundation

July 1992 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Otto Plaschkes

Lab mentors:
David Benedictus - writer
David Freeman - writer
Peter Smith - director

Lab participants
Joseph Ahearne - writer
Janice Blackburn - writer
Tom Bowles - actor
Monique Charlesworth - writer
David Collier - writer
Rosie Cullen - writer
Lucy Davidson - actor
Constantine Giannaris - writer
Rupert Goold - Lab runner
David Harewood - actor
Mark Harvery-Smith - video team
Nicholas Hutchison - actor
Sadie Jones - writer
Diana Kent - actor
Paul Laverty - writer
Eileen O'Haire - writer
Danny Padmore - writer
Sholto Ramsay - video team
John Skitt - writer

Guest speakers
Mamoun Hassan - producer
Jeremy Irons - actor
Alvin Rakoff - director
Tessa Ross - National Film Development Fund
Christian Routh - European Script Fund
Wilf Stevenson - Director, British Film Institute
Colin Vaines - Director, Creative Affairs, Enigma Films

June 1993 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Colin Vaines

Lab mentors
Jack Gold - director
Gaby Prekop - dramaturg
Alfred Uhry - screenwriter

Lab participants
Richard Avery - actor
Nicola Baldwin - writer
Daphne Becket - Lab runner
Leila Bertrand - writer
Rose Boyt - writer
Simon Beaufoy - writer
Barny Clevely - actor
Clio David - video team
Sophie Dix - actor
James Goode - actor
Beverley Hills - actor
Billie Eltringham - writer
John Hodge - writer
Gavin Jack - video team
John Michael McDonagh - writer
John McNally - writer
Dennis Mckay - writer
Jeff Rawle - writer
Tim Rolt - writer

Commissioning and Development Round-Table
Philip Hughes - Applications Co-ordinator, European Script Fund
Jack Lechner - Assistant editor Drama, Channel 4
Kate Ogborn - Executive Producer, New Directors, BFI
Tessa Ross - Head of Development, British Screen
Mark Shivas - Head of Films, BBC

Guest Speakers
Bruce Beresford - director
Jeremy Bolt - producer
Andrew Davies - writer
Josephine Hart - writer
Mamoun Hassan - producer
Vadim Jean - director/producer
James Lee - Former Chairman, Goldcrest Film & TV
Anthony Minghella - writer/director
Otto Plaschkes - producer
Gary Sinyor - producer/director/writer

Lab sponsors
British Council
British Film Institute
British Screen
Enigma
National Film & TV School of Scotland

1994 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab Director
Colin Vaines

Lab Mentors
John Roberts -director and writer
Stephen Volk - writer
Snoo Wilson - writer

Lab Participants
Kevin Allen - writer
Simon Antoine - video team
Luke Chantrell - video team
Sara Corry - video team
Toby Curnow - writer
James Goode - actor
Guy Halligan - video team
Hugh Hayes - actor
Amanda Holiday - writer
Christopher Hollis - actor
Karen Hope - writer
Lab Kymo - writer
Caroline Lintott - actor
Simone Mondesir - writer
Philip Peacock - Lab runner
Amanda Roberts - writer
Daniel Scott - Lab runner
Bob Shepherd - writer
Peter Speyer - writer
Danny Thompson - writer
Martin Wagner - writer
Rod Woodruff - writer
Andrea Wray - actor

Guest Speakers
Danny Boyle - director
Nigel Havers - actor
John Hodge - screenwriter, Lab alumnus
James Lee - Chairman, Lee & Co
Andrew MacDonald - producer
Anthony Minghella - writer and director

Lab sponsors
British Screen
Scottish Film Trust
Skillset
South East Arts

June 1995 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab co-directors
Colin Vaines
Nicky Singer

Lab mentors
Ben Bolt - director
David Henry Hwang - screenwriter
Colin Vaines - writer

Lab participants
Roy Agyemang - video team
Jonny Bonny - video team
Tom Butterworth - writer
Sean Coleman - writer
Dona Croll - actor
Paula Dinan - video team
Brigitte Downey - writer
Treva Etienne - actor
Rupert Farley - actor
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Nick Grosso - writer
Lee Hall - writer
Ashley Hampden-Woodfall - video team
Kathryn Layng - actor
Alison Leathart - writer
Misan Sagay - writer
Daniel Scott - writer
Colin Teague - actor
Michael Walker - writer
Rupert Widdicombe - writer

Guest speakers
Howard Burch - First Film Foundation
Stephen Cleary - British Screen
Ben Gibson - British Film Institute
James Lee Pearson - Television/Chairman, PAL Trustees
Bill Nicholson - screenwriter
Tessa Ross - BBC
Christian Routh - European Script Fund
Betsy Spanbock - Samuel Goldwyn
Rod Wodruff - Screenwriter

Sponsors
Skillset
UIP
BFI
British Screen
South East Arts
Summerfield
British Council

July 1996 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Colin Vaines

Lab mentors
Chris Gerolmo - writer
Piers Haggard - director
Colin Vaines - writer

Lab participants
Vanessa Bobb-Thomas - video team
Harriet Braun - writer
Alain De Botton - writer
Simon Eagen - video team
Nitin Chandra Ganatra - actor
Joy Goodman - Lab co-ordinator
Dolly Dhingra - writer
Stephen Fielding - writer
James Gardner - writer
David Gritten - resident journalist
Maura Heaphy - writer
John Henderson - video team
Jack James - actor
Nick Love - writer
Rina Mahoney - actor
Zita McGowan - video team
Ben McLean - Lab runner
Keith Osborn - actor
Asmaa Pirzada - writer
Andy Robson - writer
Diane Samuels - writer
Mia Soteriou - actor
Rebecca Thorn - actor

Guest speakers
Ben Gibson - Head of Development, British Film Institute
Mike Newell - Dogstar Films

Lab sponsors
Skillset
UIP
BFI
Channel Four
Sony
British Screen
SE Arts

May 1997 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Stephen Cleary

Lab mentors
Jon Boorstin - writer
Peter Broughan - writer
Devon Dickson - director

Lab participants
Bruce Alexander - actor
Stephen Baxter - writer
Smita Bhide - writer
Stuart Biddicombe - video team
Steve Bulmer - video team
Daragh Carville - writer
Kate Dean - writer
Dominic Edwards - video team
Janine Eser - actor
Simon Foster - video team
Andrea Gibb - actor
Joy Goodman - Lab co-ordinator
Cas Harkins - actor
Gavin Hood - actor
Colin Hutton - writer
Jenny Mayhew - writer
Eddie McCardie - writer
Alex Pillai - writer
Jon Ronson - writer
Michele Rowe - writer
Hester Schofield - Lab runner
Sukie Smith - actor

Guest speakers
Kevin Allen - writer/director
Adrian Dunbar - actor
James Lee - Director, Pearson televsion/Chairman, PAL Trustee
Richard Kwietniowski - writer/director

Commissioners Round Table
Emma Berkofsky - British Screen
Tessa Gibbs - Granada
Robyn Slovo - Company Pictures
Steve MacIntyre - London Film and Video Development Agency
Colin Vaines - Film Consortium Lottery Winner/PAL Trustee/fScreenwriters Lab Director 93-96
Phillip Hughes - European Media Development Agency
Emma Shepherd - Channel Four

Lab sponsors
British Council
British Screen
Channel Four
Skillset
Sony Pictures Entertainment

October 1997 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Stephen Cleary

Lab mentors
Patrick Harkins - director
Chloe King - writer
Emmanuel Oberg - writer

Lab participants
David Barba - Lab runner
Gerard Bell - actor
Ishia Benison - actor
David Beresford - writer
David Cummings - writer
Michael Duffy - writer
Lucy Floyd - writer
Susanna Gent - writer
Andrew Havill - actor
Anna Healy - actor
Enda Hughes - writer
Martin Keatman - writer
Nathaniel Lane - writer
Catherine Linstrum - writer
Tim Loane - writer
Amy Marston - actor
Danny Miller - writer
James Needham - video team
Stuart Owen - video team
Adam Sculthorpe - video team
Dale Superville - actor
Ian Yeomans - video team

Guest speakers
Simon Beaufoy - screenwriter/PAL Alumni
Michelle Camarada - producer, Kismet Films
Chris Harrald - screenwriter
James Lee - Director, Phoenix Pictures
Nick Willing - director

Commissioners Roundtable
Robert Jones - Independent Producer, ex-Palace
Kate Leys - Channel Four
Debra Hayward - Working Title
Tessa Gibbs - Granada Film
Tracey Jack - Carlton Films
Kevin Loader - The Bridge
Jenny Borgars - British Screen
Steve Macintyre - LFVDA
Paul Moody - Northern Arts
Joyce Glasser - Film Office, Arts Council England

Visitors
Jon Teckman - Media Division, Dept for Culture Media and Sport
Diana Hawkins - SONY

Lab sponsors
British Council
British Screen
Channel Four
Skillset
Sony Pictures Entertainment

April 1998 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Amanda Schiff

Lab mentors
David Freeman - writer
Bob Swain - director
Stephen Volk - writer

Casting director
Debbie McWilliams

Lab participants
Jonathan Aris - actor
David Barba - Lab co-ordinator
Denise Bareham - writer
Olly Blackburn - writer
Michael Burns - video crew
Suzie Halewood - writer
Sheila Hayman - writer
Declan Hughes - writer
Gunja Jung - video team
Asif Kapadia - writer
Akbar Kurtha - actor
Rory MacColl - writer
Kate McGeever - actor
Jake Michie - writer
Nick Miles - actor
William Mullen - video team
Joel Newman - video team
Johnnie Quarrell - writer
Pooky Quesnel - actor
Doug Robinson - writer
Susannah Zeff - Lab runner

Guest speakers
Bill Nicholson - screenwriter
Miranda Richardson - actor

Producers Forum
Davina Belling - producer
Jonathan Cameron - Head of Media Group, Mishcon de Reya
Tim Cornish - South East Arts
Joyce Glasser - The Lottery Film Department, Arts Council England
Keith Griffiths - Illuminations
Diana Hawkins - Columbia Pictures/PAL Trustee
Phil Hughes - European Media Development Agency
Robert John - Lab runner
Lynda Myles - Pandora Productions
Alison Owen - producer
Uberto Pasolini - Redwave Films
Simon Relph - Skreba-Creon Films
Christian Routh - Specific Films
Tracey Scoffield - BBC Films
Mark Shivas - Slow Motion
Colin Vaines - The Film Consortium/PAL Trustee

Lab sponsors
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Skillset
British Screen
British Council

July 1998 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Amanda Schiff

Lab mentors
John Brancato - writer
David Drury - director
Rupert Walters - writer

Casting director
Debbie McWilliams

Lab participants
Maria Aitken - writer
Johanna Baldwin - writer
David Barba - Lab co-ordinator
Damian Dibben - writer
Bev Doyle - writer
Faith Edwards - actor
Johnny Ferguson - writer
Julia Ford - actor
Roger Griffiths - actor
Andrew Havill - actor
Robert Joun - Lab runner
Clare Kilner - writer
Richard Kurti - writer
Sean O'Hagan - writer
Matthew Parkhill - writer
Joe Penhall - writer
Simon Rose - writer
Antony Zaki - actor

Guest speakers
Mick Audsley - film editor
Paul Laverty - writer

Producers Forum
Jenny Borgars - British Screen
Stephen Bayly - National Film & Television School
Patrick Cassavetti - producer
Jonathan Darby - The Bridge
Elinor Day - Film Four
Tessa Gibbs - Granada Film
Michael Hamlyn - Specific Films
Diana Hawkins - Columbia Pictures/PAL Trustee
Debra Hayward - Working Title
Norma Heyman - Pagoda Film & Television
Grace Hodge - DNA Films
Rebecca Hodgson - Granada Film
Carolyn Lambert - The Lottery Film Department, Arts Council England
James Lee - Scottish Screen/PAL Trustee
Sanford Lieberson - producer
Amanda Marmot - Marmot Tandy
Simon Perry - British Screen
Allon Reich - HAL Films
Trix Worrall - producer
Jon Teckman - Media Division, Dept for Culture Media and Sport
Diana Hawkins - SONY

Visitors
Adam Dawtry Variety
Sandra Hebron London Film Fund
Lab sponsors
Sony
Skillset
British Council

April 1999 Screenwriters Lab:Feature Film

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Ben Bolt - director
Anna Devlin - writer
Allison James - Burnett writer
Casting - director
Debbie McWilliams

Lab participants
Daisy Beaumont - actor
Clare Cathcart - actor
Emma Dawson - Lab runner
Rory Edwards - actor
Sasha Hails - writer
Neil Hunter - writer
Lennie James - writer
Rupert Jones - writer
Charlie Martin - writer
Emil Marwa - actor
Hamish McColl - writer
Eddie Nestor - actor
Harsha Patel - writer
Christoph Röhl - writer
Tatiana Russell - Lab co-ordinator
Natalie Sirett - writer
Karen Street - writer
Pete Travis - writer

Guest speakers
Terry Gross - screenwriter
Stephen Warbeck - film score composer

Commissioners Forum
Colin Vaines - PAL Associate Director, Head of Production & Development TFC
Jenny Borgars - Development Executive, British Screen Finance
Ruth Caleb - Executive Producer BBC TV
Suzanne Carr - Projects co-ordinator, European Media Development Agency
Elinor Day - Deputy Head of Production, Film Four
Robin Gutch - Head of Film Four Lab
Rebecca Hodgeson - Development Executive, Granada Films
Simon Perry - Chief Executive, British Screen
Kate Ogborn - Production Executive, BFI Production

Producers Forum
Colin Vaines - PAL Associate Director, Producer Synchronistic Pictures
Emma Burge - Producer, Parallax Pictures
Andrea Calderwood - Producer, Pathe Productions
Grace Hodge - Head of Development, DNA Films
James Lee - Producer, Director of Scottish Screen, PAL Trustee
Scott Meek - Producer, Indigo Productions
Lynda Myles - Producer, Pandora Productions
Nik Powell - Co-Chairman, Scala Production
Simon Relph - Producer, Skreba Films
Ann Scott - Producer, Greenpoint Films

Lab sponsors
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Skillset

August 1999 Screenwriters Lab: Crime, Mystery and
Thrillers 1

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
James Beckett - director
Forrest Murray - writer
Mike Phillips - writer

Guest mentor
Gabrielle Kelly - writer

Casting director
Debbie McWilliams

Lab participants
Andy Cullen - writer
Emma Dawson - Lab runner
Susan Everett - writer
Anthony Greene - actor
Jane Hoodless - writer
Nicola Hughes - actor
Tim Jackson - writer
Jacquelin Leonard - actor
Jenny Mayhew - writer
Nick Patrick - actor
Stef Penney - writer
Nikki Röhl - writer
Avril Russell - writer
Tatiana Russell - Lab co-ordinator
Adrian Schiller - actor
Damian Wayling - writer

Guest speakers
Romaine Hart - distributor/exhibitor
Deborah Moggach - writer
Tim Willocks - writer

Visitors
Cathy Bereznicki - NESTA
Martin Freeth - NESTA
James Lee - PAL Trustee
Robert Marshall - South East Arts
Trudy Moy - NESTA
Dermot O'Brien - South East Arts
Sally Sampson - PAL Trustee

Lab sponsors
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Skillset

July 2000 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Terry Gross - director
Sandy Johnson - director
Roger Smith - writer
Danny Rubin - writer

Lab participants
Antonia Baldo - writer
Michael Barton - Lab IT support
Clare Cathcart - actor
Sean Damer - writer
Lisa Flett - writer
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Roger Goldby - writer
Ashley Jensen - actor
Tinge Krishnan - writer
Larry Lamb - actor
Cheryl Martin - writer
Tom McGovern - actor
Alison Murray - writer
Ben Rice - writer
Rosa Romero - Lab co-ordinator
Paul Sargeant
Stuart Sinclair - Blyth actor
Philip Traill - writer
Stuart Wyatt - writer

Guest speakers
Carine Adler - writer/director
Kate Ogborn - producer

Producers' & Commissioning Editors Forum
Ildiko Kemeny - producer, Renegade Films
James Lee - Chair of the Board of Scottish Screen, Board member of the Film Council/PAL Trustee
Colin Ludlow - producer
Nadine Luque - Lola Films UK
Angeli McFarlane - Pathé Pictures
Simon Relph - producer, Skreba Films
Emma Shepherd - FilmFour
Kate Swann - BBC Scotland
Naomi Telford - British Screen
Colin Young - A.C.E, Moonstone, Arista

Lab sponsors
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Skillset
NESTA

November 2000 Screenwriters Lab: Crime, Mystery and Thrillers 2

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Mike Hodges - writer/director
Gillies McKinnon - director
Michael Radford - writer/director
Roger Smith - writer

Casting director
Sarah Beardsall

Lab participants
Simon Beaufoy - writer
Daisy Beaumont - actor
Nicholas Blincoe - writer
Clive Bradley - writer
Nichola Bruce - writer
Rob Buckler - writer
Emma Dawson - Lab co-ordinator
Nitin Ganatra - actor
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
John Hardwick - writer
Jane Harris - writer
Simone Horrocks - writer
Larry Lamb - actor
Anjum Malik - writer
Pam Marshall - Lab co-ordinator
Tom McGovern - actor
Nick Perry - writer
Mia Soteriou - actor

Guest speakers
Simon Perry - producer
Mike Radford - writer/director
Michael Hirst - filmmaker
Troy Kennedy Martin - filmmaker
Anne Lordon - producer
Nic Roeg - director
Allan Scott - producer
George Sluizer - producer

Producers and Commissioning Editors Forum
Sarah Beardsall - Casting Director
Nick Bingham - PAL Trustee
Brock Norman - Brock Film Council, Premiere Fund
Emma Clarke - Film Council, New Cinema Fund
James Lee - Chair of the Board of Scottish Screen
Nadine Luque - Lola Films UK
Angeli McFarlane - Pathe Pictures Orange Prize
Rebecca O'Brien - Parallax Pictures
Kate Ogborn - Strange Dog Pictures
Shelley Page - DreamWorks Animation
Emma Shepherd - FilmFour
Lucy Ryan Pathe - Pictures
Naomi Telford - Film Council, Development Fund
David Terrien - Lola Films UK

Lab sponsors
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Skillset
NESTA

July 2001 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Terry Gross - director
Howard A Rodman - writer
Roger Smith - writer

Casting director
Sarah Beardsall

Lab participants
Francesca Brill - writer
Kathy Kiera Clarke - actor
Emma Dawson - Lab co-ordinator
Pearse Elliott - writer
Andrew French - actor
Raye Gilbert - writer
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Teresa Godfrey - writer
Terry Loane - writer
Juliet McKoen - writer
Chris McQuarry - actor
Jamie Nuttgens - writer
Jamie Richards - writer
Billy Roche - writer
Mia Soteriou actor
Jessica Townsend - writer
Robert Willox - actor
Verity Wislocki - Lab co-ordinator

Visitors
Sarah Beardsall - casting director
Pippa Best - Zephyr Films
Nick Bingham - PAL Trustee, Ex Sony
Iain Brown - Parallel Pictures
Rob Buckler - Renegade Films
Simon Channing-Williams - Thin Man Films
Elinor Day - FilmFour
Natasha Galloway - Peters Fraser and Dunlop
Sarah Golding - development executive
Bella Honess - Granada Films
Himesh Kar - The Film Council New Cinema Fund
Colin Ludlow - Mosaic Films
Nadine Luque - Lola Films UK
Angeli MacFarlane - Orange/FilmFour Prize
Dan Macrae - Film Council Development Fund
Rob Marshall - South East Arts
Nick Murison - FilmFour Lab
Tracey Scoffield - BBC Films
Jenny Thompson - Director, PAL Family Film and TV /Animation Lab
Sandra Yarwood - Primadonna Productions

Lab sponsors
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Film Council

January 2002 Screenwriters Lab: Crime, Mystery and Thrillers

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Ben Bolt - director
Ron Hutchinson - writer
Mike Hodges - writer/director

Lab participants
Daisy Beaumont - actor
Mette Bølstad - writer
Damian Fitzsimmons - writer
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Terry Gross - writer
Philip John - writer
Adrian Lukis - actor
Pam Marshall - Lab co-ordinator
Emil Marwa - actor
Debbie Moon - writer
Jonathan Romney - writer
Kevin Sampson - writer
Adrian Schiller - actor
Mia Soteriou - actor
Fiona Watson - writer
John Williams - writer
Rebecca Wolman - writer
Philippa Wood - Lab co-ordinator

Guest Speakers
Simon Beaufoy - writer/director
Nicholas Blincoe - writer
Bille Eltringham - writer/director

Visitors
Kjersti Alver - Director, Norwegian Film Development
Helen Bagnall - Head of Training Fund, Film Council
Rachel Benette - Development Executive, FimFour
Pippa Best - Head of Development, Zephyr Films
Mark Brickman - Drama Development Executive, October Films
Pippa Brill - producer
Rob Buckler - producer, Renegade Films
Jenne Casarotto - agent, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd
Tim Coles - producer, Ruby Films
Ulrich Felsberg - producer, Road Movies
Murray Ferguson - producer, Clerkenwell Films
Petra Fried - producer, Clerkenwell Films
Peter James - producer/writer
Himseh Kar - Senior Executive, Film Council, New Cinema Fund
James Lee - Director, Scottish Film
Polly Leys - Redwave Films
Dan MacRae Deputy Head of Development Fund, Film Council
Nahrein Mizra - Development Executive, Little Bird
Lynda Myles - Producer, Pandora Productions
Eoin O'Callaghan - producer
Phil Robertson - producer, Zephyr Films
Leontine Ruette - producer
Lucy Ryan - Development Executive, Pathe Pictures
Amanda Schiff - producer
Mark Shivas - producer
Annie Valva - VP, Content and Technology Integration, Pearson Broadband
Richard Warllow - Head of Development, DNA Films
Natalie Wreyford - Development Executive, Development Fund, Film Council

Lab sponsors
Film Council
Sony Pictures Entertainment

July 2002 Screenwriters Lab: Adaptations

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Carol Doyle - writer
Marleen Gorris - director
Malcolm Mowbray - writer
Roger Smith - writer

Lab participants
Daisy Beaumont - actor
Brian Bovell - actor
Linda Brogan - writer
Sean Coleman - Lab IT support
Jamie Delano - writer
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Shan Khan - writer
Larry Lamb - actor
John Lightbody - actor
Douglas Lindsay - writer
Kamala Jane Maniam - writer
Lyndsey Marshal - actor
Pam Marshall - Lab co-ordinator
Winsome Pinnock - writer
Mark Rice-Oxley - actor
Nicholas Röhl - writer
Sol B River - writer
Kevin Sampson - writer
Lindsay Shapero - writer
Becky Shaw - Lab co-ordinator
Mia Soteriou - actor
Gerry Troyna - writer
David Maxwell - Young writer

Guest speakers
Liana Dognini - writer
Lynne Ramsay - director/writer
Robyn Slovo - producer
George & Anne Sluzier - writer/director & producer

Visitors
Pippa Best - Head of Development, Zephyr Films
Denise Booth - Road Movies
Nick Bingham - Director of On Demand Group, PAL Trustee
Robert Cheek - Head of Development & Production, The First Film Company
Uli Felsberg - Producer, Road Movies
Debra Hayward - Head of Film, Working Title Films
Bella Honess - Head of Development, Granada Films
Johann Insanally - Producer, Spirit Dance UK
Alby James - Head of Screenwriting, Leeds Metropolitan University
James Lee - Director of Scottish Screen
Colin Ludlow - Producer, Mosaic Films
Dan MacRae - Deputy Head of Development, Film Council
Nahrein Mirza - Development Executive, Little Bird
Jo Nolan - Director, Kent Hothouse
Rebecca O'Brien - Producer, Sixteen Films
Joe Oppenheimer - Development Executive, BBC Films
Nik Powell - Chairman Scala Productions
Roger Randall-Cutler - Managing Director, The First Film Company
Jenny Thompson - Director, PAL Children's Film and TV Lab
John Wolstenholme - Writer/Producer, Film & Television Entertainment

Lab sponsors
Film Council
Sony Pictures Entertainment

December 2002 Screenwriters Lab

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Roy Battersby - writer
Simon Beaufoy - writer
Terry Gross - director

Lab participants
Daisy Beaumont - actor
Jes Benstock - writer
Brian Bovell - actor
Valerie Edwards - writer
Ellis Freeman - writer
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Shahrukh Husain - writer
Bryony Lavery - writer
John Lightbody - actor
Emil Marwa - actor
Owen Matthews - Lab runner
James Mavor - writer
Tania Ama Reddin - writer
Becky Shaw - Lab co-ordinator
Mia Soteriou - actor
Marcel Theroux - writer
Jim Threapleton - writer
Judy Upton - writer
Brigid Zengeni - actor

Guest speakers
Shekhar Kapur - director
Roger Smith - writer
Colin Vaines - producer

Visitors
Chris Auty - Chief Executive, The Film Consortium
Nick Bingham - Chairman, First 4 Internet
Robert Buckler - Producer, Renegade Films
Hannah Charlton - Co-director, PAL Future Lab
Emilyn Claid - Director, PAL Dance Lab
Emma Clarke - Senior Executive, New Cinema Fund, Film Council
Pippa Cross - Head of Films, Granada Films
Viv Harris - Director, PAL Labs of Learning
Dixie Linder - producer, Little Bird
Coilin Ludlow - producer, Mosaic Films
Angeli MacFarlane - Head of Orange FilmFour Prize
Ivana MacKinnon - Story Editor, Celador Films
Jo Nolan - Director, Kent Hothouse
Brock Norman - Brock Premiere Fund Executive, Film Council
Rebecca O'Brien - Producer, Sixteen Films
Simon Relph - MD, Skreba Films
Carole Sheridan - Development Executive, Scottish Film
Kate Swann - Development Producer, BBC Scotland Drama
Alan Taylor - Producer, The Front Room
Angela Topping - film consultant
John Wolstenholme - producer/writer, Film & Television Entertainment
Natalie Wreyford - Development Executive, Film Council
Anna Wulff - Head of Development, Scala Productions

Lab Sponsors
Film Council
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Southern and South East Arts

July 2003 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Film

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Roy Battersby - writer
Terry Gross - director
Roger Smith - writer

Lab participants
Daisy Beaumont - actor
Kieran Bew - actor
Gurpreet Bhatti - writer
Oliver Bosman - writer
Dave Durant - writer
Bille Eltringham - writer
Klaus Fried - writer
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Jude Kelly - writer
Kristin Milward - actor
Becky Shaw - Lab co-ordinator
Moya O'Shea - writer
Michael Maynard - writer
Andrew Rajan - actor
Aileen Ritchie - writer
Adrian Schiller - actor
Nick Stafford - writer
Philippa Wood - Lab co-ordinator
Brigid Zengeni - actor

Guest speakers
Laurence Coriat - writer
Asif Kapadia - writer/director

Observers
Gabrielle Kelly - producer
Frank Patterson - Dean, Florida State University

Visitors
Niyi Akeju - Intern UK Film Council Premier Fund
Mark Brickman - October Films
Robert Cheek - Head of Development & Production, The First Film Company
Norman Brock - The UK Film Council
Martin Freeth - producer
Tim Holloway - producer/director
Kate Iles - Compulsive Viewing
Tatiana Kennedy - Kennedy Mellor Ltd
Bob Lockyer - Chairman, PAL
Dan MacRae - The UK Film Council
Christopher Parker - Finance Director, PAL
Lisa Marie - Russo Jump Monk Films
Ann Scott - Skreba Greenpoint
Helen Stroud - Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment
Ken Trodd - producer
Colin Vaines - Head of Development, Miramax and PAL Trustee
Tim Vaughan - Executive Producer, LWT/United Drama
Anna Wulff - Head of Development, Scala Productions

Lab sponsors
UK Film Council
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Arts Council England, South East

November 2003 Screenwriters Lab: Feature Films from a Documentary Source

Lab director
Corinne Cartier

Lab mentors
Howard Dratch – writer
Gavin MacFadyen – documentary producer/director
Hettie Macdonald - director
Roger Smith – writer

Lab participants
Rukhsana Ahmad - writer
Andrea Arnold - writer
Samina Baig – writer
Camilla Bray – Lab co-ordinator
Peter Domankiewicz – writer
Mena Fombo – Lab runner
Peter Gilpin – Lab chef
Ben Gooder – writer
Lyndsey Marshal - actor
Sean McAllister – writer
Chris McQuarry – actor
Andrew Rajan - actor
Gabriel Range – writer
Mark Rice-Oxley - actor
Jonathan Ruffle - writer
Leila Sansour – writer
Mia Soteriou – actor

Guest speakers
Peter Berry - writer
Ruth Caleb – executive producer
Kevin Macdonald - director
Nicholas Lom - lawyer

Visitors
Nicholas Bingham - PAL Trustee
Matthieu de Braconier – producer, The Bureau
Brock Norman Brock – Production Development Executive, UK Film Council
Robert Cheek - Head of Development & Production, The First Film Company
Elinor Day – producer, The Light Club
Shaun Dunn – producer, The Light Club
Martin Freeth – PAL supporter
Britt Harrison -Head of Development, World Productions
Luc Roeg -Director, AIN
James Lee - producer
Kevin Loader – producer, Free Range Films
Ivana MacKinnon -story editor, Celador Films
Rebecca O’Brien -producer, Sixteen Films
Nik Powell - Director, National Film and TV School
Roger Randall-Cutler - Company Director, The First Film Company
Colin Vaines – Head of Development, Miramax and PAL Trustee

Lab sponsors
UK Film Council
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia Tristar Film Distributors International)
Final Draft Inc

April 2006 PAL Fact/Fiction Lab

Lab Director
Jenny Thompson

Mentors
Howard Dratch - writer
Marleen Gorris - director
Gavin MacFadyen - Founder Director, Centre for Investigative Journalism, City University, London

Roy Battersby - writer
Saskia Bramall - Comedy Script Executive, Objective Productions

Roger Smith - writer

Participants
Franny Armstrong - documentary filmmaker
Holly Aylett - Lab consultant
Susan Benn - PAL Director
Chris Durlacher - writer/director
Robin Eccles - IT specialist
Taghreed Elsanhouri - documentary filmmaker and filmic artist
Ken Fero - director/producer
Peter Gilpin - Lab chef
Bruce Goodison - documentary filmmaker
Xiaolu Guo - filmmaker and novelist
Jeni Howland - Lab co-ordinator
Audrius Juzenas - documentary filmmaker
Misha Manson-Smith - director and editor
Sean McAllister - documentary filmmaker
Chris McQuarry - actor
David Noy - writer/director
Jonathan Ruffle - screenwriter
Henry Singer - documentary filmmaker
Tomas Tamosaitis - director
Oscar Wright - storyboard artist

Visitors
Luke Alkin - Executive Producer, BBC
Simon Beaufoy - writer
Paul Howson - Director of Film, British Council
Kate Laird - ACE
David Kelly - producer
John Lee - Monitoring and Evaluation Co-ordinator, Film Team, Skillset
Angus Macqueen - Head of Documentaries, Channel 4
Jolyon Symonds - Partner, Holy Cow Films

John Battsek - producer

David Hill - editor

Lab Sponsors
Skillset
Film London
British Council
BBC

Contributing Companies
The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation
Darlow Smithson Productions
Spanner Films
V Good Films

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