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Industrial Scripts was founded due to a lack of independent script analysis services in the UK offered by script editors with proven industry credentials.
Our script editors and script doctors have been specifically chosen due to these credentials, and the fact that they remain active as industry script consultants today. As such we are able to offer a very high standard of script feedback, and one relevant in today’s film & TV marketplace.
***Important Note** – if you would like to book one of our in-house screenwriters or script doctors – Natalie Wreyford, Jon Gilbert or Daisy Allsop – please don’t hesitate to Contact Us with as much information as possible about your project, your timeframe, and your requirements and we will get back to you as a matter of urgency with a quote.
Our script editors and script doctors:
Evan Leighton-Davis
Evan is one of the leading script consultants working in the UK today, having assessed material for a range of established industry producers, funding bodies and American studios, including: Dan Films, TalkbackThames, Intermedia, Mirage Enterprises, Working Title, CinemaNX, BBC Films, Pathe, Screen South, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, See-Saw Films, Optimum Releasing, Universal and Scott Free. In addition, for 3 years Evan was Development Co-Ordinator at Ealing Studios, reporting to Head of Development Sophie Meyer. During his tenure, the studio produced movies including ST. TRINIAN’S, EASY VIRTUE, DORIAN GRAY, ST. TRINIAN’S II and BURKE & HARE. In 2008, Evan was credited script editor on the first feature financed exclusively out of Dubai (the $7m CITY OF LIFE) and he was also an analyst for PEEP SHOW creator Andrew O’Connor, investigating at length the screenwriting theories of Save the Cat! author Blake Snyder. In total, Evan has assessed over 3,000 projects for Britain’s leading film companies and funding bodies.
Natalie Wreyford *
With over 14 years experience Natalie Wreyford is one of the UK’s most experienced script development professionals. Natalie has held several high-level industry positions in her career, and for 7 years was Senior Development Executive at the UK Film Council’s Development Fund. Natalie has applied her script editing and analysis skills to 100s of scripts, including produced features like VANITY FAIR, THE HOLE, GHOST WORLD, MILLIONS, HUGE, BECOMING JANE, and BLIND FLIGHT. Hugely respected within the UK film community, Natalie currently balances consultancy work with screenwriting and script doctoring commissions.
Daisy Allsop
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Daisy is a Writer-Producer. She graduated from Cambridge University before joining UK distributor Downtown Pictures for a year. She then moved to Capitol Films, where she spent 3 years as Development & Acquisitions Executive. Daisy was subsequently hired by Feel Films as Head of Development, where she managed a slate of literary adaptations from development through to production. She was Associate Producer on SKELLIG, starring Tim Roth & Kelly Macdonald, and worked on THE SONG OF NAMES, written by Oscar-nominee Jeffrey Caine. As a screenwriter Daisy’s first feature script is currently in development with Fortuitous Films. In addition to her work in development and production, Daisy also works as a script editor for a number of independent producers and was Associate Producer on two features for Enlightenment Productions, THE WORLD UNSEEN and I CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT.
Petra Cooper
Warner Bros. and BFI Film Fund script consultant Petra Cooper spent many years working as a TV drama script editor and development editor, before going freelance in the film industry as a script consultant and script editor. The companies she has worked and continues to work for include Warner Bros., The UK Film Council, Northern Ireland Screen, Material Entertainment, Pathe, Ealing Studios and Universal Pictures (for whom she assesses scripts in both English and German). She is currently script editing an independent feature film project with development funding from Screen West Midlands and has recently been working as a mentor and visiting lecturer on the London Film School MA Screenwriting course.
Jon Gilbert
BFI Film Fund consultant Jon Gilbert is a film-maker and screenwriter with 10 years development experience working for companies including Universal Pictures, The UK Film Council, and The Works, as well as assessing 100s of scripts for independent clients. He trained initially with the First Film Foundation before being selected as a script editor for the prestigious Media-funded scheme North By Northwest in 2006, since when he has studied with organisations including Arista and the City of London University on topics ranging from Genre to Advanced Screenwriting. As a writer himself, he has an insight into both sides of the development process. His first feature film, The Zigzag Kid (Dir: Vincent Bal), is currently in post-production and he is represented by Independent Talent. He also has his own production company, Wild Honey Films, set up with Director of Photography Christopher Ross (Eden Lake), through which he has made several short films, including the award-winning Toshi (2009).
Jonny Brown
Jonny Brown is a screenwriter, script-doctor and script-editor, with 10 years’ experience in UK film development, working across all genres. Between 2004 and 2008 Jonny was one of the UK Film Council‘s primary script editors working with numerous high-end writers, directors and producers, including Meera Syal, Nigel Cole (director of CALENDAR GIRLS) and Stephen Evans (producer of THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE), and as a freelance script-editor he worked with Oscar-winning screenwriter Frederic Raphael. Prior to that, Jonny was a respected industry script consultant for the UK Film Council, Northern Ireland Screen, Pathe, Renaissance Films, DNA Films and the Irish Film Board. As a screenwriter he has been commissioned by Jonathan Cavendish (producer of BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY), Marina Gefter (associate producer of THE GODFATHER PART III), and Paul Raphael (producer of ROGUE TRADER) to name just a few. A feature he doctored, CITY OF LIFE, was produced in Dubai and released in 2009 and Jonny recently co-wrote a project for FilmFour and the UK Film Council with multi-award winning filmmaker Phillippe Aractingi (director of UNDER THE BOMBS). Jonny currently balances consultancy work with screenwriting commissions, and is represented by the Curtis Brown talent agency.
* available for screenwriting & script doctoring commissions only.
