WRITING RÉSUMÉ

by

Andrew Viner








LOGLINE: An Emmy-nominated writer and head writer based in the UK. Writes comedy, drama, animation and song lyrics for international audiences of all ages, working in TV, radio, film, advertising, theatre, print and online.






REVIEWS:
"Folderol of an appealingly clever and goofy sort" - LA Times
"Radio choice" - The Independent
"Pick of the day" - i
"An inventive spin on romcom" - The Stage
"A superb comic debut" - Jeremy Howe, Commissioner for Radio 4 Drama
"***** Witty and ingenious" - Time Out
"Genuinely hilarious" - The Daily Telegraph
"Made me laugh out loud" - The Independent on Sunday






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AGENT:
Valerie Hoskins Associates



CREDITS (MONTAGE):

Wonderlocks

Writer for Learning Blocks animated children's series Wonderblocks.

Numberblocks

Writer for Learning Blocks animated children's series Numberblocks.

King Bee Entertainment

Developed animated children's series Billy and Dizzle with King Bee Entertainment.

Happy Films

Developed several children's television series with Happy Films.

The Three Little Superpigs

Developer and writer of pilot script and four further episodes of Fourth Wall's animated children's series The Three Little Superpigs.

Teletubbies Let's Go

Writer for WildBrain Spark animated children's series Teletubbies Let's Go. Seven episodes commissioned.

WildBrain Spark

Developed new animated children's series with WildBrain Spark.

Cozmo & Friends

Writer and head writer for 24 Watts' animated children's series Cozmo & Friends. Eight episodes commissioned.

Princess Doremi

Writer for FZ Entertainment's animated children's series Princess Doremi.

Baby Prodigy

Developed new animated children's series Sensational 5 for Baby Prodigy.

Booba

Writer for 3D Sparrow's animated children's series Booba. 47 episodes commissioned.

Daisy & Ollie

Writer for Hoopla Animation's animated children's series Daisy & Ollie. Nine episodes commissioned.

Fourth Wall

Developer and writer of pilot scripts for two new Fourth Wall animated children's series.

Milo

Writer for Fourth Wall's animated children's series Milo.

Anna Lou & Friends

Developer and writer of pilot script of animated children's series Anna Lou & Friends.

CoNaBLUE"

Writer for FZ Entertainment's animated children's series CoNaBLUE. 16 episodes commissioned.

NewsThump

Writer and holiday cover editor for NewsThump website.

Writer for BBC Radio 4's NewsThump daily topical comedy pilots.

MadeForMums

Writer of three MadeForMums Join-in Stories podcasts, made by Immediate Media and sponsored by Lego Duplo.

*Listen*

 

Original feature film script (co-written with Jez Freedman) optioned by ACG Kids.

Super Builders

Writer for Planet Nemo's animated children's series Super Builders. Two episodes commissioned.

The Totems

Writer for Sesame Studios' animated children's series The Totems.

BBC Bitesize

Developed BBC Bitesize KS3 English video series with Bakermedia.

Noddy, Toyland Detective

Writer for Dreamworks' animated children's series Noddy, Toyland Detective. Two episodes commissioned.

Maverick

Wrote several scripts for creative agency Maverick for DHL's Find Your Tribe campaign.

*Watch*

Jellyfish Pictures

Developed animated children's series idea with Jellyfish Pictures.

Econ Films

Writer for Econ Films' feature film project.

Floogals

Writer for Zodiac Kids' Bafta-nominated children's series Floogals.

Fusebox Games

Writer for Fusebox Games' interactive project.

PJ Masks

Writer for eOne's animated children's series PJ Masks. Three episodes and six interstitials commissioned.

Olobob Top

Writer for Beakus's animated children's series Olobob Top. Eight episodes commissioned.

Hogie the Globehopper

Writer for Lil Critter Workshop's animated children's series Hogie the Globehopper. Four episodes commissioned.

Change4Life

Writer of four short scripts for EdComs for Change4Life's Be Food Smart healthy eating resources.

The Impact:50

One of the winning writers of Create50's The Impact:50 competition to co-write a feature film.

Bespoke Comedy

Writer and consultant for various Bespoke Comedy projects including personalised scripted comedies for Microsoft and ISS.

Hit Entertainment

Developed animated series idea for Hit Entertainment.

Bookaboo

Writer for Happy Films' children's series Bookaboo. 15 scripts commissioned, including two special-length episodes: Bookaboo's Howl-o-ween and Bookaboo's Barkin' New Year's Eve.

Emmy Awards (2017):
Outstanding Writing in a Children’s, Pre-School Children’s or Family Viewing Program - Nominated
Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series - Nominated
Outstanding Special Class Special - Nominated

Kidscreen Awards (2018):
Best Pre-School Non-Animated or Mixed Series - Nominated
Best Pre-School One-Off, Special or TV Movie - Nominated

"Folderol of an appealingly clever and goofy sort" - LA Times

Babasheep

Writer for FunCreative's animated children's series Babasheep. 13 episodes commissioned.

Speechless

Original 45' afternoon drama Speechless produced by BBC Radio 4, starring Joshua McGuire and Aimee-Ffion Edwards. Produced by Liz Webb. First broadcast June 2015. First stage production by Redlynch Players May 2016.

"Radio choice" - The Independent
"Pick of the day" - i

*Read script*

Tree Fu Tom

Writer for CBeebies animated children's series Tree Fu Tom.

Light & Color

Developed animated children's series with Light & Color.

BBC Bitesize

Wrote three short films for One Two Four/BBC Bitesize GCSE English Literature on the plot, character and themes of Great Expectations.

*Watch*

Sunflower Graphics

Undertook development work with Sunflower Graphics/Imira Entertainment for presentation at Cartoon Forum 2014.

Fireman Sam

Writer for Hit Entertainment's animated children's series Fireman Sam. Two episodes commissioned.

The Three of Us

Short comedy film The Three of Us produced by Shoreline Pictures, directed by James Fox and starring Gareth Cooper, Oliver Wilkinson and Gemma Paget.

Festivals (Official Selection):
Thurrock International Film Festival (UK) 2014
NDU International Film Festival (Lebanon) 2014

Thurrock International Film Festival (2014):
Best Editing (Frederic Fournier) - Winner
Best Fiction - Winner
Best in Festival - Winner
Best Performance (Gareth Cooper) - Nominated

*Watch*

Twofour

Undertook children's short film development work with Twofour.

When I Lived in Peru

Original 45' afternoon drama When I Lived in Peru produced by BBC Radio 4, starring Stephen Wight, Kelly Adams and Fiston Barek. Produced by Liz Webb. First broadcast May 2014 when it was made a BBC Drama of the Week Podcast.

"[An] inventive spin on romcom" - The Stage
"A superb comic debut" - Jeremy Howe, Commissioner for Radio 4 Drama

*Read script*

Everything's Rosie

Writer for V&S Entertainment's animated children's series Everything's Rosie. 16 episodes commissioned.

Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave

Writer for Collingwood & Co animated children's series Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave. Six episodes commissioned.

Mike the Knight

Writer for Hit Entertainment's animated children's series Mike the Knight. Two episodes commissioned.

That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Sketch writer for BBC Radio 4 series That Mitchell and Webb Sound.

*Listen*

The Numtums

Writer for CBeebies animated children's series The Numtums. Two episodes commissioned.

Knight Rusty

Writer for Caligari animated children's series Knight Rusty.

DLT Entertainment

Original comedy idea in development with DLT Entertainment.

Hat Trick Productions

Original sitcom idea optioned by Hat Trick Productions.

Timmy Time

Writer for double Bafta-winning Aardman animated children's series Timmy Time. 10 episodes commissioned.

Big and Small

Writer of four episodes of Kindle Entertainment's Bafta-nominated animated children's series Big and Small.

Four Story Cafe

Co-writer of interactive short film Four Story Cafe, produced and directed by Martyn Gough.

Sadie J

Writer for Sadie J, a CBBC 30' sitcom series.

Inspire GLG

Writer for Inspire GLG animated children's series.

Thomas & Friends

Writer for Hit Entertainment's animated children's series Thomas & Friends. Two episodes commissioned.

Pet Squad

Writer for Pet Squad, an animated children's series from Darrall Macqueen.

My Almost Famous Family

Writer for My Almost Famous Family, a CBBC 30' comedy-drama series. Two episodes commissioned, including the first episode. Also worked as story editor and sole writer for the show's interactive website.

Bear Behaving Badly

Writer of two episodes of Bear Behaving Badly, Darrall Macqueen's CBBC sitcom.

BBC College of Comedy

One of six participants taking part in the BBC's College of Comedy. Original sitcom script commissioned.

Venn That Tune

Venn That Tune: Bringing the Poetry of Maths to the Magic of Pop!

Diagrams, graphs and pie charts pit lyrics against logic to shed fresh light on such classics as Eternal Flame, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and How Much is that Doggie in the Window? in this ingenious, inspired and utterly addictive book published by Hodder & Stoughton. Venn diagrams have never looked so cool ...

"***** Witty and ingenious" - Time Out
"Genuinely hilarious" - The Daily Telegraph
"Made me laugh out loud" - The Independent on Sunday

Amazon humour bestseller.

Featured in The Times, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail and Telegraph.co.uk. Used by the University of Warwick as IGGY educational resource, "connecting and challenging the world's brightest young minds".

Boblins

Writer of five episodes of Inspire GLG's animated children's series Boblins.

Kindle Entertainment

Co-writer (with Andy Bernhardt) of pilot script for new children's series for Kindle Entertainment.

Skatoony

Writer for Cartoon Network's Bafta-nominated animated game show Skatoony. Eight episodes and five promotional shorts commissioned.

Buddy & Elvis

Wrote 10' pilot script for Illuminated Films' animated children's project Buddy & Elvis.

Bottom Knocker Street

Developed children's TV series Bottom Knocker Street with Whirlwind Media.

The Royal Tapes

Shortlisted in BBC Radio's Royal Tapes competition.

Jim Jam & Sunny

Wrote nine episodes of Jim Jam & Sunny, the Bafta-nominated pre-school show from Wish Films.

Witty & Twisted

Workshopped runner-up in BBC7's Witty & Twisted comedy writing competition.

Marchmont Films

10' comedy The Three of Us was a runner-up with commendation in Marchmont Films' Short Film Script Competition.

LCC

Attained a Screenwriting MA at the London College of Communication, part of the University of the Arts, London (formerly London College of Printing).

Parsons and Naylor
Parsons and Naylor

Sketch and gag writer for BBC Radio 2's Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections.

The Guardian

Why I Love... features published in The Guardian.

Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts radio play Goal Difference commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio Five Live starring Simon Lipson and produced by Toby Swift. An excerpt was also featured on Radio 4's Pick of the Week.

*Read script*

The Roly Mo Show

Fimbles animated short stories appear in children's series The Roly Mo Show (Novel Entertainment).

Pygmalion

Developed an interactive project (2002) and an animated series (2004) on two Pygmalion programmes.

British Short Screenplay Competition

10' comedy The Three of Us was a runner-up in the British Short Screenplay Competition, run in association with the NFTS. Judges included Kenneth Branagh, Michael Kuhn, Nik Powell and Natascha Wharton.

Gordon the Garden Gnome

Wrote four scripts for the 10' animated children's series Gordon the Garden Gnome for Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment.

Aladdin Media

Wrote interstitial trailer script for animated project Faisal and Friends for Aladdin Media.

Anthropics

Wrote gags and short monologues with Zoo42 to demonstrate mobile phone technologies developed by Anthropics.

Rubbadubbers

Wrote 14 episodes and three interstitials of 10' animated children's series Rubbadubbers for Hit Entertainment, including lyrics to several songs. Episode Sheriff Terence was short-listed for a British Animation Award.

Skunk Fu!

Commissioned to write 13' pilot treatment for Skunk Fu!, a new Cartoon Saloon project.

Pocoyo

Wrote storylines for Pocoyo, a 5' animated children's series from Zinkia.

Shelltown

Wrote 10' animated pilot script Shelltown for Cosgrove Hall/Shelltown Productions.

Zoo42

Wrote picture caption gags for Zoo42's mobile phone comedy site.

MVmax

Developed interactive fiction ideas with US company MVmax.

The Ark

Wrote five episodes of 23' children's series The Ark for Granada.

Adventurers: Masters of Time

Worked on scripts of all 26 episodes of 23' animated series Adventurers: Masters of Time (Adventurers - Mission Zeitreise) for Greenlight Media and Cosgrove Hall.

Granada Kids

Pre-school series idea optioned by Granada Kids. (Co-written with Andy Bernhardt.)

Fimbles

Wrote animated short stories for Fimbles, the Bafta-nominated children's series from Novel Entertainment.

Aardman

Undertook both structural and polishing work for Aardman's forthcoming feature film Tortoise vs Hare.

Worked with Aardman to develop characters and a pilot for a series of 1' internet animations for a major multi-national company.

Varga

Developed animated series idea for Varga.

PAL

Developed a 30' special animation script on a Performing Arts Lab.

Cosgrove Hall

Wrote 23' animated pilot script for Cosgrove Hall project The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, based on the characters from the novel by Robert Bolt.

Commissioned by the BBC Animation Unit to write a treatment for Cosgrove Hall project Mungie.

Rex the Runt

Wrote/co-wrote nine episodes of series 2 of cult 10' animated series Rex the Runt for Aardman, including lyrics for the song Bob, You Are a Big Fat Slob.

BBC Films

Original half-hour drama script Dear God commissioned by BBC Films.

TAPS

Nominated for the Taps writer of the year award for sit-com My Perfect Cousin (showcased starring Tony Robinson).

BBC Radio 4

Writer for BBC Radio 4 series Week Ending.