JOSHUA BOULTWOOD-NEALE

Script Writer and Development Consultant

United Kingdom

Reader/Script development consultant with BFI NETWORK. Script reader for BBC, Channel 4, and BFI. Mentor on Screen Yorkshire's Beyond Brontës programme.

Writer of emotionally-layered stories that balance the inward and the outward, the personal and the universal.

This portfolio reflects his continuously-evolving voice while on his journey as a writer.
There are rough cuts here, early drafts, and some pretty raw writing from when he was starting out but, hopefully, growth can be traced across projects. All here for transparency.

FOOT IN THE DOOR was a semi-finalist @ WeScreenplay Short Screenplay Contest 2021

Cannibal slacker comedy, THE BODY SHOP, was among under 5% of submissions to receive CONSIDER verdict at PAGE 2016.
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Bespoke script services for independent writers, filmmakers, producers, and production companies.

11 years working freelance across script writing, reading, editing, and consultancy.

Advanced critical knowledge of story, arc, and dramatic structure: MA degree in Scriptwriting (Distinction) at Creative Skillset-accredited Bournemouth University.

For enquiries/rates, email: [email protected]

Portfolio
Sitcom Pilot
06/01/2021
Quizzee Rascals

A sitcom pilot script following a touring group of hypercompetitive pub quizzing lads who are willing to take extreme measures to win.

Film Short
Foot In The Door

During a one-week trial working as a chef at a chain soup restaurant, a naive graduate learns he must make grotesque personal sacrifice if he is to land the gig

TV Drama Mini Series [Pilot Episode]
Sundowners

Disenfranchised, and in search of somewhere to belong, Laura (15) abandons her turbulent homelife and steps into a community of wild nocturnal misfits

Joshua Boultwood-Neale
Resume
Film Short
Cry Club

Entering a homeless hippy bohemia where emotional expression comes first, a repressed man has one week to learn to shed real tears, or else he faces losing everything.

Film Short
Unbirthed

After arriving uninvited to Colin's mother's funeral, the enigmatic Carol (47) hauls meek Colin (22) to the dancefloor, triggering a surreal sequence of events